Archer

Pat Smith, RRTLicensed Professional on

call 24 hours a day

See us for all your Home Health Care

Needs.

“Your Medical Equipment Specialist”

- Home Oxygen - Photo therapy - Hospital Beds - Breast Pumps -Easy - lifts - Walking Aids - Bathroom Safety Supplies - Scooters

-Wheel Chairs -

2901 Northgate Drive, Se. BIowa City, Iowa 52245356-0202 or 866-956-0202

03news 5.14.10katie gaughan

washingtonian

Commercial & Industrial Roofingw w w . t a y l o r r o o f i n g i n c .

c o m

3104 Hwy 92Ainsworth, IA 52201

Local:319-657-4349Fax 319-657-2083

Kevin Erpelding

115 South Second Ave Washington, Iowa 52353

Phone 319-653-2441Fax 319-653-6910

301 North MarionWashington, IA 52353

Grocery (319)653-5064

Meat Department (319)653-4546

Heather B. HeddensD.D.S.

Family Dentistry

(319) 653-22011004 East WashingtonWashington, IA 52353

Robert Youngquist, choir, is retiring after 41 years teaching for Washington School District. Youngquist has had many students go through choir with him. “[I] have had many wonderful classes and ev-eryone has their own personality, which is great,” said Youngquist.

Teachers were encouraged by the school dis-trict to retire early so they can get new teachers and not lose as much money. “[I] was one of the teachers with one of the high-est paying rates, also I felt as if I should graduate with the seniors this year for the 2010 class, and I have gotten very close,” said Youngquist.

He is planning on helping with people that want to do solos for choir festivals for anyone that wants to be in choir festival. “[I] will not be completely leaving the school I will still be around to help students progress in solos,” said Youngquist

-Mackenzie Adrian

Sharyl Frogge, FAmily and Consumer Science, is having her teaching career come down to an end. She is retiring this year after many years of long, hard work at the WHS. Frogge is end-ing her teaching career this year and planning on starting a companion service to help out the elderly. “I’m going to start an elderly companion ser-vice to help the elderly go on shopping trips, help

with grocery shopping, help prepare meals, and with dinner parties,” Frogge said. Within Frogge’s long tenure at WHS she has many great memories of the high school. “My greatest memories are being in the dif-ferent organizations like JEL Committee and the Gouret Foods class,” Frogge said. Frogge has been thinking of retiring before this year and it just felt like the right time this year.

“I felt the timing was right. I thought about it a couple years ago to go help my mother and I enjoy helping the elderly. We need a service like this,” Frogge said.

-Kaleb Rich

WCSD loses many teachers after the 09-10 school year There comes a time when every great teacher’s career comes to an end. Rebecca Harman, Busi-ness, will be ending a 29 year teaching career in Washington Community School District at the end of the year. “I hope to travel, especially so I can visit my daughters in Kansas City and Washington, D.C.” said Harman.

As Harman wraps up her final year at the high school she hopes to leave a message with the student body: “I hope all students learn to listen to their teachers, on how we [teachers] tell them how the “real world” is. What we tell them is true, even if they don’t believe us,” said Harman. Every teacher hopes to leave something behind

when they leave. Harman was a great teacher and she will be missed. “I hope I am remembered, that I made a dif-ference, in the students lives after high school. I hope I influenced them, in a good way, in their life, in their future education, and in their fu-ture,” said Harman.

-Miguel Marcelino

Rebecca Harman

Robert Youngqui s t

Sharyl Frogg e

Kelsey Epner, French, is leaving the Washing-ton High School to teach foreign language at a different school. She taught Spanish and French at the junior high for three years and French at the high school for one year. “I will definitely miss the students and staff,” said Epner. “The staff has been very support-

ive.” Epner was one of the teachers to get a pink slip which meant she might have been cut for the school districts budget cut. “I am excited to teach Spanish again,” said Epner. She will be teaching foreign language at Linn-

Mar next year. “I like to watch the students progress and growth with french, especially my French 2’s and 4’s,” said Epner. -Sierra Mills

Kel s ey Epner

Cindy Gonterman first became part of the Washington School District in 1999 as the Junior High cook. She was part of the staff there for the first school year and then transferred over to the High School where she remained as cook for an-other three years. “I worked at the Junior High for three years and then I worked in the library and this is now my

11th school year,” said Gonterman. Many students have had a bond with Gonter-man and have created special memories with her. “My best memories would be seeing some of the kids that struggle with school succeed and gradu-ate and then come back to see us and show us how successful they are,” said Gonterman. Gonterman will not be coming back for the

2010-2011 school year and she will miss many students here at WHS. “I will really miss the students here because I really like working with high school kids,” said Gonterman.

-Ricky Vazquez

Cindy Gont erman