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TEACHER OF INTEREST
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LAUREN CHESROWN
Lives in: Jensen Beach
Age: 34
School: Jensen Beach Elementary
Teacher
Family: Husband, James, and
three daughters Saralynn, 9; Lily,
5 and Lorelei, 3
Education: Graduated from
Florida Atlantic University with
a bachelor’s in elementary education
Background: Born in New Jersey, her mother taught at
private schools and was an art teacher with a background in
architecture interior design.
How I got into teaching: “My mother was an art teacher my
entire life, and I grew up with a background in art. Deciding
to teach had so much to do with mom, we grew up surrounded
by art, design and creativity and I loved it but wasn’t sure
if I wanted to make it a career. When I stepped back to think
about career choices I landed on teaching children after a lot
of soul searching.”
Something my students probably don’t know about me:
“I love animals and if I could, I would own a farm with a
variety of animals.”
Outstanding
Teachers of the
TREASURE COAST
Husband James Chesrown created the idea for the wall art “Dive into STEM”
and the owner of Fisheye Graphics brought it to life and donated the decals.
“Even kindergarten students watched the team measure
the shark and learned about measurement,” Chesrown said.
“The older children take it further and learn how OCEARCH
tracks their data. The bottom line is children are learning the
importance of our water and the health of our oceans — and
looking at one animal that is a huge reason our oceans maintain
their balance.”
School principal, Joan Gibbons, is astonished with the
lengths Chesrown goes to bring the world to her students.
“Lauren is making an impact,” Gibbons said. “She’s Skyping
with world-renowned researchers on a ship with our
third-, fourth- and fifth-graders in the multipurpose room —
it’s amazing. These children will need to be thinking about
careers sooner than they realize and to be able to connect >>
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