{"id":43,"date":"2013-10-24T12:44:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T16:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2019-05-08T12:58:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T16:58:38","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Me-reading-HG-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Me reading HG\" width=\"117\" height=\"156\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Ava-Caleb-and-Santa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-194\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Ava-Caleb-and-Santa-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Ava Caleb and Santa\" width=\"231\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Ava-Caleb-and-Santa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Ava-Caleb-and-Santa.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Fam@N.Falls_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-190\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Fam@N.Falls_-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Fam@N.Falls\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Fam@N.Falls_-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Fam@N.Falls_-1024x765.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Family-in-old-car.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-196\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Family-in-old-car-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Family in old car\" width=\"207\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Family-in-old-car-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Family-in-old-car-1024x765.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Fam-Halloween-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-198\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Fam-Halloween-2013-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Fam Halloween 2013\" width=\"208\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Fam-Halloween-2013-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/692\/2013\/10\/Fam-Halloween-2013-1024x765.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi there! My name is Cassie Acker. \u00a0I have been working for Dearborn Public Schools for 18 years (Holy moly! Has it really been that long?!?). \u00a0A majority of my career has been spent as a Language Arts teacher. \u00a0I taught English at all 3 high schools, and Woodworth Middle School. \u00a0As a media specialist, I have worked at several other schools in our district. \u00a0This is my sixth year serving as Media Specialist for McCollough-Unis and Stout Middle School, and my first year at River Oaks Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>I earned my bachelor&#8217;s degree in English from Eastern Michigan University, and my masters in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University. \u00a0I graduated from EMU in 2001, and WSU in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m happily married to an awesome guy named Tom, and we have two beautiful children, Ava and Caleb. \u00a0Ava just started fifth grade, and our little guy is in kindergarten. \u00a0I love my kids dearly, and I often share funny stories about them with my students. We recently moved into a new house in Wixom, which is very exciting. \u00a0I&#8217;m having a blast decorating our new home.<\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;m not working I love to spend time with friends and family, travel, read, shop, go to the movies, and do arts and crafts like scrapbooking and upcycling furniture.\u00a0 I love trying new things, and I&#8217;m always open to new adventures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there! My name is Cassie Acker. \u00a0I have been working for Dearborn Public Schools for 18 years (Holy moly! Has it really been that long?!?). \u00a0A majority of my career has been spent as a Language Arts teacher. \u00a0I taught English at all 3 high schools, and Woodworth Middle School. \u00a0As a media specialist, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":247,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ackerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}