![]() ![]() She helped me with classroom management and showed me ways to help students be engaged. It was like student teaching but full time, where I also experienced everything else about teaching. It was wonderful because I was able to learn from her right there in class. Grey second semester, and my first period was where I was a co-teacher in Trish’s class. I think the most influence she had on my teaching was when I was a long-term substitute in 2014. I remember her always doing well of making sure she explained things well. Hofius (Class 2007) remembers her as a teacher of teachers. She pushed me to not think of myself as “bad at math” and instead to change my perspective to see math as a challenge, but not an impossibility. She was so encouraging and always available for help. Math was not my subject, and I really struggled. Droogsma taught me Algebra I and Geometry. