Caulfield

with Lorena Caulfield

Anna Johnson Staff Writer

Lorena Caulfi eld, sports medicine teacher, recently won the January 2020 Teacher of the Month award from the CVUSD. She is known to be a passionate teacher who is eager to help students progress in a fi eld she genuinely enjoys. Th is award allowed her hard work over the course of her teaching career to be recognized.

What is your favorite part of teaching?

“My favorite thing about teaching is I really enjoy seeing kids get excited to learn about things and fi nding their way. I really love seeing kids fi nd their way.”

If you could do anything, what would you do?

“Live on a lake. Career wise I oft en thought that had I known about orthopedic tech, I would’ve done that, where I could’ve helped put casts on people or help in surgeries. Also, becoming a registered dietician.”

You’ve taught a lot of classes, what has been your favorite class to teach?

“Sports medicine because I’m a certifi ed athletic trainer so to be able to teach kids about my passion is very lucky and fortunate.” What’s your favorite food?

“Chocolate chip cookies.”

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What is one of your guilty pleasures?

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Girl Scouts gain experience

Everyone knows about Girl Scouts, whether it be from their cookies or service. Th ey have worked hard and long to foster a welcoming and healthy environment for young girls across the nation.

Katelyn Truong, junior, has been in Girl Scouts since fi rst grade. As one of the older troops, Truong’s troop oft en plans camp events for the younger scouts. “One camp is called Wildwood, and it’s for juniors and under. Within the people who are there, they break off into smaller groups where we plan activities. Sometimes there’s a science activity, there’s a cooking activity and an outdoors activity,” Truong said.

Truong recalls the moments in which she was able to recreate an experience similar to hers for the younger scouts. “When I was little I went to Wildwood one time and my favorite activity was called the counselor hunt where all the older Girl Scouts who plan the event would go hide around the campsite at night and then the younger girls would bring the fl ashlights and try to fi nd them. Now that I’m an older Girl Scout, I really like hiding because I can give the same experience that I had when I was little,” Truong said.

Sweet- Katie Wu and Katelyn Truong, juniors, sell Girlscout cookies to people around our school and community. The cookies are only a small part of the Girl Scouts program, which is centered around helping the community as well as teaching life lessons to young women. “It’s a really empowering program and encourages girls to take over and be leaders,” said Wu. Jessica Zhou/Prowler

“Chocolate chip cookies.”

How did it feel to be recognized as the teacher of the month for CVUSD?

“It felt like winning a SAG award. Th at’s the only thing I can think of. To earn that honor, you’re nominated by your colleagues, and so it still was very humbling and emotional. It’s an honor to be given that because most of us don’t have this job because we’re trying to earn awards, we’re doing this because somehow or other we found this passion and we’re here just to, I don’t wanna be cliche and say ‘mold the youth’ but it’s just so neat to see. I was just writing letters of recommendation, and it’s just so fun to talk about the students that you get to know, and that sort of thing. It was just so humbling, I can’t believe that my colleagues felt that I was worthy of that honor.”

As Girl Scout cookie season comes around, boxes of cookies are always seen carried around on campus. For Girl Scouts, selling these cookies is an important fundraiser and also develops their “go getter” spirit. “Most of the time the proceeds go to funding the camps, but also we get I think we get around $1 for each box that we sell. So this year, I’m using my proceeds specifi cally to go to my Girl Scouts world project, kind of like the Eagle Scout award,” Truong said.

Due to Girl Scouts, Edyn Stepler, sophomore, has grown as a leader and as an individual. “Girl Scouts is an incredible organization that has infl uenced my life in so many ways… I have grown into an incredible leader, fi lled with amazing experiences that have infl uenced how I live my life. It has especially helped me with my confi dence, as now I’m proud of my capabilities and achievements,” Stepler said.

Th ese scouts do not get time off during the summer, as they still keep going strong on helping out the community. “Every year I look forward to the summer camps, like Sequoia Day Camp and Camp Conejo. At those camps, I help the younger Girl Scouts learn and experience new things while developing their leadership and character qualities,” Stepler said. “Th ese camps also give me the opportunity to see the next generation of girls learn about the world around them and about their incredible capabilities.”

Katie Wu, junior, has also taken part in leading one of the camps held during the summer. “I’ve led a group of about eight to twelve energetic elementary school girls with my friends and participated in lots of fun activities with them, from making bracelets or playing games to singing a bunch of silly Girl Scout songs,” Wu said.

Wu has been in Girl Scouts for as long as she can remember. “I’ve been in the same troop for all 12 years and I’ve been with all my troop members since third grade,” Wu said.

“Girl Scouts is a very broad organization where you really make it your own experience. You can be casual and work on a couple of badges and go to camps, or you can be extremely involved and do everything Girl Scouts off er,” Stepler said.