Women’s History Month Q&As 2022

Name: Jaye Jelier Position: Librarian/Media Center Staff 1. In what ways are you grateful for the women who came before you and fought for the rights we as women have today? How do you hope to follow in their footsteps? "We definitely take a lot of things for granted that previously weren't available to women. One of the books that we check out in the back room is called The Help. The Help ...

Name: Robbin DeMeester Position: English and Theatre teacher 1. In what ways are you grateful for the women who came before you and fought for the rights we as women have today? How do you hope to follow in their footsteps? "I am grateful for all of the women who have fought for us to be able to have equity in our pay, equity in the ability to move forward in our positions and our work, the...

Name: Patricia Richardson Position: Science teacher 1. In what ways are you grateful for the women who came before you and fought for the rights we as women have today? How do you hope to follow in their footsteps? "I'm grateful because it gives me the freedom to feel like an equal and to feel like an important part of society and to be able to do my job, which women did [in the past], but [th...

Name: Kristy Butler Position: Science teacher 1. In what ways are you grateful for the women who came before you and fought for the rights we as women have today? How do you hope to follow in their footsteps? "I'm probably not as thankful as I probably should be [when I] realize some of the things that have been normal that I've been able to do and to celebrate. It's always been very norm...

Name: Grace Stynes Position: Art teacher 1. In what ways are you grateful for the women who came before you and fought for the rights we as women have today? How do you hope to follow in their footsteps? "Every day, I have rights because of the women who fought for my rights. So I think about it a lot. I was thinking about it today; I'm listening to a book that takes place in the 1800s, and these...

Name: Kimberly Anderson Position: ASL teacher 1. In what ways are you grateful for the women who came before you and fought for the rights that we as women have today? How do you hope to follow in their footsteps? "I am grateful that people paved the way because I wouldn't be who I am without that. I look back at everything I've done—and I'm pretty outspoken about knowing what I want; I'...

Name: Lisa Penninga Position: English teacher 1. In what ways are you grateful for the women who came before you and fought for the rights we as women have today? How do you hope to follow in their footsteps? "I am incredibly grateful. Both of my grandmothers worked very hard to break the barriers. My grandmother on my dad's side was only supposed to go to school until fourth grade, and s...

Name: Kelli Potts Position: English teacher 1. In what ways are you grateful for the women who came before you and fought for the rights we as women have today? How do you hope to follow in their footsteps? "If you look at the course of history—what women were allowed to do hundreds of years ago—it is insane how little they were able to do and what little rights they had. Even just t...