Joy Laurelle Brewer

Background

Brewer, Joy Laurelle was born on August 2, 1947 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Emil Elwyn and Doris Mae Schwartz.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Slippery Rock State College, 1970; Master of Education, California University of Pennsylvania, 1988.

Career

Physical education teacher, Derry (Pennsylvania) Area School District, 1970-1973; subsidiary teacher, Vandergrift, Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, 1977-1988; reading educator, Turkeyfoot Area School, Confluence, Pennsylvania, 1988-1989; reading educator, Seneca Valley Junior High, Harmony, Pennsylvania, since 1989. Director, program director Kiski Valley Young Men’s Christian Association, Apollo, Pennsylvania, 1977-1983. Adult literacy organizer Butler County Community College, Pennsylvania, 1989-1990.

Superintendent Sunday school St. Paul Lutheran Church, Zelienople, Pennsylvania, 1989-1992, teacher, since 1980.

Achievements

• Joy Laurelle Brewer has been listed as a noteworthy Reading educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Lutheran Church Women, Pittsburgh, 1986-1990. Member Resurrection Band, Zelienople, since 1990, Boar's Head Orchestra, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, since 1991. Instructor Young Men’s Christian Association, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1988-1990.

Member International Reading Association, National Council Teachers English, National WritingProject.

Connections

Married William Ward, August, 1970. Children: Gretchen, Kimberly, Nathan.

Father:

Emil Elwyn Schwartz

Mother:

Doris Mae Schwartz

Spouse:

William Ward

child:

Kimberly Brewer

child:

Gretchen Brewer

child:

Nathan Brewer