About Me
Sports teams I am a fan of and support: 🏒Tampa Bay Lightning (Hockey) 🏈Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Football) ⚽Tampa Bay Rowdies (soccer) ⚽Orlando City MLS pro-soccer ⚽ Bayern Munich (Professional soccer team in Germany) ⚽ NEC (professional soccer team in Nijmegen, Holland) ⚽Ajax (professional soccer team in Amsterdam, Holland) ⚽US womens national soccer team ⚽US mens national soccer team ⚽Dutch mens national soccer team |
Hello Parents and Students!
Welcome to P.E.! My name is, Connie Roeleven, "Coach Connie". I have been teaching Physical Education and Health at Plato Academy for 15 years. I began my career as a P.E. teacher at the original, Plato Academy Clearwater campus, from 2007 - 2012. In August 2012, I had the opportunity to transfer to a new Plato Campus, so I joined Mrs. Turro for the opening of our Plato Academy in Tarpon Springs. I am from the Tampa Bay Area. I played soccer competitively for local teams since I was 9 years old, playing all through High School and College. I received a soccer scholarship at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky where I attended and played soccer all 4 years, and graduated in 1995, receiving my BA in Elementary Education. My interests are spending time with family, my husband, and my son. Playing with my new English Cream Golden Retriever, Kaja; running on the beach or causeway, paddle boarding, exercise and traveling the world with my Dutch-American husband of 12 years. Before becoming a teacher at Plato Academy, I spent many years on airplanes, traveling through airports and cities all over the US and Europe as a Delta Flight Attendant from 1996-2007. Shortly after my son was born, it was time for me to change my career to be an educator, to teach children about sports, and the importance of living a healthy, active life, which are all things that I am passionate about. Being a teacher, also gave me the opportunity to come home daily, being present everyday to care for, and raise my son. Favorites: Color: blue💙, white and pink Food: Carrabas, Chipotle, BJ's, Grill Smith Drinks: Starbucks, Green Tea, Vitamin water (lemonade) Sport: Soccer ⚽ Shopping: Home Goods🏡, Target,🎯 Publix 💚, Beall's Snacks: Trail mix, Dark chocolate🍫, bananas🍌, oranges🍊. pineapple🍍 Pastime/Hobbies: Beach🏝 , exercise, biking 🚴♀️, paddle boarding, traveling🛫 Playing with my English Cream Golden Retriever🐕 Other: Candles and Books about traveling (trips planned for 2022: Iceland and Netherlands) |