Ms. Katie Jaroch - SPHS & Mr Regan - SPHS

Ms. Pittman was my kindergarten teacher, and reconnecting with her now honestly feels like coming full circle. She’s one of those educators who doesn’t just teach kids how to read and write, but she has always cared about who they become as people. One of the most powerful things she shared is that she became a teacher partly because school wasn’t easy for her growing up. She wasn’t a strong test taker, and she remembered adults labeling her based on her test scores, which ma

Some teachers don’t just teach a subject, instead they teach you how to learn, how to handle a challenge, and how to believe you’re capable even when something feels hard at first. That’s exactly what my eighth grade Spanish teacher, Señora León, did for me. I still remember how rigorous her class felt in middle school. It honestly shocked my classmates and I at first, because it was more intense than all of our other middle school classes. But as we talked, it became clear w