New FSMS Teachers: David Heidrick, Janet Fairbanks, Samantha Short

That is a part of a collection that includes the 26 new educators in USD 234. College begins on August 18.

David Heidrik is a brand new  seventh- grade Particular Training instructor at Fort Scott Center College.

That is his eleventh 12 months as an  educator, all of these in particular training.

“I spent 8 years at Prairie View as a center college useful resource room instructor and I’ll maintain the identical place right here,” he stated.

“I’m married with two boys,” he stated.  “My spouse , Luisa, is from Peru and we met at Pittsburg State College. Our boys are Matt, age 6,  and Jacob, age 3.”

He has quite a lot of pursuits outdoors of faculty.

“I’m into athletics, I apply Jiu Jitsu, I’ve a backyard, and I examine historic historical past amongst different hobbies,” he stated.

Janet Fairbanks has been employed to show sixth grade historical past.

She earned a bachelors diploma from Pittsburg State College in elementary training, licensed to show Ok-9 .

“I retired from instructing virtually two years in the past,” she stated. “I taught in Osawatomie for 26 years. I’ve taught elementary bodily training, elementary librarian, fourth grade, fifth grade, and even did elementary music.”

She moved to Fort Scott final Could.

” I spend most of my free time with my  4 married children and 15 grandkids going to ball video games and having fun with the entire totally different actions that they take part in.”

“Though I’ve cherished retirement, I miss the classroom! I made a decision I can do what I really like, instructing, and I may journey with my feminine companion, Blue, a mini Aussie. I do plan on touring to all 50 states together with her, perhaps even get her on a aircraft to Hawaii!”

“I’m wanting ahead to instructing In Fort Scott. The workers that I’ve met whereas substituting final 12 months are fairly superior! I’m fairly excited to hitch the group on the center college.”

Samantha Brief, 53 is a brand new Fort Scott Center College Spanish instructor and remedial English instructor.

She graduated from Nevada Excessive College in 1987.Then earned her bachelors, masters and specialist levels from Pittsburg State College.

She taught Spanish within the Nevada College District for the final 28 years and simply retired this 12 months.

Nevada is her hometown since 1975.

She has been married for 31 years and has three kids and two grandchildren. Katlyn is a sixth grade instructor in Nevada; Colton, lives in Connecticut and is an engineer for a corporation; and Hallie shall be a senior at Pittsburg State College finding out Building Administration.

“I really like spending time with my household, engaged on our cattle farm, and touring,” she stated.

“I grew to become a instructor as a result of I had such a foul 4th-grade expertise that I hoped to be sure that different college students didn’t have the identical unhealthy 12 months that I did. I hoped to make a distinction of their lives.”

“The most effective a part of instructing for me is being with the children and studying all about them,” she stated.

“I’ve discovered that the largest problem is preserving children engaged within the studying course of. They’re so overstimulated with every little thing that they need to entertain them, that class will be boring, so it is advisable swap matters fairly typically to maintain their consideration.”