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Frank Benjamin Kamara
Frank Benjamin Kamara was born and raised in a small village in Sierra Leone, West Africa. He immigrated to the United States in 1970 to attend college to become a teacher. In the ...view moreFrank Benjamin Kamara was born and raised in a small village in Sierra Leone, West Africa. He immigrated to the United States in 1970 to attend college to become a teacher. In the face of tremendous odds and challenges, and with the lack of financial resources to fund his education and his general welfare, he was determined to pursue his dream for a college education. He reflects on those days when he took full semester courses at the University of Indianapolis and simultaneously carried three odd jobs throughout the first few years of his college life to support himself and fund his education. He also reflects on those days when prolong starvation and the lack of all the basic necessities threatened his will to survive. He lost half his weight, he sometimes stayed in garages, while he was bedeviled by uncertainty and the fear that his dream would not be realized.
He stayed steadfast with his commitment and self-determination, and in 1774, he received his undergraduate degree and his graduate degree in 1976.
Frank taught elementary school in the Indianapolis public schools for three years and in the Metropolitan School District of Perry Township for thirty years. He taught various grade levels, but his final twenty-eight years were in the fourth grade. He was the coordinator of the program for the gifted students for ten years after receiving an endorsement from Purdue University.
In 1995, Frank was nominated Southport Elementary School and Perry Township Teacher of the Year. He also received several awards for excellence in education from school administrators, parents, and community organizations including the Indiana Center for Leadership Development. In 2008, he received the Perry Township Award of Merit and the Martin Luther King Jr. Focusing on the Big Picture Award.
Frank Kamara lives in Greenwood, Indiana, after his retirement in 2008.His first book, Grammar Skills for Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grades, was published in 2011. He is presently writing his third book about the uses of newspapers in the classroom.view less