Teacher Feature

BAYSHORE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

TEACHER FEATURE

BY LIESEL SCHMIDT

fter a summer away from school, Cissy Barre was excited to meet her students for the 2020/2021 school year—but a cancer diagnosis earlier in June of 2020 resulted in a year of treatment that started the day after school began. After a great deal of anticipation and a hard road over that year, she went back to school and is now celebrating both remission and a full decade of teaching at Bayshore Christian School.

Barre’s career began when her daughter was in fifth grade, first working as a sub and then taking on a part-time position in kindergarten. Eventually, she became a full-time member of the faculty. “Looking back, I think I was just following the plan God had for me all along,” says Barre, who is in her second year of teaching third grade. “The biggest reward of teaching is the joy and love I experience with my students every day. I love to watch them learn and grow, and I continue to be thankful to my Bayshore community for taking care of me during my recovery from cancer.”

To her students, she offers this advice: “Be lifelong learners. God’s Word and His creation are filled with never-ending wonders, so explore them both and be open to what He has to show you!”