Joann Elzinga Everett Memorial Garden

Family members, friends, colleagues, and former students of Mrs. Joann Everett gathered recently with current students and faculty of Eastern Christian Middle School to dedicate an outdoor seating area and planting in Joann’s memory. Joann enthusiastically invested thirteen years of her life as a dearly loved Bible and Language Arts teacher at ECMS prior to passing away last year.

Joann’s husband, John Everett, told of Joann’s love for her students and her dedication to her calling as a teacher, while her colleague and current ECMS Bible Teacher Betsy Tyvoll remembered the lasting legacy that Joann left to the ECMS community.