School welcomes new teachers

JagWire: What are you most excited for about your new job? Sohail Jouya: A lot of my passion is in competitive academics, and we have a very young program here that is incredibly eager. That sounds like a good amount of fun for me. I’ve rebuilt a number of programs, but I think this one - by far - has the most potential in terms of the amount of students who are really engaged and really want...

JagWire: What are you most excited for about your new position?  Sara Hoepner: The first thing I am excited about is just working with the staff that I got to know a little bit through my kids going to school here. It was exciting to come and work at a place where there were already familiar faces.  JW: What are you looking forward to about being at Mill Valley? SH: I am looking forward to w...

JagWire: What are you most excited about your new job?  Maggie Dieckhoff: I was excited to teach high school because I taught middle school for 6 years in this district. JW: What are you looking forward to about being at MV? MD: I would say it is exciting to teach all the foods classes, and I enjoy that part of FACS. JW: What led you to want to teach FACS? MD: I enjoyed it in college, ...

JagWire: What are you most excited for about your new job/position? Kati Strickland: I am excited to coach because I’m coaching cross country, which is something I did in college. I’m excited because I went to Mill Valley, and I had a really good experience. [Also,] the students are great, so I’m excited for all the good students I will coach this year. JW: What are you looking forward to ...

JagWire: What are you most excited for about your new job? Nick Foster: I think just meeting the students and the new staff members; I’m really excited to join what seems to be a pretty awesome community. JW: What are you looking forward to being at MV NF: I’m looking forward to joining a great new team and joining this new community. JW: What led you to a career in teaching/your sub...

JagWire: What are you most excited for about your new job? Cathy Hatoum: [I’m most excited about] getting to know my students really well. JW: What are you looking forward to about being at Mill Valley? CH: [I’m looking forward to] being part of the Mill Valley family. JW: What led you to a career in teaching and your specific subject area? CH: I always [knew I] wanted to be a t...

JagWire: What are you most excited about your new position? Sean Endecott: I’ve got a bunch of new students that I’ll be meeting, it’s a new school to me, it’s a new program to me a little bit and I’m new to teaching, so [I’m excited for] lots of new and different experiences.  JW: You’re new to teaching so when and how did you start teaching? SE: I come from industry, so I was ...

JagWire: What are you most excited about your new job? Neil McLeod: [Mill Valley] is way closer to where I live, so I save myself an hour or more of commute; that’s like a huge thing. I am also excited for the robotics program and getting involved. I was involved in robotics in Spring HIll, but it was very fledgeling and it was just barely getting off the ground. Here, it’s [an established p...

JagWire: What are you most excited about in your new position? Renee Huey: I’m most excited about just watching and getting to see how everything goes at Mill Valley because everybody always does something differently, so I’m really excited to see the traditions that the band has already. I’m also really excited that I get to do fifth grade band at Prairie Ridge because they’re just so cute. ...

JagWire: What are you most excited about you new job? Jessie Reimer: [I’m most excited about] getting to work with older voices. JW: What are you looking forward to about being at Mill Valley? JR: [I’m looking forward] to getting to be a choir teacher instead of just a general music teacher. JW: What led you to a career in teaching and your specific subject field? JR: A passion for mus...

JagWire: What are you most excited about? Geroge Walden: Just being here at Mill Valley. I’ve got friends that have asked me how are things going [at Mill Valley], how are the kids and how is administration, and I don’t think there is anything that I can say has been negative so far about my experience here. I’m coming from Turner high school; I’d been there for 13 years. I am most excited ...

JagWire: What are you most excited about your new job/position? Zach McFall: [I’m excited for] the new students I get to work with, getting to meet new students and work with them on a daily basis; it’s always exciting.  JW: What are you looking forward to about being at Mill Valley? ZM: I’ve been here for four years, so I know the community and school. [I’m looking forward to] being...