After three teachers in three years, the Orchestra program looks toward the future with their newest teacher, Dawn Herron. This is Herron’s 17th year teaching and first time teaching in Kansas. Previously,...
In August, teacher Jacob Lewis molded his way into the school’s ceramics position after being an elementary school teacher for nine years. When Pickney and Broken Arrow closed down, he came back...
Ericka Waller, the new theater teacher, is now in her tenth year of teaching. Waller knew she wanted to teach after connecting with her theater teacher in high school.
“He inspired me, so I went on...
With a new teacher at the head of the class, Intrapersonal Skills has changed in structure and style.
Senior Paige Bowers enrolled in IPS for the first time this semester. Even though Bowers was never...
As weeks passed by at the beginning of quarter three, students fed up with watching pointless videos contemplated switching out of Drafting I. However, after three substitutes and much confusion, the administration...
![Playing the violin, Ms. Herron, the new orchestra teacher, demonstrates to her class how to play a piece. “I was a little nervous going into [the first day], of course, but it was just so much fun and so welcoming from the students,” Herron said.](https://www.fsfreepressonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-06-at-3.03.28 PM-1200x800.png)
![Sitting at his desk during his drafting I class, freshman William Orr watches Mr. Williams as he goes over parts of a drafting pencil. Students spent the first couple weeks of the semester with substitutes while the school looked for a permanent replacement for Don Clancy, the previous instructor. "I heard people talk [about Clancy's retirement], but I didn't find out until the beginning of the semester," Orr said.](https://www.fsfreepressonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Drafting-Picture-1.jpg)
