CMS- CTE TEAM
FACS Business Technology
Mrs. Durrance CMS CTE/FACS Foods Teacher and
Ms. Thompson CMS CTE/FACS Sewing Teacher
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About Ms. Thompson: I have been teaching for 29 years. I taught my first 3 years at Manti High School. I then taught 2 years at Parkview Center in Provo, and 5 years at Farrer Middle School in Provo. I have been at Centennial since it opened. I am certified to teach FACS and Special Education. I am a member of my National and State professional organizations: CTE, Career and Technical Education, and UATFACS, Utah Association of Teacher of Family and Consumer Science. I have served as a UATFACS Board member for 8 years as the Secretary and currently as Historian. As a member or the UATFACS Board, I assist in organizing and planning the FACS Division of Utah's yearly Midwinter CTE Conference. I've been a presenter at Utah's Midwinter and Summer CTE Conferences for 10 years. I also served on the Curriculum Writing Committee for FACS/Life Skills (now called FACS/Exploration). At Centennial I was the Kids Cause/United Way Representative for 10 years and the CTE Work-Based Learning Coordinator for 2. At Farrer I was a Teacher Leader for 2 years and the PEA Representative for 2 years. Last year I had the opportunity to serve on the District Negotiation Team. I have been an FCCLA Leader for 10 years attending with my student teams winning state competitions and attending Nationals for 7 years. I was a 4-H leader at CMS for 3 years. I was a Provo Associates Cohort in 2002-2003, and I am currently the CMS PEA rep.
HOBBIES: Read, Sing, Travel, Cook, Church, my Family, hike to Stewart Falls, Religion, Musicals and plays, float the Provo River, go to Payson Lake and Yellowstone, going to the Shakespeare Festival. I sang with the Wasatch Chorale for 14 years and was their Production Manager for 4 years. My favorite singer is my dad.
TRAVEL: I love to TRAVEL: I have been to Egypt, Israel, Australia, New York (4 times), Hawaii, England, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France, China, Tibet, South Korea, and to many states in the U.S. I am not stopping.
FAVORITES:
BOOKS: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Eragon, The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, The Lion Witch and Wardrobe, Inkheart, The Goose Girl, The Princess Academy, Pride and Prejudice, Gone With The Wind, Fablehaven, The Scriptures... I LOVE to READ!
TV SHOWS: Amazing Race, Ace Of Cakes, Cu- Throat Kitchen, Chopped, Psych, Monk, Castle, The Mentalist, Music and the Spoken Word
MOVIES: Amazing Grace, Jane Austen, The 3 Amigos, Wallace and Gromit, Alfred Hitcock, White Christmas
COLORS: Black, Green, and Taupe
Favorite BROADWAY MUSICALS attended: Wicked (4 times), Les Mis (8 times), Phantom (4 times), Lion King (Twice), Aida (3 times), Mary Poppins, Tarzan, Beauty and the Beast, Cats (3 times), Joseph (5 times), A Christmas Carol, White Christmas, Secret Garden, Evita
QUOTES: "Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."
"Discipline Yourself.... so no one else has to!"
"Do, or Do Not, There is No Try" - Yoda
"Be Strong and of a Good Courage"
"What is wrong is wrong, even if everyone else is doing it! What is right is right, even if no one else is doing it!"
FOODS: Lobster, Crab, Milk Chocolate (Cadbury and Lindt, Sees, and Cavenaughs), Veggies
STRANGE: I can do the Splits and I made up the words to our school song.
COOL THINGS: Went to Paul McCartney concert, Salt Lake City, Summer 2010 and 2014!!!!!!!
Music: I love The Tabernacle Choir, John Rutter, Mac Wilberg, Masterworks, Classical, Opera, The Beatles, David Lanz
HOBBIES: Read, Sing, Travel, Cook, Church, my Family, hike to Stewart Falls, Religion, Musicals and plays, float the Provo River, go to Payson Lake and Yellowstone, going to the Shakespeare Festival. I sang with the Wasatch Chorale for 14 years and was their Production Manager for 4 years. My favorite singer is my dad.
TRAVEL: I love to TRAVEL: I have been to Egypt, Israel, Australia, New York (4 times), Hawaii, England, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France, China, Tibet, South Korea, and to many states in the U.S. I am not stopping.
FAVORITES:
BOOKS: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Eragon, The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, The Lion Witch and Wardrobe, Inkheart, The Goose Girl, The Princess Academy, Pride and Prejudice, Gone With The Wind, Fablehaven, The Scriptures... I LOVE to READ!
TV SHOWS: Amazing Race, Ace Of Cakes, Cu- Throat Kitchen, Chopped, Psych, Monk, Castle, The Mentalist, Music and the Spoken Word
MOVIES: Amazing Grace, Jane Austen, The 3 Amigos, Wallace and Gromit, Alfred Hitcock, White Christmas
COLORS: Black, Green, and Taupe
Favorite BROADWAY MUSICALS attended: Wicked (4 times), Les Mis (8 times), Phantom (4 times), Lion King (Twice), Aida (3 times), Mary Poppins, Tarzan, Beauty and the Beast, Cats (3 times), Joseph (5 times), A Christmas Carol, White Christmas, Secret Garden, Evita
QUOTES: "Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."
"Discipline Yourself.... so no one else has to!"
"Do, or Do Not, There is No Try" - Yoda
"Be Strong and of a Good Courage"
"What is wrong is wrong, even if everyone else is doing it! What is right is right, even if no one else is doing it!"
FOODS: Lobster, Crab, Milk Chocolate (Cadbury and Lindt, Sees, and Cavenaughs), Veggies
STRANGE: I can do the Splits and I made up the words to our school song.
COOL THINGS: Went to Paul McCartney concert, Salt Lake City, Summer 2010 and 2014!!!!!!!
Music: I love The Tabernacle Choir, John Rutter, Mac Wilberg, Masterworks, Classical, Opera, The Beatles, David Lanz