New Faces at AHS

Noah Widrowicz transferred to AHS after teaching in Avoca, Iowa for six years. Widrowicz lived in Atlantic with his wife and kids and decided to make the switch to allow more opportunities. Before teaching, he attended the University of Northern Iowa.  Widrowicz was most excited about getting to work with industry partners and getting students to work with those industry partners. He wanted to te...

“Know that I am going to push you to do better, and I am going to listen. And I'm going to give you some sort of cheesy inspirational quote,” Sarah Rose said. Rose, Atlantic High School’s new guidance counselor,  grew up in Ankeny, Iowa. She attended The University of Iowa, got her AA Degree through DMACC, and graduated from UNI 2014 with a social studies teaching degree. Rose then finished up h...

Brandon Baggett moved to Iowa six years ago from Tampa, Florida because of his grandparents. He was “tired of the big city.” Baggett said it’s “been great with smaller communities. It’s closer, more of a community.” Baggett attended school at the University of South Florida and Morningside.  His biggest inspiration is his mom, who was a single mother during his life. She worked nights...