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Mrs. O'Connor

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She gets us every time with her dead-pan humor. Ask Kerry O'Connor, GICC science teacher, about her favorite part of the school day, and she fires back without batting an eyelash, "Three-thirty." It's not true, of course. Well, maybe it is. Mrs. O'Connor has cherished her almost 25 years at Central Catholic. Even when opportunities arise to work elsewhere for a heck of a lot more money, she declines the offers. Mrs. O'Connor, middle front, with her second period anatomy and physiology class. "I would never leave GICC," she says. "This school has always been a safe place for me, and from the very first day I walked in the door, I felt welcome." Teaching has always been in her blood. She recalls playing school with her sister - complete with a blackboard, desk and books. She credits a high school biology and anatomy teacher at North Platte High School, however, for guiding her to a passion for science. "I love life science