English Department Chair: Mrs. Nancy Kieffer
Classes taught: English 9, World History/English 9 Integrated
Interests: I love to read, travel, and listen to music, especially when the Chicago Symphony plays at Ravinia.
Favorite authors: Jane Austen, Shakespeare.
Favorite line from a piece of literature: “’Tis not the dying for a faith that’s so hard, Master Harry – every man of every nation has done that – ‘tis the living up to it that is difficult. . .” –Thackeray, The History of Henry Edmond

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Mrs. Jennifer Kottra
Classes taught: English 9, American Literature
Interests: Basketball, Reading, Scrapping
Favorite author: Edgar Allan Poe
Favorite line from a piece of literature: “Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.” –Leo Buscaglia

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Mrs. Kathy Deger
Classes taught: Communication Skills, British Literature, and World Literature
Interests: My husband and 4 children and the Theater
Favorite Author: Constantly changing
Favorite line from a piece of literature: “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.” – Robert Herrick

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Mrs. Lauren Kelliher
Classes taught: College Writing
Interests: Photography, writing, correcting people’s grammar, rescuing dogs
Favorite authors: Kurt Vonnegut, David Sedaris
Favorite line from a piece of literature: “A mortal thing so to immortalize” –Edmund Spenser, Sonnet 75

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Mrs. Stephanie Collins
Classes taught: English 9 and English 9 Honors
Interests: I enjoy reading, lawn seats at Ravinia during the summer, downhill skiing in the winter, taking my dog to the dog park and, for the time being, planning my wedding.
Favorite author: Jane Austen
Favorite line from a piece of literature: "Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule." – Great Expectations

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Mrs. Kirsten Anzalone
Classes Taught: English 10 and American Literature
Interests: Reading, Exercising, Skiing, Biking, and Enjoying Time Outside
Favorite Author: Truman Capote
Favorite line from a piece of literature: “The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, / And all the sweet serenity of books.” –'Morituri Salutamus, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Ms. Meghan Tinning
Classes taught: English 10, American Literature Honors
Interests: Anything outdoors
Favorite author: Dante (for poetry) or Tolstoy (for prose)
Favorite line from a piece of literature: “Come slowly, Eden!” or “Tell all the truth but tell it slant.” –Emily Dickinson

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Mr. Patrick Neville
Classes taught: World Literature and AP English Literature
Interests: None in particular.
Favorite author: Willa Cather, Joseph Conrad
Favorite line from a piece of literature: Martha: Truth or illusion, you don't know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did.

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Mr. Chris Paolelli
Classes taught: English 10 and AP Language and Composition
Interests: Literature, Journalism, the Chicago Cubs, Disney movies, Star Wars references
Favorite author: Robert Frost, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Favorite line from a piece of literature: TIE: “True wit is nature to advantage dress’d, / What oft was thought, but ne’er so well express’d.” —Alexander Pope, “An Essay on Criticism” and “Mr Wopsle's Roman nose so aggravated me, during the recital of my misdemeanours, that I should have liked to pull it until he howled.” —Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

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Ms. Christine Hinkel
Classes taught: AP Language and Composition and American Literature
Interests: Cooking, travelling, long walks (not necessarily on the beach), and chocolate fudge brownie ice cream.
Favorite author: Nick Hornby, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound (for poetry)
Favorite line from a piece of literature: “Would it have been worth while, / To have bitten off the matter with a smile, / To have squeezed the universe into a ball, / To roll it toward some overwhelming question” –T.S. Eliot

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