The Review Student Magazine-RVHS Spring/ Summer 2014 Volume 1 | Page 21

Retiring Staff Q&A Questions: 1. What do you plan to do in retirement? 2. What’s your favorite memory at RV? 3. How many years have you taught? 4. Why did you originally want to become a teacher? 5.What is most rewarding about teaching so many students? 6. What do you think students should do to prepare for college that the school may not be doing enough of? Mr. George Barker Science Teacher Ms. Becky Schipper Counselor Ms. Kethleen Lacy Assistant Principal 1) Ski, Cooking, and possibly guiding tours and scuba diving. 1) Travel; both in and out of the United States. 2) I have so many great memories, but my favorite has to be our state contending boys golf team. 2) All of the wonderful kids. 1) I hope to spend a little more time with my family, and hope to work part-time in some other capacity… eventually travel. 3) I have taught for 29 years, and 7 of those have been here at RV. 4) I was a teacher prior to becoming a councilor and i just thought it was a different aspect of education. 4) I started out by going to CU for medical school, but after being a councilor at a summer camp with kids being a science teacher seemed like a good middle ground. 5) Giving success to kids not doing well in school, and pushing the excellent students to be even better. 6) More emphasis on volunteering, and to be more active within the community, so you are more than just good grades. 3) About 20 years. 5) Seeing them all graduate at the end of their senior year. 6) Outside of school the kids need to be on all the different websites that we provide or that they could google, and find as much information as they can about how they want to be educated after high school. 2) Either the state championship or the driven leadership retreat a couple years ago. 3) I’ve been here for 3 years. Prior to that I was at Chatfield for 22 years, and before I was at Carmandy. So, in total 32 years. 4) I decided in 5th grade I wanted to be a teacher, and I liked earth science in 7th grade, and stuck to that. 5) When kids come back after they have graduated, and thank you; and just to see that what you taught that was applicable in the real world. 6) Learn to be independent and make choices for themselves. Also, some community service, because it gives 21 them those skills.