Mystery Classmate 014

Congratulations to Jack Horner, Milton Koutavas, Barbara Bender Pietro, Beth Chufo Nichols, Jamie Kracsun McBride, Paula Recchio Joseph, Coleman Brennan, Scott Silverman, Rich Reschoff, Brian "S.D." Stevenson, Lisa Bizon, Maria Wojtaszek Romanelli, and Paul Rodgers, all of whom correctly identified Emily DePaul ('86) as Mystery Classmate 014 and are listed in the order that their responses were received.

In case you were wondering, Emily DePaul Gil is the music teacher at Slate Hill Elementary School in Worthington, Ohio, and in January 2003 was named the Music Educator of the Year by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Emily has been the music teacher at Slate Hill for the past 12 years, where over 90 percent of intermediate students forgo recess to participate in music performance groups.

Under Emily's guidance, Slate Hill choirs consistently earn superior ratings at competition. The school's music ensembles have performed at a variety of outside venues, including a performance for Governor Taft at the Ohio School Board Association Convention in 1999. Emily earned her BME from Otterbein College and received her MA in Elementary Music Education from Ohio State in 2002.

Chuck Zimmerman guessed Kari Moon.