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HOUSE 72 and 82

Welcome to the FIREHOUSE! We are looking forward to a great year!

7th Graders: Click HERE for the Academic Safari/Zoo trip information and permission slip!

8th Graders: The 8th Grade party is on Friday, May 8th. Click here for a copy of the permission slip. Please turn into your homeroom teacher by Friday, May 1st.

 

Check out all BIG PROJECTS AND TEST DATES here:

FIREHOUSE BIG PROJECTS CALENDAR

 

Michael Levang Class: Global Studies 8th grade/ American History 7th grade
Family: Stacy (wife), Titus (3), baby girl, Zoe
Hobbies: Anything active or athletic, basketball, biking, and mountain climbing
Favorite Book: The Bible, The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz
Favorite Quote: "What I learn after I knew it all is what really matters."

Mary Nielsen Class: 7th and 8th grade Math
Family: Daughter, Ruby (2)
Hobbies: reading, baking, playing with my daughter
Favorite Book: Any book I am reading at the time.
Favorite Quote:

Melissa Handler Class: English 7 and 8
Family: Elliot (husband) -- English teacher at RHS, Musubi (dog), Paki (cat)
Hobbies: Reading, Wii
Favorite Book: Impossible to choose!
Favorite Quote:
"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous." -- Confucius

Kim Gernandt (period 3/4 and 5/6 communications) Class: 7th and 8th grade Communications
Family: Rob (husband), Adam (9), Olivia (6)
Hobbies: traveling, going to movies
Favorite Book: Two Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Favorite Quote:
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

Beth Roberts Class: 7th and 8th grade Science
Family: Jim (husband), Brooke, and Josie
Hobbies: running, reading, yoga
Favorite Book: Apollo 13
Favorite Quote:
"Houston...we have a problem!" and "Failure is NOT an option!"

Barb Bodette (Tri 1) Class:
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Nancy Alexander (Tri 3)
Class:
Art
Family: husband and a son
Hobbies: reading, fishing and making art
Favorite Book: thrillers and mysteries
Favorite Quote:
"All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions." - Leonardo da Vinci

Sue King Class: G/T coordinator
Family: Peter (husband), Children: Zach, Elizabeth, and Sarah, Grandchildren: Lucy, Avery, and ??
Hobbies: Theater, dance, music, pilates, yoga
Favorite Book: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Favorite Quote:
"No significant learning takes place without a significant relationship."

Betsy Berens
Class: Special Education
Family:
Mom and Dad, sisters Maggie and Katie, brother-in-law Nick, nephew Thomas and niece Ellie
Hobbies: running, biking, pilates, reading, spending time with friends and family
Favorite Book: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, Josephine Bonaparte trilogy...really...anything!
Favorite Quote: "Whoever is happy will make others happy too." - Anne Frank


Dave Mendenhall
Class: Band
Family: wife Anne (Greenleaf), daughter Katie (English teacher in Lakeville) and son Miles (Art major at U of M).
Hobbies: white water river rafting in Idaho
Favorite Book: River of Doubt - The story of Teddy Roosevelt's exploration of the Amazon River in 1915
Favorite Quote: "If not now, when?" - Me

Michael Radant
Class: Physical Education
Family: wife - Tia, son - Carson (17 months), dog - Maddy (black lab and shepard)
Hobbies: snowboarding, biking, camping
Favorite Book: Into Thin Air
Favorite Quote: "The more we teach, the more we learn."


Jon Dahl
Class: Physical Education
Family: wife Sarah, kids: Luke (12) and Megan (8)
Hobbies: baseball, golf, hunting and fishing
Favorite Book: Green Eggs and Ham
Favorite Quote: "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."

 

Gina Wareham (period 1/2 communications)
Class: 7th and 8th grade Communications
Family: husband and 2 sons: William (3) and Sam (6)
Hobbies: running, playing the piano, decorating and the outdoors
Favorite Book:
Favorite Quote:
"Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it."

Len Michelson (Tri 2)
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Nancy Dostal
Class:
Band
Family: Mike (husband), two sons 23 and 19
Hobbies: camping, walking/hiking, reading, and gardening
Favorite Book: A Thousand Splendid Suns
Favorite Quote:
"Your work is a portrait of yourself"

Tracy Hansen Class: Spanish and World Cultures
Family: husband: Craig and kids: Matt and Ryan
Hobbies: sports, traveling and reading
Favorite Book: The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Favorite Quote:
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." - Steve Prefontaine

Gretchen Sparks Class: Reading 7/8
Hobbies:Wogging, knitting and reading
Favorite Book:The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Favorite Quote: "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -Theodore Roosevelt


Vlada Symanova
Class: English as a Second Language
Family: a husband and 2 sons, 12 and 6 years old
Hobbies: swimming, tennis and drawing
Favorite Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Favorite Quote:
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." -Leo Tolstoy
Stephanie Reuter
Class: Physical Education and Health
Family: husband Scott, sons Hogan (5) and Payton (3)
Hobbies: the outdoors and all sports
Favorite Book: the books I read to my boys and Where the Wild Things Are
Favorite Quote:
"Keep trying!"

Greg Dravis Class: Physical Education
Family: Traci (wife), Derek, and Casey
Hobbies: Sports, hunting, fishing, and gardening
Favorite Book: A Season on the Mat
Favorite Quote:
"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort."-- Jesse Owens

 

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