Last year, the halls of AHS were filled with many new faces. English II teacher Rachelle Lipp and P.E. teacher and coach Tucker Weber are new teachers right out of college, and Science teacher Jedd Sherman is a new teacher at AHS. 

In the past year, Lipp has changed her style of teaching from just trying to get things done to “playing” with her lessons to fit the teaching better. Lipp, said “This is my first teaching job. It’s different than my student teaching job because they had different schedules. I taught a humanities class, which is a combination of english and history which was fun.” Being that it is her first teaching job, she has felt good with her teaching so far in her second year. “Last year when I left school after a day, I felt like I was a good teacher and that was a successful day. This year, I’ve had more of those days” said Lipp. From Lipp’s first year to her second year, Lipp thinks that the teaching has been smoother overall.

This is Sherman’s second year of teaching chemistry and physics even though he has an “all-science endorsement.” One thing that Sherman misses from last year is the seniors that he got to know over the year. Another thing that Sherman consider a highlight is getting to come back and have the lab in the order that he wants. In his second year at AHS, Sherman got to “understand the culture” of Atlantic and how everything works around him.

Sherman’s previous teaching job was at a Catholic school. The difference between AHS and the catholic school is that AHS is public and the Catholic school is private so students must pay to enroll. “Well a catholic school is a very nice place to work in but it is private customers. It is a customer mentality a bit more than a public school mentality. So people are paying tuition above their taxes, it has a different feeling so the accountability piece and holding a student accountable is a little different in a private setting. So with a public school, it’s just a different environment,” Sherman said.

P.E., Health, and Coaching are all of the things that Tucker Weber is busy with on a daily basis. Weber’s style of teaching has changed from him lecturing to the class doing more group activities instead. A highlight of teaching at AHS for Weber is creating a bond with all of the kids. In his transition from last year to this year, his delivery of information is much better. “I know the kids a lot more and also your first year of teaching, you are not sure how it’s going to go and then the second year of teaching all the information and delivering it to the students comes a lot easier.” said Weber about his second year at AHS.