Works of literature such as Shakespearian plays and novels with themes that transcend generations might be staples in an English class, but a change to the department was made this year with new teacher Miss Catherine Stringer. Her classes include Academic English 12, Composition I and Honors English 10. Stringer graduated from Grove City Senior High School and moved on to pursue a major in English Literature with a minor in Religion at Grove City College. Before arriving at Freedom this year, she was a teacher at Mercer Middle-High School. While at Mercer, she taught seventh through ninth grade. Although Stringer has only been at Freedom for a few weeks, she said she likes Freedom because it’s “new.” She also enjoys Freedom because “so far the students have been really respectful, and all of the teachers have been really welcoming,” Stringer said. She said her favorite part about teaching is getting to stand up and talk about literature in front of her students. “It’s always kind of been a part of my everyday life [and now] I get to talk about it all day. That’s what I get to do for a living,” Stringer said. Out of all the classes she’s in charge of this year, Stringer is looking forward to teaching “Hamlet” to her senior class the most. “I think it would be funny to have some of the seniors act out the play,” she said. Along with teaching a well-known play, she’s also looking forward to teaching a poetry unit to her Honors English 10 class. Although Stringer’s already assigned to teach Academic English 12, Composition I and II, and Honors English 10, she said she would like to teach a genre class. “If I could teach any book, I would do a fantasy literature class and do all C.S. Lewis, all the Narnia books, all the Lord of the Rings books and a couple other fantasy literature books,” Stringer said.