Evalynne Ann Smith

The Elida Alumni Spotlight is on Evalynne Ann Smith “Mickey” who is an Elida High School graduate from the Class of 1963 and she is celebrating “60 Years as an Educator!”

She worked at Elida for 25 years as a teacher in the elementary, and also as Assistant Principal, and retired in 1998.

She received the Elida Educational Association’s Teacher of the Year Award in 1983 and was nominated for Ohio Teacher of the Year.

She was awarded the “Who’s Who Among America’s Teacher” twice! Evalynne was recognized by NASA as an applicant of the “Teacher in Space Program”.

A Family of Teachers

The love of teaching surely runs in the family, as both of Evalynne’s parents were educators. Her father, Charles Henry, began a children’s workshop at Robin Rogers School in Lima.

Her mother Mary Jane Smith was a former teacher in Elida Elementary, junior high and middle school, and her Great Niece, Abigail, is currently a 1st grade teacher in the elementary. That’s three generations of Smith family teachers at Elida! Her nephew Mark Smith is a bus driver at Elida, too!

Traveling the World

Evalynne is passionate about teaching and traveled in order to enlighten her students of the world- having visited all 50 states, South America, Europe, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. She even taught students at two schools in Ibague, Colombia South America.

60 Years of Teaching

She says “My love of teaching is forever” which is quite evident as she continues today, in her 60th year teaching, currently assisting students teaching reading and writing at Lima St. Gerard School. She’s also a Sunday and Bible School teacher, RCIA and BCIC instructor (retired) at St. John’s Church in Delphos, and a retired volunteer at St. Rita’s Medical Center.