Lancer Nation welcomes new teachers

Question: How long have you been teaching?  Answer: “Five years. I spent two years teaching middle school L. A. and social studies at Strong Foundations Charter School (Pembroke, NH), then another two at ConVal High School (Peterborough, NH) teaching English, YA Fiction, & American Culture Studies. I teach freshman and junior English here at LHS this year.” Question: What is your impression...

Question: What are your first impressions of Lancer Nation? Answer: “It has real community feel to it. I feel the teachers and administrators are very supportive. A lot of the students the last few days have said ‘hello’ as they’re going by my room. It seems like a really nice community.”  Question: What are some of your goals while teaching at LHS?  Answer: “It’s to teach...

Question: Is this your first year teaching or did you teach somewhere else before? If so, where? Answer: “I've been teaching for 16 years, and I've taught in various places such as Salem and Manchester. I even spent six years teaching in a locked facility.” Question: What is something you’d like to tell LHS students as they begin this school year? Answer: “Take advantage of the opportunities ...

Question: What is your position at the school? Answer: “I teach three health courses, and two P.E. courses. I have been teaching (P.E.) for 18 years, working at a school in Manchester.” Question: What made you want to start teaching at Londonderry? Answer: “My wife grew up in Londonderry, so I already knew it was a great town. I knew they (L.H.S.) take care of their staff and their students, and I think th...

Question: What are some of your goals while teaching at LHS? Answer: “My biggest goal is for kids to be able to use German. To really learn it and really use it. I’m hoping that we can recruit some more German students and maybe set up something with the middle school. Even if we can’t get German into the middle school, maybe we can do something that helps kids become aware of German before ...

Question: Is this your first year teaching or did you teach somewhere else before? Answer: “I taught in Windham, Maine for ten years. I taught math, I taught everything from Pre-Algebra all the way through AP Stats. I also taught in Katy, Texas. I taught Algebra and Statistics for two years.” Question: Where are you from? Answer: “I was born in New Hampshire, in Keene, but most of my life I’ve l...

Question: Is this your first year teaching or did you teach somewhere else before? Answer: “I taught at Bow High School for 18 years. Bow is a much smaller high school, only about 680 kids. When I was at Bow, I taught almost every kind of math. Whatever you can think of I have probably taught it. The only thing that I haven’t taught is probability and statistics. Over at Bow, I had a good repu...

Mrs. Halloran is a returning teacher. She took a two year maternity leave and was at LHS before her leave. Question: Tell me about yourself. Answer: “I live at home with my husband who I’ve been married to for about 10 years, and we have  two boys. I have a six year old son and a two year old son. We had an amazing summer with a lot of family vacation time, it was kind of bittersweet becau...