Virginia Ruth Holmes

Background

Holmes, Virginia Ruth was born on June 24, 1944 in Long Beach, California, United States. Daughter of John R. and Alice Lucille (Coggins) Newhouse.

Education

Bachelor, Oklahoma State University, 1966;administrative certified, Oklahoma State University, 1993;Master of Education, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1979.

Career

Speech pathologist, Osage County Special Education Cooperative, Pawhuska, Oklahoma, 1966-1968;junior high English teacher, Owasso (Oklahoma) Public Schools, 1968-1971;speech pathologist, Owasso (Oklahoma) Public Schools, 1971-1980;junior high counselor, Eastwood School System, Tulsa, 1981-1982;middle school English teacher, Nowata (Oklahoma) Public Schools, 1982-1983;director Indian education, Nowata (Oklahoma) Public Schools, 1983-1985;elementary counselor, Nowata (Oklahoma) Public Schools, 1985-1989;elementary counselor, special education director, Nowata (Oklahoma) Public Schools, 1989-1992;director special programs, Nowata (Oklahoma) Public Schools, 1992-1995;elementary principal, Pryor (Oklahoma) Public Schools, since 1995. Chair education committee District Board for Children and Youth, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1991-1994. Regional coordinator Build Me a Future Campaign, Sacramento, California, 1992-1993.

Presenter in field.

Achievements

• Administrative certified, Oklahoma State University, 1993, certified elementary and secondary principal, superintendency, Oklahoma.

Politics

Churches should be urged to demonstrate their heart for racial reconciliation by seeking to increase racial and ethnic diversity in church staff roles, leadership positions, and church membership.

Views

As human beings people find themselves as part of an unjust, sinful and violent world, which we may feel individually helpless to change. If we accept forgiveness, God can enable us to resist evil and to live life to the full.

Membership

Vice chair Nowata County Board Health, since 1990. Member Nowata Child Abuse Prevention Committee, 1987-1992. Member task force Nowata County Big Brother Big Sisters, since 1992.

Member Interdisciplinary Committee for Human Rights, Nowata, since 1993. Participant Oklahoma Southwest AWARE Leadership Conference. Member board Pryor Area Arts & Humanities Council, 1996-2000.

Member Oklahoma Directors of Special Services (chair audit committee), Oklahoma Association School Administrators, Tulsa Area Directors Special Services, Pryor Optimists Club (High Five award 1996), Delta Kappa Gamma, Phi Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, playing piano.

Connections

Married Dick Ray Holmes, June 6, 1964. Children: Hayley Jari, Richard Dean.

Father:

John R. Newhouse

Mother:

Alice Lucille (Coggins) Newhouse

Spouse:

Dick Ray Holmes

child:

Hayley Jari Holmes

child:

Richard Dean Holmes