Mary Jo Root

Background

Root, Mary Jo was born on May 29, 1946 in Lakewood, Ohio, United States.

Education

Bachelor in Education, St. Mary of the Woods College, Indiana, 1968; M, Rocky River (Ohio) Schools, 1990.

Career

Teacher, North Olmsted (Ohio) Schools, 1968-1973; substitute teacher, Rocky River Schools, 1983-1985; teacher chapter 1, Rocky River Schools, 1985-1989; teacher, Rocky River Schools, since 1987; coordinator instruction 1st grade, Rocky River Schools, since 1995. Tutor, Rocky River, summer 1987. Outcomes accreditation-language arts steering committee chairman North Control Association, Rocky River, 1993-1994.

Achievements

• Mary Jo Root has been listed as a noteworthy Elementary education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Reading Association (Ohio county, West Shore county, hospitality chairman 1991-1993), Phi Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: collecting clocks, collecting antiques, reading.

Connections

Daughter of Richard Andrew Fullerton and Mary Elizabeth (Roth) Fullerton Derr;m. David Everett Root, April 12, 1969 (divorced September 1987). Children: David Ingram, Kristen Elizabeth.

Married Gerald Grant Covey, 1995.

Father:

Richard Andrew Fullerton Derr

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Roth) Fullerton Derr

Spouse:

Gerald Grant Covey

child:

David Ingram Root

child:

Kristen Elizabeth Root