Harper is a seventh grader at Lakewood Middle School. At school, she participates in vocal and guitar classes and is a member of the reading club. She loves interacting with her peers and teachers. Outside of school, Harper is an active participant at her church, enjoys playing volleyball, riding bikes and spending time outside with her siblings. After high school, Harper plans to pursue a career ...

Nathalia is a senior at Central High School. She enjoys participating in choir and helping people through her work as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and Home Health Aide (HHA) outside of school. Nathalia plans to pursue nursing after graduation. A fun fact about Nathalia is that she has been involved with choir since the fourth grade....

Jasmine is an eighth grader at South Middle School. She appreciates Mrs. Freeman for her guidance and support, which helps her excel both academically and personally. Jasmine enjoys being a member of the school's track team and playing badminton outside of school. Her future plans include pursuing a career in social media, being self-employed, and collaborating with others as well as with companie...

Carson is a senior at South High School. He is involved with the STEM Center, is a member of the National Honor Society (NHS), and enjoys playing trivia with Mrs. Chamberlain for the gifted program. After graduation, Carson plans to attend the University of Kansas to study chemical engineering. Some fun facts about Carson are that he spends his free time skateboarding, listening to Frank Ocean and...

John is a seventh grade social studies teacher at Lakewood Middle School. He has been teaching at Lakewood for the past six years. John previously worked in the sales and manufacturing industry for 20 years, he chose to return to school and finish his education program he started 28 years ago. John’s favorite part about teaching is being around the students and seeing them laugh and smile. He en...

Grace is a ninth grade English and reading teacher at Central High school. She has been teaching for two years, both of which have been at Central. Grace has always had a passion for wanting to help others. She went to Central and loved her English teachers during high school. This, as well as her mother’s (Aimee Holgerson) 26 year teaching career for her inspiration to enter teaching. Grace gre...

Amy is a sixth grade social studies teacher at South Middle School. She has been teaching for 30 years, 20 of those being at South Middle. Amy chose teaching as a profession due to being inspired by her third grade teacher, Mrs. Bloom, as well as her grandma. As a child, Amy played school with her grandma and her grandma always let her be the teacher. Amy enjoys seeing her students get excited abo...

Chris is a speech teacher, debate and forensics coach at South High School. Chris has been teaching for 25 years, with this being his first year at South. He was inspired to pursue teaching by the teachers in his hometown. He looked up to them and they were respected community members. Chris found direct inspiration from Mr. Christner in elementary school, Mr. Reynolds in middle school, and Mr. St...