This is Ms. Kramer's first year teaching at St. Pius. She will be teaching United States History and World History, as well as coaching the varsity basketball cheerleaders.

Upon graduating from St. Pius X in 1998, Ms. Kramer attended the University of Notre Dame, graduating summa cum laude with a double major in history/American Studies. She participated in Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) program and was assigned to teach at Annunciation Catholic School in Middleburg , Florida ( Jacksonville ). She earned her Masters in Education from Notre Dame in 2004.

Ms. Kramer taught seventh and eighth grade English, literature, American history, and religion for three years in Middleburg, where she also coached cheerleading and moderated student council, National Junior Honor Society, the Alumni Association and a student book club. Ms. Kramer returned to Atlanta and taught for Gwinnett County Public Schools for two years, where she worked with English as a Second Language students (ESL).

Ms. Kramer presented at the 2005 National Council for Social Studies conference in Kansas City and recently had a reflective narrative published in a book about the ACE program: Beyond Alternative Teacher Education: Integrating Teaching, Community, Spirituality, and Leadership.