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Jo Ann Latimore

Kindergarten Assistant

Jo Ann Latimore is a Kindergarten Assistant. She has been teaching for 13 years and has been at USJ for ten years. 

She has college credit in the A-Beka Program at Pensacola, Florida. She has taught Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten. 

Mrs. Latimore’s teaching philosophy is that children will learn in at atmosphere where they can be in a “happy, peaceful classroom, and to know that are loved and not pressured.” 

Outside of the classroom, she enjoys reading and spending time with her family. She has 3 children, 5 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. 

Mrs. Latimore says she enjoys working at USJ because “of the family atmosphere. The teachers work together for the good of the children.”