Retiring Staff End Careers with Memories and Plans for the Future

One of the many amazing teachers, Sam Solomon, is retiring after 30 years of teaching. He is currently an eighth grade science teacher, but has taught multiple grades at different locations. He has always taught science, but not always here or in the same grade. "In the beginning of my career, I taught earth and space science. That was a ninth grade course. I also taught Biology in Virginia....

As this school year comes to an end, so does eighth grade math teacher Lisa Plummer’s teaching career. Plummer has been teaching for 34.5 years! She has taught grades 7-12. Also, she has taught at Roosevelt Junior High School, Keith Junior High School and at the high school.  Plummer said her favorite part of teaching was seeing a student who struggles in math develop their confidence over t...

Another thoughtful and kind teacher, Valerie Hampton, is retiring after 35 years of teaching. She is a sixth grade science teacher, but has taught many different grades. In her 35 years of teaching, she has taught six different grades. "I've taught first grade, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth. So I taught them all," said Hampton. Teachers make many friendships and have very large effects...

Eighth grade science teacher Pattie Wendle has been teaching for 30 years! She has had a great deal of experiences with students throughout her teaching years.   Wendle has been teaching ninth-grade science for most of her career, but after the transition of ninth grade moving to the high-school, she has been teaching eighth grade.   “I went strictly with ninth grade. Now, I...