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RETIREE SPOTLIGHT
from Senior Rewind
Lindsey Pham (Indesign Editor)
Lavia Raof (Indesign Editor)
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FOUR OF THIS YEAR’S SEVEN RETIREES SHARE THEIR FUTURE PLANS AFTER DEPARTING LHS
Q: What are your plans after retirement?
A: I don’t know is the simple answer, but I’m going to get another job eventually. I just need a change, you know I started teaching in 1988, and it’s my 24th year. So I’m going to try to get another job, what kind? I don’t know. I don’t know if I‘m going to try to go something like Kohl's, Costco, something easy, or if i’m gonna try like get a second career and being really like embrace something new. I got a couple trips, family trip in June, just my husband and me in September.
Q: What has been your favorite memory from working at LHS?
A: 2015 maybe, but we did this school wide video (LHS Lipdub)... where the whole school participates and we took like a half day and we all got out in the hallways and even if you weren’t in it in it, you know you went to the hallways, cheering and screaming and stuff. I say that was fun and that was one of my favorite memories.
Q: What is best part about your role at LHS?
Darlene Burns
Q: What are your plans after retirement?
A: My husband’s been retired, so we’re gonna probably travel a little bit to go see some family and friends; we have 6 six grandkids with one on the way. Just being able to enjoy being off for a while and do things I’ve been not able to do while I’m working.
Q: What has been your favorite memory from working at LHS?
A: I guess it would have to be all of the friends I’ve made here– since I’ve been here for 21 years; we’ve had a lot of great, amazing counselors come in and then they’d leave, and then more amazing ones would come. I think I’m going to miss coming and seeing everybody, but hopefully– outside of work– I can still see some of them.
Q: What is best part about your role at LHS?
A: Well, I work with the college and career counselor, and being able to work with the seniors, making sure that their plans are ready for after high school, and helping her out with seeing the kids and planning different things for them; it’s just nice. It’s gonna be hard to quit seeing that because I always enjoy seeing the kids. It’s nice when you hear where they got accepted here and they’re going here and what their plans are. It’s kind of interesting, and it’s fun at the same time.
Q: Who’s your LHS BFF?
A: Probably Kate Keegan, the college counselor but also the other secretary, Ms. Altgilbers
A: I would just say, I’d say relationships with the kids and, well, my staff members, too.
Q: Who’s your LHS BFF?
A: Mrs. Switzer.
Michelle Wedig
David Early
Q: What are your plans after retirement?
A: Just to spend more time with my family. And I do plan to substitute teach and possibly teach some summer art programs. So, a little bit of teaching still, I’m not like the kind of person that’s like, 'I’m never teaching again!' You know what I mean? More time with family and stuff like that.
Q: What has been your favorite memory from working at LHS?
A: I would say that this (is) the thing to reflect on quite the most is just like having so much fun with the students and joking around with the students over the years. I have different students every year and just how students interpret the project or the artwork or whatever we’re doing and just interacting with the students.
Q: What is best part about your role at LHS?
A: I think maybe the most fun would be introducing students to do different types of art they haven’t done. I have introductory classes, and they never tried a certain thing before and when they have low expectations and they try it and they’re like, 'This looks amazing!'”
Q: What has been your favorite art piece you’ve done at LHS?
A: Over the years I’ve evolved from more of a painter and a printmaker like standard art at home; I started doing woodworking. I start my sketchbooks now with drawings of credenzas, dining room tables that I wanna design, and add my own little style to it.
Q: What are your plans after retirement?
A: My plans are to do a lot of traveling. Like to the national parks, a little bit of camping, and stuff like that.
Q: What has been your favorite memory from working at LHS?
A: I have a lot of them. I guess my favorite memory is you know coming in and seeing all the students and the students recognizing me, and at other places, but just to see the best memories of you know Christmas times, kids dressing up for Halloween. I know what it is, dressing up for Halloween! Having the kids walking around in costumes. That is a great thing, and I really enjoy that very much.
Q: What is best part about your role at LHS?
A: Meeting the students and seeing that there are a great number of very smart, intelligent students that attend this school. They’re not like your average teenager.
Q: Who’s your LHS BFF?
A: Susan Merz
Teresa Pollien
