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Karen Reed Bryant

Class of 1981

I attended North County Christian School and graduated with the class of 1981. Thinking back to my high school days definitely brings about a smile! I am so thankful for the close friendships and fun memories; I wouldn’t trade my time at NCCS for anything. After graduating from NCCS, I attended Mid-America Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas, where I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in office administration in 1986. The summer following my college graduation I began working at a community college in Illinois as an office assistant. In 2005, I accepted the Coordinator of Marketing/Public Information position with responsibilities that include writing news releases; designing advertisements, course schedules and direct mail pieces; photographing students and events; and heading up our social media.

My husband, Gary, and I have been married for 27 years and reside in a small rural town, much different from St. Louis where I lived for the first 23 years of my life. We have two daughters, Melanie and Julie. Melanie also attended MNU and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in nursing. She is a RN on a surgical/trauma unit and recently married Josh on September 28. Our baby daughter, Julie, is a freshman at Indiana Wesleyan University, where she plans to study marketing and Spanish. Our family attends a Wesleyan church where we all take an active role and help in various capacities, such as vacation Bible school, church music, Sunday school teacher and board member.

I have many wonderful memories of attending NCCS! My two sisters, Janet and Cathy, and I attended from junior-kindergarten through our senior year of high school, and our younger brother, David, attended through the 7th grade. I’m so thankful my parents felt attending a Christian school was imperative. It is so important that kids have teachers who are positive role models and to learn from a curriculum without a secular influence. It’s exciting to see the growth that NCCS has experienced since 1981 and the current school campus that God amazingly provided. Attending a Christian high school and college definitely provided a strong foundation that has stayed with me all through my adult life and now has been passed on to my children.