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MATHAMEE YODER BRINGS EXPERIENCEFROM EARLIER ALTERNATIVESCHOOL TO AURORAAmee Yoder returned toteaching in a new job here atBloomington’s new Aurora Alternative High School after a fourteenyear hiatus.Teaching seemed to be anatural decision for Amee considering she comes from a long line ofteachers in her family. Her grandfather, grandmother, three uncles, twoaunts, and her mother were alsoteachers.Amee began her career attiny LaCrosse High School in ruralIndiana. Then she moved toSchmucker Middle School inMishawaka, Indiana. Schmuckerwas in a rich community in northernIndiana. Edgewood High Schoolwas next but it didn’t last long,Amee only stayed there two years.It was then she began teaching atthe old Alternative School inBloomington.For the first year she wasthe only female teacher. Ameetaught there for three years. Afterthat, she took time off to be with herchildren. Amee came back toteaching for the new Aurora Alternative High School.“When I left the old alternativeschool I missed it a lot. I got reallyScott Samaras helps Ameedemonstrate how to figuresquare yards for fifth periodSuccess Math class.SPEEDLIMIT20attached to the students. When I resigned, I kept looking forward to thetime that I would return to teaching,”Amee said.Amee applied in the summer forthe math teaching position at the newMonroe County Alternative HighSchool. She was hired in the fall to bethe school’s only math teacher.Amee enjoys Aurora AlternativeSchool. Though challenging at times,she enjoys building relationships withthe students and staff. The new schoolis similar in many ways to the old one,although the leadership is more relaxed.Jocelyn HubbardAmee Yoder spends her afternoonsgrading papers and devisinglesson plans. She also stays afterschool frequently to tutor students.Amee shows an example of howto measure square feet with thehelp of Misty Morganett |
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http://cdm17129.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/hs-aurora/id/128 |
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Aurora Alternative High School |
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