What school did you go to?
I grew up in St. Louis County and attended Oakville Elementary. Then, I went to Oakville Junior High. I graduated from Oakville Senior High.
How...
What school did you go to?
[For] elementary school, I went to St. Louis Evangelist. Then, in high school, I went to Cor Jesu Academy.
How was your childhood home life?
Pretty...
What school did you go to?
Fort Zumwalt South in St. Peters. I grew up going to Pattonville but moved in middle school to the Fort Zumwalt school district.
What was your childhood...
What school did you go to?
Parkway West Middle [and] High School. The elementary school [I went to], Manchester Elementary, is not there anymore. My kindergarten class is now a Maiden Voyage; that’s...
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FRENCH TEACHER BLAIR HOPKINS: They broke it down into phases to sort of make it easier for us to get used to and the first phase just involves monitoring so we start with monitoring at lunch or monitoring...
![Family and Consumer Sciences teacher Katie Hashley stands beside a plate of cookies in front of her kitchen. Hashley wanted to be a teacher from an early age, but worked 10 years in the restaurant industry before she pursued the career. “I started imagining being a teacher when I was in third grade. At that time, I wanted to teach elementary school, but as I got older and matured and thought more about my career, I realized that wasn't the group that I would work best with. I went back and forth in college on what I wanted to do, and in the end, I [knew] high school was it for me. I also worked in restaurants for 10 years so [teaching] Culinary Arts was a natural transition [from] that,” Hashley said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-25-1200x800.jpg)
![English teacher Andria Benmuvhar stands in front of the bookshelves in her English classroom. After experiencing great sacrifices by her parents for her well-being, Benmuvhar gained an appreciation for her childhood. “Neither of my parents had a college degree. They were not making that much money, but they still found a way to send me to a private high school. At the time, [it] was nowhere near how much it costs today, but it was still a sacrifice. My dad would [also] take us out and we would do all of these [fun] things. It wasn't until later when I realized how much debt my father was in. When he got his pension, he literally kissed all of his credit card bills. He kissed the envelopes to send off all the debt,” Benmuvhar said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-19-1200x800.jpg)
![Math teacher Kristen Judd smiles in front of her classroom. From a young age, Judd was motivated to become a teacher. “My parents were very against [me being a teacher]. I was a straight-A student and they thought that teaching was a waste of talent, so I actually started pre-med at Saint Louis University. Then, I found my own voice at the end of my freshman year. I said, ‘No. I know what I want to do. I really want to be a teacher,’ [and] I switched majors and switched schools,” Judd said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-8-1200x800.jpg)
![Social studies teacher Nancy Sachtleben stands in front of her classroom. Sachtleben attended West in her high school years and returned to the school to teach. “You look back and realize how fortunate you are to be at Parkway West High School. I tell these kids every day to take advantage of this free education. You don't realize where you are. I've had kids that have gone to college and come back, and they're like, ‘I am so much more prepared than some of these other kids.’ And I [tell them], ‘Yeah, you went through Parkway West.’ Kudos to the English department because they get [the students] writing with critical thinking skills. It's just a great school. I'm so fortunate to have gone here and still be here,” Sachtleben said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Untitled-1200x800.jpg)
