Background
Kemna, Rita Marie was born on December 31, 1946 in St. Louis. Daughter of Arthur Henry Junior and Nellie Mae (Fitzgerald) Kemna.
Primary/elementary school educator
Kemna, Rita Marie was born on December 31, 1946 in St. Louis. Daughter of Arthur Henry Junior and Nellie Mae (Fitzgerald) Kemna.
Bachelor, U. Missouri, St. Louis, 1969; Master of Education, U. Missouri, St. Louis, 1976.
Teacher special education/learning disabilities, Missouri Schools, since 1969;
teacher special education-learning disabled, St. Louis Schools, 1983-1987;
teacher kindergarten, St. Louis Schools, since 1987. Adjunct Professor Maryville U., St. Louis, 1990-1993. Supervising teacher Harris-Stowe College, St. Louis, 1991, U. Missouri, St. Louis, 1992.
Missouri delegate FineArts Seminar, Taiwan, 1980. Delegate Ednl. Seminar, Russia and China, 1983. Presenter, panel member professional conferences and workshops.
Member Governor's Committee, Jefferson City, Missoury, 1979. Judge Monsanto/Post Dispatch Science Fair, St. Louis, 1983-1993. Member steering and curriculum committees for development of magnet school, St. Louis, 1988-1989.
Honorary member St. Louis Spina Bifida Association, since 1982. Member ASCD, Association for Childhood Education (vice president 1977-1979, 87-93, president 1979-1981, member Executive Board 1973-1977), Sherlock Holmes Society, Alpha Delta Kappa (vice president 1988-1990, president 1990-1992, member Executive Board 1986).