Monday, January 24, 2011
Cathi Boone is a
Cathi Boone is a first grade teacher at Hawthorne Elementary School in Wheaton. She is a library lover, former swimmer and musician. Wheaton Patch: How long have you been at your current school? How long have you been a teacher? Cathi Boone: I've been here 7 or 8 years. I have taught off and on since 1976. WP: What inspires you to work with children? CB: Children have fearless desire to learn. We ask children to take enormous risks all the time with what they have to learn. If someone asked us to take a job where everything everyday was new no one would take the job. Children are expected to do just that every day. WP: What is your favorite hobby? CB: Reading is my favorite hobby. I also like needle pointing and playing flute and piano. I …
Monday, January 17, 2011
Virginia Jones is a 7th grade language arts teacher at Edison Middle School. She loves to read, she has a dog named Cooper, she loves Mexican food and is a triathlete.
Virginia Jones, a 7th grade language arts teacher at Edison Middle School, is the oldest of five siblings and a triathlete who loves Mexican food. She believes that teaching is not a profession, but a calling. Wheaton Patch: How long have you been at your current school? How long have you been a teacher? Virginia Jones: I am in my seventh year at Edison and my 15th year of teaching. WP: What inspires you to work with children? VJ: I believe that teaching is not a profession that you choose; it is a profession that chooses you. It is a calling. I cannot remember a time when I did not want to be a teacher, much to the chagrin of my brother and sister who were my first students. WP: What is your favorite hobby? VJ: I love to read when I …
Monday, January 10, 2011
Busboom is so dedicated to the study of history that she took extra classes in high school as electives.
Laura Busboom, Edison Middle School teacher, spent the better part of her life learning as much history as possible. Now, her knowledge of the subject is clear during her lessons in sixth and eighth grade social studies. Wheaton Patch: How long have you been at your current school? How long have you been a teacher? Laura Busboom: This is my 6th year teaching here. I have been teaching 7 years total. I had a one year position at Wheaton Warrenville South. WP: What inspires you to work with children? LB: I love their curiosity. I had a long term sub position and every day was so exciting. Every day was really energizing I felt like I could really impact their lives. I decided this is what I should do and this is what I can do. WP: What is…
Monday, January 3, 2011
Nooden was adopted. She always felt out of place since her family was full of athletic people while music was her passion.
Name: Amy Nooden School: Wheaton North Subject: Choral Activities and Piano Grade: 9-12 Wheaton Patch: How long have you been at your current school? How long have you been a teacher? Amy Nooden: This is my 4th year here. I was a choir teacher for 6 years before that. WP: What inspires you to work with children? AN: Their energy—it inspires and exhausts me in a good way. They have so much enthusiasm. WP: What is your favorite hobby? AN: Music. WP: What was your favorite vacation? AN: I love to vacation. I've been to Florida and I'm going to Tucson. My favorite was when I went to the British Virgin Islands on a sailboat for a week with my father's brother and sisters in 1989. WP: Where did you go to college? Degree? AN: I went to the …
Monday, December 27, 2010
Courtney Farrell, Emerson teacher, is expecting a baby in two months and returns to teaching after spring break. Patch caught her for an interview in her days before becoming "Mommy."
Name: Courtney Farrell School: Emerson Grade: 5th Grade Wheaton Patch: How long have you been at your current school? How long have you been a teacher? Courtney Farrell: It is my first year here and it's my sixth year as a teacher. WP: What inspires you to work with children? CF: I always wanted to be a teacher growing up, playing school in basement and what not. I was hopefully going to be making a difference academically and personally. Children have such an innocence and as a teacher you get to impart your own values and ideas to help shape who they become. WP: What is your favorite hobby? CF: I love reading, watching and playing sports. I love anything with water, exploring and reading. WP: What was your favorite vacation? CF: I …
Friday, December 24, 2010
Patch counted down the top 5 teachers in District 200 for 2010. Are we missing someone important to you? Feel free to tell us about your favorite teacher in our comments section.
