Mrs. Considine

Catholic Classroom Marilyn Considine teaches second grade. This is her tenth year at St. Mary’s School, and she has found them incredibly rewarding and enjoyable. Marilyn works to ensure that students have a lot of fun creating and exploring in their second grade classroom. She feels that second grade is an especially exciting year because students read and discover many different books, stories, and authors. One of her favorite novels is E. B. White's Charlotte’s Web, a much beloved classic that students enjoy discovering. The novel is set on a farm and is centered on some fantastic characters and their unfolding friendships with and loyalty to one another. Marilyn believes friendships are a very important component of second grade students' lives.

Marilyn graduated from National Louis University. She has a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education as well as her certification in Elementary Education. She lives in Aurora with her husband and two children, and their dog Jordan, who has been referred to in the neighborhood as "Clifford the Big Red Dog". She feels that St. Mary’s is West Chicago’s best kept secret and encourages everyone to come for a visit because she knows everyone will enjoy discovering the secret for themselves.