Judy L. Haller
1995 Inductee

School and community involvement are the keys to the success of Judy Haller's dropout prevention program for high-risk high school students. She has taught English in the Dayton City Schools since 1970. Prior to that, she was an English teacher in the Fairborn City Schools and the Chesapeake Exempted Schools.

Haller earned a bachelor's degree in English/Speech from Marshall University and has completed post-graduate work at Wright State University, the University of Alaska, and the University of Dayton.

Haller has received more than $300,000 in grants over the past six years from sources such as NIKE and the A & E Network to develop a bird sanctuary on school grounds, taken 25 students on a plane trip to Chicago, and purchase Baby Think it Over Dolls, which aim to reduce the pregnancy/fatherhood rates among students. She has served as a member of the Discovery Channel VCR team.

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