Mrs. Anita Dutrow - Computer

Eighteen years ago, when I started teaching at All Saints, the Computer Learning Center consisted of sixteen Apple II computers with green monitors! I am proud to have been a part of the growth of technology at All Saints. With 28 computers in the lab and another 40 throughout the building, we have come a long way.

I grew up in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago (go Cubs!) and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (go Illini!) with a B.S. in Elementary Education.  I taught a year in Chicago and then married and relocated to St. Louis.   I have a great love of science and math and spent a number of years teaching both subjects at the junior high level at Atonement Lutheran, Our Lady of Loretto, Incarnate Word and Sts. Joachim and Ann schools. When the opportunity to teach in the Computer Learning Center at All Saints was presented, I jumped at the chance to take on the challenge. I have taken additional college credit and computer courses every year including several summer classes at Stephens College. In 2005 I was certified as an Intel Master Teacher.

I am an avid reader and my idea of a perfect vacation involves a book, a lawn chair and a beach. I enjoy gardening and each year more of my yard changes from grass to flower beds. I do lots of sewing and crafts and I love to shop for bargains on eBay! Every summer I enjoy riding many miles on my bike on the Katy Trail. My grown children both live out of state, so my husband, Stephen, and I like to spend time traveling to visit them in San Francisco and northern Iowa.

I have been blessed to be able to represent All Saints School  for several years as a part of the parish mission  trips to Belize. Working with the Mayan children in the remote villages of southern Belize is a life changing experience.  I never cease to be amazed at the generosity of people who have so very little.   I enjoy sharing these experiences with the students at All Saints.

Teaching in the Computer Learning Center at All Saints is always an adventure. Watching the students explore the world of technology is exciting and challenging. I always tell people that I have the best job in the school!

Mrs. Tracy Hecke - Computer

The path my life has taken since marrying Steve over 30 years ago is not one I would have predicted, but what an enjoyable journey it has been!

After graduating from Southeast Missouri State University with a combined B.A. Degree in Elementary Education and Speech Pathology, I interviewed at a little school in St. Peters that was led by a Sister Lillian called All Saints. I lived in Bridgeton then, and not wanting to make that ‘long ride’ across the river, I turned down the position and instead began my teaching career at St. Blaise. After three great years there and the birth of my first son, Danny, I said goodbye and moved to this side of the river. I was fortunate to be able to team-teach in the 3rd grade at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, and did so happily until my second son David was born.

I was blessed to be able to stay home at that point, and thoroughly enjoyed my ten years as a “stay-at-home” mom!  By the time my third son, Robbie was ready to enter Kindergarten, we had moved again and I was elbows deep in volunteering at their school--coming full circle back to All Saints! Luckily for me, after helping in the Computer Lab, I was in the right place when a position came up and I jumped right in. I felt very blessed to be teaching at the school where my children attended, and believe that is a tribute to how much I value what All Saints provides, educationally and spiritually. The importance that is placed on technology at our school is beneficial to our parents, our staff, and especially to our students as they grow into our 21st century world.

My sons are mostly grown now, and if I find myself with some time on my hands, I love to read, garden, and dabble in digital photography.