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Catherine Hines Olson (shown left center with her family) graduated in 1984 from Forest City High School and in 1986 from Waldorf College of Forest City. While at Waldorf, she was the starting center fielder for a Waldorf Softball team which finished fourth in the National Junior College Tournament held in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Olson then continued her education at the University of Northern Iowa, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1988, with a degree in English (teaching) and a coaching endorsement. Currently, Mrs. Olson is pursuing her masters in Instructional Technology and will complete her MA in the spring of 2012.

Mrs. Olson's teaching career began in 1988 at Irwin-Kirkman-Manilla High School in Manilla, Iowa. She next taught at Garner-Hayfield Junior High from 1989-1993, then at Woden-Crystal Lake-Titlonka High School before a four year stint at home with her children. Cathy returned to teaching in 2000 as the freshmen English teacher at Forest City High School; in 2007, she transferred to teach upper level English elective courses at FCHS.

Mrs. Olson accepted a teaching position at Boone Community High School in 2010. Beginning in August 2010, Olson began teaching sophomore, junior and seniors at Boone High.

Mrs. Olson has coached/advised various extra-curricular activities throughout her career. She was assistant varsity girls' basketball coach at IKM, assistant junior high basketball at Garner-Hayfield Schools, head softball coach from 1993-1995 at Woden-Crystal Lake, freshmen girls' basketball from 2001-2005 at FCHS, Student Council advisor at FCHS from 2001-2009, and advised the student newspaper and student literary magazine advisor.