Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Blending the New with the Familiar

Some faculty members may be getting a bit of déjà vu this school year. Mrs. Anderson, a new technology hire, isn’t all that new. Most students in the high school today won’t remember, but Anderson was a teacher in 2006 as well. She taught for three years with the special education department before she was offered a job at Conway Elementary School. She double majored in special education and elementary education. When she was offered a job to teach regular education students, she took the opportunity. Anderson stayed at Conway for another three years, in which time she earned her master’s degree in online teaching. She missed the high school, and once again when offered a position as the Cyber Coordinator, she took it. So in her seventh year of teaching, Anderson is back in the high school. She runs the cyber school programs provided by Freedom in all of the schools. She has to meet with parents, help the teachers with their cyber curriculum and review students’ progress. In the cyber room with Anderson is the woman whom she calls “her eyes” of the room. Mrs. Willis, a graduate of New Brighton High, is an aide for Anderson. Ever since Willis was young, she would play school with her younger sister. During her education, there were a lot of teachers who helped her to reach her choice of being a teacher. She attended Clarion University and graduated with a degree in elementary and special education. After the special education job was filled, Mr. Dadich offered Willis a position as an aid. Because this is her first teaching job, she hopes that "This is my foot in the door to other teaching opportunities.”