New+Teacher

 =Teacher starts school = By Alina Phillips Editor-in-Chief

With a new school year comes a fresh new face to Burrell. Mrs. Wrobleski, who travels between the middle and high schools, has begun her first year at Burrell. Teaching one class of sixth grade reading and two classes of seventh grade English in the middle school and ninth grade English at the high school keeps this teacher constantly moving. Having to travel between schools may seem like a struggle, but Wrobleski enjoys it. Wrobleski knows what the high school is like and can teach future high school students learning traits they will need when arriving at BHS.  “I like seeing both perspectives (of middle and high school students). I can teach them (middle school students) things going into the direction of them going to the high school.”

As a graduate from Edinboro University, she is also finishing her graduate degree in reading. Almost everyone has someone who inspires them to partake in their future careers. Wrobleski’s was her fourth grade teacher who was considered “tough but well loved. The success I had with these classes (English and Reading) made me want to keep going.” Many students who want to become teachers may have a different idea of what it is actually like. Wrobleski gives some insight of what it is like when you actually are a teacher.

“You go into it thinking everyday is going to be wonderful. In a school environment, you never know what is going to happen.” Not many students can think of their teachers outside of school, but Wrobleski enjoys reading, traveling, and running in her free time. Prior to teaching at Burrell, she taught at Vincentian Academy in McCandless for eight years and in Florida for five years. With all that teaching expertise, she knows the key to being successful in high school, “Stay organized and use your planner. It is the number one piece to be successful in school.”

Another thing for students to keep in mind if they have Wrobleski is “to not leave the fringe on papers!” So students welcome this new addition to Burrell.

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Every year the same thing happens here at Burrell High School; new teachers arrive. Students at Burrell have many different opinions on teachers period, and most students are very critical of new teachers when they arrive. Most of the time the attitude from the student body is, “Oh, there’s a new teacher, somebody else to give out more homework.” Well, there’s more to a teacher than just the amount of homework they give out. Mr. Petrak resides in our very own room 201. His favorite subject in high school was social studies, and it is such a coincidence that he is teaching it now. He took Mrs. Prather’s place while she is on maternity leave. Before coming here to Burrell, he taught at Highlands for a year and Freeport for two months. When comparing Burrell to the other schools where he has taught, Mr. Petrak said it is mostly the same everywhere. “It’s just the little things,” was all that he says was different. When asked why he wanted to work at Burrell, his simple reply said it all, “They offered me a job.” Mr. Petrak, being eager to work here said that so far he enjoys it, and seemed to have a very good attitude about Burrell. He likes the students here and said that they are “an excellent group of kids.” Mr. Petrak seems to be enjoying his fellow co-workers as well. “Everyone’s helpful and easy to get along with,” was his reply about the faculty at Burrell. It seems like Mr. Petrak is fitting in just fine with the environment of Burrell High School. And let’s hope he enjoys his time here. He says that if a position opened up permanently here he would gladly accept it. When asked about teaching here for good his answer was, “It’s a nice place to work from what I’ve seen.” Let us make his time enjoyable here.