Mr. Whelan
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About MeI was born and raised in the Chicago area. I attended Illinois State University, graduating with a degree in elementary education with endorsements in middle school, language arts, history, and art in the spring of 1998. My first teaching job was at Southside Catholic Community School in Peoria. That school closed after my first year, and I moved on to teaching in Arthur, Illinois, about 45 minutes southwest of Champaign in the "Heart of Illinois Amish Country." I taught 5th and 6th grade social studies and language arts there for 17 years. I also coached basketball at the middle school level for about a dozen years, high school cross country for 15 years, and middle school and high school track and field for 16 years total.
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My wife, Krista, and I have been married since 2013. She has been an 8th grade science teacher in Beardstown, Illinois the last 2 years. We moved to Petersburg this past summer.