Fun Fact Friday # 5 - It's All About Me

IT’S MY LAST YEAR SO WHAT THE H E DOUBLE L!!!

 

TEACHING CAREER:  IT WAS DURING MY CREDENTIAL CLASSES THAT I WAS ASSIGNED BONITA AS MY SCHOOL TO DO MY STUDENT TEACHING.  JEAN BRENNECKE AND JUDY AMIGUET WERE MY MASTER TEACHERS WHEN I STUDENT TAUGHT HERE IN 1984.  IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE, I LEARNED A LOT AND I LOVED THIS SCHOOL.  THEY BOTH TOLD ME TO STICK AROUND, BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING CLOSE TO RETIRING.  THE NEXT YEAR, I WAS THE LOCKER ROOM ATTENDANT.  I DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE BONITA, BUT I WANTED TO BE A TEACHER…WHEN JEAN DECIDED TO GO OVER TO RAMONA TO BE A COUNSELOR, I WAS HIRED AS A PE TEACHER, WORKING WITH JUDY AMIGUET.  AFTER MY FIRST YEAR, (AND NO, I DID NOT STRIKE THAT YEAR) I WAS RIFFED.  BUT BECAUSE JUDY WENT TO LONE HILL TO BECOME A COUNSELOR, I WAS ABLE TO KEEP MY JOB.  I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY FULL TIME FEMALE PE TEACHER SINCE THE 1987-88 SCHOOL YEAR.

 

I HAVE WORKED WITH SEVERAL WONDERFUL PE (INCLUDING JEAN AND JUDY) AND DANCE TEACHERS THROUGH THE YEARS…THOM YOUNG, BRANDI (DE LANG) KNISS, GEORGE (KING OF THE HILL) KING, STAN “THE MAN” WHITLEY, CHRIS “LEGEND” PARKSON, JOHN KNOTT, KERILYNN (PUTINANO) DANGLES, JULIE BEER-KERR, JOSH KOEPFER, KELLY O’GRADY, SAM LOPEZ, DARREN BAUMUNK, MICHELLE OKAYAMA AND RYAN MARCOS…

 

WHEN I FIRST CAME TO BONITA THERE WAS NO GIRL’S SOCCER PROGRAM.  WE HAD 2 STAR PLAYERS MAKE AND START ON BOY’S JV TEAM.  DURING THEIR SOPHOMORE YEAR, WE STARTED A GIRL’S PROGRAM.  THAT WAS THE YEAR FIELD HOCKEY WAS MOVED TO A FALL SPORT.  I HELPED START THE FS BOY’S AND GIRL’S SOCCER PROGRAMS, GIRL’S WATER POLO AND GOLF.  WE HAD BADMINTON AND GYMNASTICS BACK IN THE DAY…

 

THE SPORTS I COACHED: STARTING IN 1983

JV AND VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

JV AND VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY (WHICH AT THE TIME WAS A WINTER SPORT)

FS (STARTED THE PROGRAM IN 1991), JV AND VARSITY SOFTBALL

JV TENNIS

I MADE A BOOKLET FOR EVERY ATHLETE EVERY SEASON I COACHED.  AND I HAVE EVERY ONE OF THEM IN MY OFFICE.  IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM (THERE ARE A FEW OF JOY WHEN SHE WAS AN ATHLETE HERE LOL), FEEL FREE TO STOP BY.

 

AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR 27 YEARS, I WORKED WITH THOM YOUNG, MEL HAWKINS, BOB ESPINOZA, DAN HARDEN, ERIC PODLEY and DARREN BAUMUNK.

 

LOCKER ROOM ATTENDANTES I WORKED WITH:  KATHY TAYLOR, SHERYL BIZZELLE, DOTTIE MC GLAUGHLIN, MARIA RAMOS AND PAM TEDESCO (FOR THE PAST 22 YEARS).

 

THE PRINCIPALS I HAVE WORKED WITH INCLUDED LOU ROSEN (WHO HIRED ME THE FIRST TIME), BOB LEWIS (HE RE- HIRED ME) BRUCE CANTLEY, GREG FRANKLIN, BOB KETTERLING, DEREK BUB AND KENNY RITCHIE. 

 

IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO LIST THE NUMBER OF BOY’S LOCKER ROOM ATTENDANTS (15 AT LEAST) AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN CHARGE OF ATHLETICS (MORE THAN 20 I WOULD SAY) I HAVE GONE THROUGH….SO WHEN YOU HEAR “BONITA IS A STEPPING STONE FOR ADMINISTRATORS” THEY WEREN’T KIDDING…

 

SO, YEA…THAT’S ME IN A NUT SHELL.

I BLEED GREEN AND WHITE AND WILL FOREVER HOLD THE BEARCAT ALMA MATER IN MY SOUL!!!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND Y’ALL…