Julie Rickner
First Grade

Hi, my name is Julie Rickner. I am very excited to be joining the team at Rose Union as a first grade teacher. Southern Nazarene University is where I graduated from in 1991 with my bachelors in Elementary Education. After graduation I taught at Southern Nazarene University's School for Children while working on my masters. I graduated with my masters in Early Childhood in 1993. Upon completion of my masters I continued my teaching career in the Putnam City School district as a fifth grade teacher.

After having my first child I decided to stay home and raise my children. I am now looking forward to teaching again in the classroom. Last year I spent a lot of time in the school volunteering and was so impressed with the leadership, teachers and all around atmosphere of the school. I knew that Rose Union was where I wanted to be!

My husband and I met our freshman year in college and married after our sophomore year. We have been married for eighteen years and have four children. Makenna is in the eighth grade at Deer Creek Middle School. My other children will be here at Rose Union with me. Mitchell in the fifth, Maya the first, and Matthew in kindergarten. Our family is glad to be back in Oklahoma with all of our family. We have spent many years out of state. We were in Ohio where my husband attended medical school. After his residency he became active duty army and we were stationed at Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville North Carolina. We have had many opportunities to grow close as our unit of six and the kids are very proud of their dad and how he served our country in our present state of conflict.

I am looking forward to getting to know each of my students and their parents as we partner together this year in first grade.