Jean Shofranko Olexy

Background

Olexy, Jean Shofranko was born on October 23, 1938 in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of John Andrew and Elizabeth (Lawrence) Shofranko.

Education

Bachelor in English, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1960. Master of Education in Teaching and Curriculum, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, 1992.

Career

Secondary English teacher Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) City Schools, 1960-1961, Brick Township School District, Brick Town, New Jersey, 1964-1966, Upper Merion Area School District, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 1968—1999. Retired

Lecturer, consultant department foreign languages Safarik University (now Presovska University), Slovak Republic, 1992. Lecturer Slovak history and culture Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 2004—2005, lecturer Slovak castles and legends, 2006.

Member strategic plan steering committee Central Montgomery County Area Vocational Technology Center, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1995—1996, board directors, since 1996. Curriculum consultant Evangelical Lyceum, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1992. Volunteer reading specialist, member Norristown Literacy Council.

Member Middle States Evaluation team and committee secondary schools accreditation Parkland School District, Pennsylvania, 1996. Featured storyteller Ethnic Outreach Community Fair, Wilkes-Barre, 2006. Presenter in field.

Achievements

• Jean Shofranko Olexy has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, 1982-1993. Member Northeast Pennsylvania Slovak Heritage Society, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, since 1982. Secretary Valley Forge-Exch.

Club, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 1985-1989. Board directors Francisvale Home for Smaller Animals, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 1987-1988. Member board strategic planning Montgomery County Area Vocational-Technology Center, Norristown, Pennsylvania, since 1996.

Volunteer tutor remedial reading English as Second Language, Upper Merion Area School District, King of Prussia, 2006-2008, mem, Roberts Elementary School, Johns Hopkins University NNPS, 2007-2008. Member of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Education Association, Upper Merion Education Association, Penn State Alumni Association, Reading Public Museum, National Storytelling, Raritan Valley Slavic Cultural Society, Czech and Slovak Genealogical Society International, Czech and Slovak Society (Baltimore/Philadelphia), Pennsylvania Education Association (president 2002-2004), National Council Teachers English, Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Gamma (president Beta Pi chapter 1994-1996, Pennsylvania state convention, Women of Distinction award 2008).

Interests

• Avocations: music, reading, gardening, genealogy research, handcrafts.

Connections

Married Joseph P. OlexyJr., October 29, 1960. Children: Lysbeth Olexy Kilcullen, Joseph P. Olexy III, Douglas L. Olexy.

Father:

John Andrew Shofranko

Mother:

Elizabeth (Lawrence) Shofranko

Spouse:

Joseph P. OlexyJr.

child:

Joseph P. Olexy III Olexy

child:

Douglas L. Olexy

child:

Lysbeth Olexy Kilcullen Olexy