by Alexa Schwalm

We see teachers every day for an hour and a half, but what do we really know about them? Our teachers do not just focus on their subject areas, they have lives outside of their content. 

Mr. McGovern tried out for the US Olympic Rifle team in 2016, and has been to Russia two times

Mr. Ronalds used to work at Yale 

Mrs. Fitz was a UCA National Championship cheerleader

Mr. Antoni went to Palisades

Mr. Fedell played guitar in high school and built a guitar

Mrs. Lipton used to live in Poland

Mrs. LaFlamme climbed an active Sicilian volcano

Mr. LaFevre jumped out of a helicopter 

Mr. Wasser is the oldest of 5 boys, all 2 years apart

Mr. Bobsein has never eaten cotton candy 

Mr. Kellman is in a band named One Lane Bridge 

Mrs. Deemer’s neighbor got mauled by a pet bear. She lives in an area with an unusual crime – the police finding human remains nearby.

Mrs. Laubach was born in an ambulance and was adopted 

Mr. Hong has been to North Korea 4 times as a translator for Unification Day 

Mrs. T can turn her eyelids inside out 

Mr. Alkhas met former President George H.W. Bush

Mr. Einolf was a 40-year-old student teacher 

Senora Davis has been to 3 continents 

Mr. Jones was electrocuted by a power line 

Mrs. Piper started her teaching career in California

Mrs. Sunday can name all the presidents by heart

Mrs. Virnelson has moved 19 time in 25 years.

Mrs. Supplee was in a music video when she was a teenager and knows how to make balloon animals

Mrs. Rood wrote a children’s book called “Ivy Anxiety”. You can find it on Amazon!

Yes, teachers are focused in our academics but they are people too, connecting to us in ways that help us know that they care, while bringing their unique experiences to the classroom so we can gain from what they have learned along the way.