“I get paid to walk around, so you really can’t beat that.” The words of a speed walking instructor? No, this truth came from new hall monitor and assistant football coach, Mr. Christopher Glass. Although most students may not have seen him before this year, he is no stranger to the halls or playing fields of Freedom. “I’m an alumni. I went to Freedom myself and graduated in 2004,” Mr.Glass said. “Our football team actually had a lot of success.” Mr. Glass was also the quarterback on the team. From the locker-lined halls of Freedom to the campus of California University of Pennsylvania, he continued to play football. He decided to major in business administration, and after graduating, he would soon make his way back to Freedom. “Actually [Mr.] Guerra -he’s one of our new football coaches this year- said that he needed a partner in crime, so I kinda just jumped on,” Glass said. As a hall monitor, Mr. Glass makes sure that students are not meandering the halls when they should be perusing their textbooks. He also retrieves students from classrooms for Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Corris when needed. The strangest occurrence he has dealt with so far was a student who “attempted to surf down the steps on a broken caution sign.” Aside from the time spent doing these tasks, he partakes in interacting with the students. “I think the thing that stands out the most is that young kids get a really bad [reputation]. Most of them are very respectful,” Glass said. Along with being the new hall monitor, Mr. Glass is also an assistant coach for the football, baseball and basketball teams. His coaching began at Freedom with basketball and continued to advance to baseball and football. Aside from coaching at Freedom, Mr. Glass also coached at Slippery Rock University basketball camps. Although nearly seven years have passed from the time he was playing under the lights on a Friday night, he says that not much has changed. Some aspects that have stayed the same are being “backed by a strong community” and the exemplary crowd participation, not to mention the atmosphere and strong band. If Mr. Glass could be doing anything else at Freedom, it would be teaching, but he would need to return to school for the degree. “I liked math a lot when I was in high school…I’m good with numbers,” Glass said. “I like to see young kids learning.”