STOUGHTON - Tracy Cameron looked at teaching as an extension of being a parent and called her students “her school children”, doing so for 32 years.
Cameron was born and raised in Lanigan. Her parents, brother and extended family were always ready to support her.
In 1986, her family moved to Echo Lake, but Cameron would move to Regina and enrol in the College of Education at the University of Regina.
Receiving her bachelor of education degree in December 1990, she moved to Ogema in January 1991 to take a six-month teaching contract.
After this, Cameron received employment at the Stoughton Central School where she remained until retirement.
She married Gregory in 1994 and raised three children on the family farm. Her children are now adults and Cameron moved to Stoughton in 2021 with her husband.
Cameron taught her own children during her teaching years as well.
Teaching Grade 6 through Grade 12, she feels she was meant to be a teacher as there are several teachers on her father’s side.
Cameron found kids of all ages interesting and entertaining. The ability to inspire and motivate children to learn was very rewarding for Cameron.
Although Cameron has loved all aspects of teaching, she enjoyed teaching English the most. Her extracurricular activity was directing drama and she did this for her entire career.
For 25 years, she taught junior and senior badminton. She taught cross-country running for those years as well, and was vice-principal for four years, which gave her a new skill set in administration.
Austin, her oldest son, works at Costco in Saskatoon, and her daughter Amanda has a bachelor of science degree, majoring in anatomy cell biology, and is finishing her second year in nursing at the University of Saskatchewan. She also lives in Saskatoon.
Her youngest son Declan lives in Calgary. He has a bachelor of science degree, majoring in agronomy. He works for Nutrien in the agricultural division.
For her future plans, she will substitute teach next year, but after her summer and fall camping is finished.
Cameron said, “I believe there are infinite possibilities waiting for me to explore and I am excited.”
