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Spanish and government teacher Alicia Jones has been teaching for 28 years.
Jones grew up in a small town in southeast Missouri.
“They...
Thinking about the 12 hours of planning props, costumes and whatever else needed to get done for the upcoming productions Crazy Eights and Putnum, Raegan Estes knows she can find anything from tampons...
In 1998, when they first met, he was Todd Boren and she was Deborah Lopez. They were both brand new teachers at Shawnee Mission Northwest. He taught freshman world geography, she taught freshman English....
It’s 2021.
Students were dragging themselves to school.
Teachers were pulling up their masks.
Everyone was just trying to get through the day.
And in room FL, as history and econ teacher...
Student Resource Officer Mark Cohen has been on the force for 28 years, and at Northwest for 19. This means traffic duty, confiscating vapes, searching backpacks, writing parking tickets and...
Kathy Stewart, English teacher and department head, stands at the front of her class, leading her students deeper into a discussion about Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” For 37 years, Stewart has...
Forty years ago, music teacher Douglas Talley started his career as a teacher, thinking it was only going to be something small. Something like a summer job with no strings attached.
“I...
Shawnasea Holst played poker in the back of math class when she was 16-years-old. She gambled with the loose change from her car’s ashtray while her algebra teacher tried to get the other kids to...
What has made Northwest stand out?
“I’ve been at a couple of other schools. One thing that stands out in Northwest to me, in Special Ed, is the teachers and the paras are a team. It wasn’t like...
What will you miss the most?
“I think getting to talk about languages and kids lighting up. I had the opportunity to teach the accelerated French class. And those groups get so excited about how language...
What makes Northwest stand out?
“It's just an outstanding community When you think about all the families who have gone through here. It’s just a strong, tight-knit community. Great teachers and...
What are your plans for retirement?
"I would like to work for Habitat of Humanity. They build houses for impoverished people. It's always been an organization near and dear to my heart because I just...
