Betty Jean Nicholas

Dear Betty; You are watching our tipsy, turbulent world from on high. Both students and teacher/admin friends miss you! We are keeping the DoDDS flame alive at our annual reunions. Each year we think of you as we toast with many friends who were blessed with your friendship!

Miss Nicholas was my 10th grade English teacher at Frankfurt American High School in 1962. I Remember her fondly.

Travels with Betty and Virginia Included a memorable visit to Miller Howe, Windermere in the Lakes District of England!

I share my deepest condolences to Betty's family. She was a generous and gentle leader and brought out the best in us as we served the students in our DOD schools. May all of our good and beautiful memories of her life and contributions serve as blessings.

Betty Nicholas met me at a conference where I was presenting my books with three other authors. When she asked me as if I'd like to come to Germany, I wondered if she really meant Germany, or a Germantown, Pa., or? But, yes, I said, yes! And Orders arrived soon after. I spent more than a decade visiting schools with Betty, all across Germany, meeting wonderful students, teachers, other educators. She was always gracious to me, and always knew a great little place around the corner for...

Dear Betty,

You have gone before us. I will always remember our time together as coordinators in the Wiesbaden Office. We had good times and fun; and provided a great education for our overseas children.

You are missed.
Love, Scarlett

Dear Ms. Nicholas,

I remember so well the years you were my English teacher at FAHS from 1964-1966. I remember the innovative assignments you gave us--I think I still must have a copy somewhere of the paper I wrote comparing Seneca's and Euripide's "Medea". I remember acting out Shakespeare plays, and the time you brought the Italian fencing master to demonstrate the link between fencing and literature.

I especially remember the hours of memorizing the prologue to The...

Dear Betty,

I remembered you when you came up to DoDEA hqds to work with the Ed Directorate. You were very helpful as a Coordinator. You worked well with Dr. Joan Gibbons. You will always be missed. Love Tyra Newman.

Dear Betty, I miss you! While I first got to know you through the EF foreign exchange program, our friendship continued after I left EF. You were instrumental in getting that program off the ground here in Sarasota, Florida, and recruited a great group of dedicated volunteers. I remember that first summer; we had students arriving, some with temporary host families (you quickly drafted us volunteers), and you made sure to find good homes for them all, even though we had that string of...