Helen Keeling came to Arizona for a visit when she was in high school. She decided she had to come back and the best way to do that was to become a teacher. So she did. And the Amphitheater district was very grateful that she made that choice.
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1968 Star files
Helen Keeling
Armed with her new teaching certificate, Keeling returned to Arizona. She began her education career in Douglas. In 1930, she moved to Tucson and started teaching in the Amphitheater Elementary District. At that time, the district had 200 students.
By the time she retired in 1957, Keeling was the district’s director of elementary schools. She had a school named for her, as well as the high school’s National Honor Society chapter. Keeling was made a lifetime member of the Amphitheater Parent Teachers Association. At her farewell dinner, she was presented with a $500 check for a trip.
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1958 Star files
Elmer Present and Helen Keeling were named Man
and Woman of the Year in 1958.
She did not stay retired long, later that year she became director of the Beacon Foundation. In 1958, she was named the Tucson Advertising Club’s Woman of the Year. She was the recipient of a number of other awards and honors.
Helen B. Keeling died in 1976, at the age of 89.
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