Sondra Burks Dile

I was born to forester Bill Burks and educator Barbara Burks, on March 7th, 1972. I have two younger brothers; Zach and Ross. I was raised in Ragland and graduated from Ragland High School in 1990. Auburn University offered me a scholarship in their aerospace engineering department. After 2 years in engineering, I found that my specialty was in laboratory research. I attended Auburn from 1990 – 1994 and then married my high school sweetheart in July of 1994. He was stationed in Okinawa, Japan from 1994-1995 and then I was allowed to join him in Oceanside, California from 1995-1999. Oceanside is located on the ocean between Los Angeles and San Diego.

We returned home in 1999 and received a beautiful baby girl, Alyssa Noell Haynes, on February 29th, 2000 (a leap-year, millennium baby). It was at this time that I decided to become an educator. I was accepted into Jacksonville State’s Graduate Program and found employment with Victory Christian School from 2001-2003 and then completed my Master’s of Education (highly qualified in any science 6th – 12th grade) while employed at Ragland High School in December 2003. I was offered a position in the Pell City System for summer school in June, 2004 and quickly applied for an opening at Duran for 8th grade science.

My husband and I divorced during the summer of 2004 after ten years of marriage and my daughter and I lived on our own in Ragland close to my friends and family for about 4-5 years. God found it in his will to send us an angel (Michael Dile) and I married him October 11, 2008. Michael served the country during Desert Storm while in the Navy. We attend Ragland United Methodist Church. I feel blessed to have my life full of supportive friends and family and a career that I cherish despite any daily challenges that are sure to occur. The staff and community here at Duran have been a great blessing for me and I strive to relay that encouraging support to my students and their guardians.

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