Victoria Claudette Thompson

Background

Thompson, Victoria Claudette was born on March 17, 1952 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Arthur Melvin and May Druscille (Barney) Thompson.

Education

Vocational degree, Interstate Business College, Fargo. North Dakota, 1970; Bachelor of Science, Moorhead State University, 1974.

Career

Hearing impaired resource teacher Parkers Prairie School District, Minnesota, 1974—1975. Kindergarten & 1st grade teacher Detroit Lakes Substitute School, 1975—1980. Special education resource teacher Washington School District, Phoenix, 1980—1981.

1st & 3d grade teacher Mesa Public Schools, 1981—1987, 4th grade teacher, since 1987. Freelance calligrapher, since 1981. Instructor, Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa, since 1981, Salt River Indian Reservation, Scottsdale, since 1983, Edison School, Mesa, since 1983, art liaison teacher, since 1981.

Developer educational filmstrips Learning Center, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, since 1983.

Achievements

• Victoria Claudette Thompson has been listed as a noteworthy calligrapher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Sunday school teacher Bethany Community Church, Tempe, since 1983. Member of National Education Association, Arizona State Mathematics Council Smithsonian Institution, Arizona State Reading Council, Valley Calligraphy Guild, Arizona Calligraphy Society, Mesa Education Association, Pi Lambda Theta, Friends Calligraphy.

Connections

Married Richard Jerome Benshoof, April 13, 1979 (divorced).