Monday, August 26, 2013

New NEN Counselor Comes Home

Abbie (Steins) Groomer, the new school counselor at Northeast Nodaway, needs no introduction. She was a standout student and athlete at Northeast Nodaway in the late 1990's, helping the basketball team to a State Runnerup finish along the way. Now, she is showing the way for other students as the new counselor at Northeast Nodaway. She said that her experience as an admissions officer at Northwest Missouri State prepared her for this position. One of her older sisters, Amy, is also a counselor, so it runs in the family. She is the daughter of Bob and Joyce Steins, who still farm outside of Ravenwood.

Abbie is married to Nick Groomer, the head boys basketball coach at Stanberry. The Groomers are no strangers to success as Nick led his boys to a runnerup finish at state last year. Stanberry nearly pulled off the feat of winning state in both football and basketball. They have a son and a daughter. Son Hudson is four years old while daughter Waverly is three months old. Abbie said that there was lots of new stuff for her to learn at Northeast Nodaway, but that the kids were good to work with.

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