Patricia Parmelee

Born in Delaware and spending parts of her childhood in Chicago and Detroit, Patty Parmelee moved to Bethesda immediately prior to 9th grade and attended Walter Johnson High School, which at that time was adjacent to a cow pasture instead of I-270.

After earning a BA in Education from Michigan State University, she taught middle school for 10 years in Florida, Texas and Wisconsin and wrote curriculum in Madison, Wisconsin during the summer months. A move to Seattle (yes, this is a woman following a husband's career), the birth of a child, and another move to Germany (where she took graduate classes at the Heidelberg "campus" of the University of Maryland) interrupted her teaching until her return to Bethesda in 1986, this time to Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School as a Composition Assistant.

Patty Parmelee knows a good thing when she sees it: The Bethesda-Chevy Chase English Department offers one of the best jobs in town with THE best people in town. The position of Composition Assistant is definitely one of the best buys for a buck in the MCPS system. Working with the students during the writing process is the best way to teach. Composition Assistants at BCC team with teachers during writing assignments to provide students with one-on-one help to develop and structure their ideas.

Out of school, she is active in her two children's lives, tries to keep life desirable for her aging mother, enjoys physical activities, loves to travel and maintains wonderful friendships.