COVID-19 hasn’t stopped GCAA from receiving new staff
Jie Cruesoe, Staff Reporter
We welcome our new staff to GCAA. While in the midst of a pandemic, they still decided to dedicate their time to education. Here is what our new staff has to say about themselves.
Building Sub, Joleen Reh
Q. What made you want to work in education? ”I think I had a really rough time in school and I didn’t want that for future students, so that’s why I became a teacher.” Q. How many years have you been working in education? “Almost two full years.” Q. What made you decide to work at GCAA? “I’m kinda in between jobs, I’m actually an art teacher certified K-12, but I’m moving...
Chad Hastings, Middle School Social Studies Teacher
Q. What made you want to work in education? “One of my first jobs was teaching swimming lessons, so it was kinda like a dry run of bigger teaching, and I just really enjoyed it. It was fun working with the kids, and seeing them grow and get better, [it] was really fun.” Q. How many years have you been working in education? “I was 15 when I started, and now I’m 24. About 9 years.” Q....
Anjae Hatley, High School Social Studies Teacher
Q. What made you want to work in education? “My mother is a teacher, she has been a teacher for over 25 years, and I love working with kids and helping to envision their future.” Q. How many years have you been working in education? “I’ve been teaching in education for ten years.” Q. What made you decide to work at GCAA? “ I love the atmosphere, the creative, and the chance...
Shelly Crawford, Instructional Coach
Q. What made you want to work in education? “When I was younger and I was in middle school I struggled with math, and really, I hated it, I struggled, struggled, struggled, until finally I had a teacher [who] helped me see and understand things in a different light and I was able to help my friends. Helping my friends that struggled the same way I did and being able to turn a light of understanding...
Roman Kozelov, High School Math Teacher
Q. What made you want to work in education? “I like to teach. I like kids as well. I hope that I can share how I remember to study stuff.” Q. How many years have you been working in education? “At least 8 formally, informally more.” Q. What made you decide to work at GCAA? “I just like the place. Mr. Hopper started showing me the things and I said ‘Wow! That looks cute. Looks...
Zac Leonard, Special Education (SPED) Teacher
Q. What made you want to work in education? “ I have always wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember. I’ve always wanted to help kids learn things, I love sharing knowledge. My parents are teachers, it’s like a family business.” Q. How many years have you been working in education? “This is my 14th year.” Q. What made you decide to work at GCAA? “I liked the...
Ellen Casaletto, High School Social Studies Teacher
Q. What made you want to work in education? “I wanted to work in education because I want to help young people learn all the incredible, awesome [people] they can be. You guys are students, you’re teenagers, but you have the power to go out and change the world, make a difference. I want to help show you how awesome you guys are.” Q. How many years have you been working in education? ‘This...
Lisa Young, Building Sub
Q. What made you want to work in education? “I really like the youth, I really like being around any age student, I just really like the energy and potential.” Q. How many years have you been working in education? “I started teaching at the college level in 2001, so [about] 20-ish years.” Q. What made you decide to work at GCAA? “My daughter [attends] and I believe in the school’s...
Jamie Scott, Visual Art Teacher
Q. What made you want to work in education? “ I've always been called to a location either in education or in clergy since I was a little kid, but I was too ‘chicken’ as a young adult when I got out of college to go for it. As time went by when I finally got into my mid to late 30’s, I finally got courageous enough to leave what I was doing in [a] private industry and go back to school and...
Megan Heithaus, Orchestra Teacher
Q. What made you want to work in education? “I’ve always enjoyed working with people and teaching them different things. I taught Sunday school when I was younger in high school and taught private lessons since I was you, and my grandma was a teacher. I love music and I love sharing my knowledge.” Q. How many years have you been working in education? “This is my ninth year teaching...
Elizabeth Perley, Middle School Math Teacher
Q. What made you want to work in education? So my mom was actually a middle school math teacher, so that’s what I grew up with, and I kinda followed her in her footsteps.” Q. How many years have you been working in education? ”This is my first year.” Q. What made you decide to work at GCAA? “It seemed like a good fit, I have an orchestra background, so it was kinda a good fit...
Becky D’Amaro, Administrative Assistant
Q. What made you want to work in education? “I have actually had a long love for education, I worked in various fields. I worked in an early education center, I worked in college, it was an opening and something that is very close to my heart. I have a passion for education.” Q. How many years have you been working in education? “Since 2013, so about eight years.” Q. What made you...
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