Mrs. Idella Dishner
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Biographical Information:
Ms. Dishner was born and raised on a tobacco farm in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. She graduated from Sunnyside McKenney High School in 1963 and later from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. At ETSU she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in biology and English. Much later, while living in Montgomery County, she earned a Master's Degree in middle school education with an emphasis on writing from Virginia Tech. She moved to Chatham, Virginia, and taught at Hargrave Military Academy for two years. After leaving Chatham, she moved to Montgomery County where she has been teaching at Shawsville Middle School for the past 19 years. She has two grown sons and two grandchildren. When she is not teaching, she enjoys dancing, cooking, reading, walking, and attending Blacksburg United Methodist Church where she is an active member.