Photo Credit: Raphael Ghieuw Sien
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October 14, 2009
Chemistry teacher Shari Raymond’s usual Halloween routine includes decorating the house and passing candy out to trick-or-treaters. She often embellishes her home with candles, little ghosts hanging on the tree and pumpkins on the lawn.
She can still recall her daughters, Beth’s and Eryn’s first trick-or-treating experience. Beth was dressed as a pumpkin, while Eryn was a dinosaur. The funniest costume Raymond thought Beth wore was Nala from the Disney movie, The Lion King.
“It was funny seeing Beth dressed up as Nala. It was really hot that Halloween, and Beth was sweating a lot. She wouldn’t take it off even though she was so hot,” Raymond said.
Beside her daughter’s funny costumes, Raymond too, has had her fair share of funny costumes. One year, she dressed as a hobo.
When Raymond was in high school she attended Halloween parties, but she and her classmates did not trick-or-treat as much as students do now.
Photo Credit: Paolo Bonaccorsi
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October 14, 2009
Simoneel Czar
Washington welcomed its newest staff member: chemistry and intergrated science teacher Michael Rose, Sept. 24. This is his twelfth year teaching but his first year teaching at Fremont. He has lived all around the Bay Area, and now he currently resides in Livermore.
Rose is a former teacher at Mt. Pleasanton and taught there from 1989 to 2000.
“I knew a lot of the staff there. We still meet for lunches every few weeks,” Rose said.
After working as a teacher in Mt. Pleasanton High School, Rose then worked for a high tech company in the Silicon Valley as a tech trainer before joining the WHS staff.
Rose already loves Washington’s science department and the cultural diversity on campus.
“[The diversity] really brings together Washington,” Rose said.
He is excited about his first year being a Husky, and he looks forward to the rest of the year.
