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Chris Bemboom Family: Wife, Trisha, and children, Jackson, 7, Hailey, 5, and William, almost 1 Mayhew Lake • Minnesota State UniversityMoorhead Years of experience: Seven What grade and subject will you teach? I’ll be teaching physical education at the high school and DAPE at Pleasantview Elementary and the high school. Who or what has most influenced you to become an educator? My mom, Ann Bemboom, a long-time PE and health teacher at SRRHS who retired this summer. What are you most looking forward to throughout the upcoming year? Working with the other PE teachers who I had as teachers and was able to sub for years ago. If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be? Try new things. You never know what you will like if you don’t try it.
Erika Berger Family: My boyfriend and our dog. We are a small but happy family. Mandan, North Dakota North Dakota State University Years of experience: Five What grade and subject will you teach? K-5 music at Pleasantview Who or what has most influenced you to become an educator? In high school, I was involved with band, piano, musicals and basically everything music. All of my teachers and friends from those experiences helped inspire me to become a music educator. What are you most looking forward to throughout the upcoming year? I am excited to meet all of the kids at Pleasantview and hope to make music in a creative way with them no matter what this year throws at us. If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be? Calm down and don’t take everything so seriously all of the time.
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Alyssa Fleischhacker Family: Parents, two younger sisters and a dog Freeport • Minnesota State University-Moorhead Years of experience: Two What grade and subject will you teach? Early childhood special education. Who or what has most influenced you to become an educator? My love for children and helping others has always made me interested in being a teacher. What are you most looking forward to throughout the upcoming year? Learning new things and getting to know a new group of kids. If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be? Appreciate the small moments in life.
Sara Gilbertson
Family: Parents, brothers, Dennis and Caleb, and dog, Vader Hayfield • St. Cloud State University Years of experience: Four months of long-term substituting in kindergarten
What grade and subject will you teach? Second grade at Pleasantview Elementary. Geneva • University of Minnesota-Duluth Who or what has most influenced you to become an educator? I have Years of experience: First year always wanted to work with children, but my original plan was to become a pediatric nurse when I first came to college. I started working at KIDSTOP and was the staff member who was helping with Power Hour (Homework Helpers). Being able to help the children with their homework when I had no background What grade and subject will you teach? I will be an early childhood special information on what they were doing in the classroom and had not taken any education teacher for ages 3-5. courses in elementary education, I quickly knew that I was in the wrong major Who or what has most influenced you to become an educator? My mom is and switched to education. my greatest influence when it comes to teaching. I grew up watching her teach What are you most looking forward to throughout the upcoming year? I special education and knew that is what I wanted to do. am most looking forward to spending time with my students and seeing what What are you most looking forward to throughout the upcoming year? I amazing things they are able to accomplish this year. am looking forward to meeting all of my students as well as getting to know the If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be? If other teachers better. I could give my younger self a piece of advice, it would be to never give up and If you could give your younger self one piece of advice what would it be? I not allow other people’s opinions to affect what I am doing. Surround myself would tell myself to not stress and keep pushing through. It will all be worth it. with like-minded individuals who will help me grow into the person I envision.