My name is Jackie Brush.  I am from Secor, Illinois, a very small town about 45 minutes east of Peoria.  I enjoy swimming, traveling and rollerblading.  I do not have any brothers or sisters, my dad works for an insurance company and my mom is a secretary for Cargill. 

After graduating from Eureka High School in 2002, I then moved to Normal, Illinois to attend Illinois State University and major in Elementary Education.  I have wanted to be a teacher since I was young, so my decision to go to Illinois State was an easy one. 

On May 13th I will be graduating from ISU with a bachelors of science in education, after successfully completing a year long internship in the Pekin Professional Development School.  This program gave me the experience to see a fifth grade class from August to May, and to see growth that occurred during the year.  I am very excited to have a classroom of my own and to educate children!