Teachers can change change lives in a single lesson. They hold a power that not many possess and their efforts to make the world a better place have not gone unnoticed. Melissa Sender, Pleasant Hill Elementary teacher, spent six weeks over the summer teaching in Uganda with nonprofit organization, Empower a Child. She spent everyday differently—visiting schools, hospitals and prisons. She took supplies everywhere she went, helped out in communities and played with the children. Sender said she did everything from learning how to make concrete to building a goat shed. Wheaton North music teacher Amy Nooden was born and raised in an adopted family. She always felt out of place since her family was full of athletic people and music was her …
Monday, December 20, 2010
If Kevin Williams had one million dollars he would buy a farm, donate to some charities, a nature conservancy, and some of the schools he went to.
Name: Kevin Williams School: Wheaton North Subject (s): Activities Director, Senior Rhetoric, co-sponsor yearbook, Falcon ambassadors, services organization Grade: 12 Wheaton Patch: How long have you been teaching at your current school? Kevin Williams: It is my 30th year in the district. I started at Edison. WP: What inspires you to work with children? KW: I just like helping people and this a great way to do it cause every single day you're helping people and its nice to see them grow and improve and make a difference. WP: What is your favorite hobby? KW: I like traveling, being outside, casual hiking, anything with nature, reading, summer and vacations. WP: What was your favorite vacation? KW: I spent three weeks in southern France …
Monday, December 13, 2010
If Cheryl Martines had one thing to say to sum up her experience at Edison it would be: "I’ve stayed here a long time because it’s a good place to be. Life is full of choices and this is where I choose to work."
Name: Cheryl Martines School: Edison Middle School Subject: Health and PE Grade: 6-8 Wheaton Patch: How long have you been at your current school? How long have you been a teacher? Cheryl Martines: I have been here since 1985. I had 5 years experience in Minnesota, East Aurora and DeKalb. WP: What inspires you to work with children? CM: Seeing how they can grasp the information for the very first time and expand. Seeing that look on their faces. WP: What is your favorite hobby? CM: Playing the piano. I have played since I was seven (years old). WP: What was your favorite vacation? CM: I went to St. Martin's in the Carribean for my 20th wedding anniversary. It was right when school got out. WP: Where did you go to college? Degree? CM…
Monday, December 6, 2010
If preschool teacher Mary Davis had $1 million to do anything with, she would open an animal shelter to help animals in need.
Name: Mary Davis School: Jefferson Preschool Subject: Preschool special education Grade: 3, 4, and 5yr-old preschool Wheaton Patch: How long have you been at your current school? How long have you been a teacher? Mary Davis: This is my 3rd year at Jefferson and my 4th year altogether. I spent one year in a different district. WP: What inspires you to work with children? MD: I originally went to school to be an accountant but I quickly realized life behind a desk was not for me. I need to be with kids. My sister has special needs so it was part of my life and I embraced it. WP: What is your favorite hobby? MD: I like to scrapbook and do other arts and crafts. WP: What was your favorite vacation? MD: It was a last minute road trip my …
Monday, November 29, 2010
If David DeMarzo, high school History teacher, was given $1 million to do anything with, he would still teach and he would travel around the world.
Name: David DeMarzo School: Wheaton Warrenville South Subject: Head speech team coach; US History and World Civilizations Grade: 9 & 10 Wheaton Patch: What inspires you to work with children? David DeMarzo: I'm a people person and I like to laugh and kids make me laugh. WP: What is your favorite hobby? DD: I like to run and I like music. WP: What was your favorite vacation? DD: Kauai in Hawaii, I hiked and I got to surf and I went sky-diving. WP: Where did you go to college? Degree? DD: Purdue University, my degree was BA in social studies education. WP: Who is your role model? DD: Jack Bower. WP: What is your favorite food? Restaurant? DD: My favorite food is popcorn…
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Paolo Dirutigliano
1:52 am on Friday, December 10, 2010
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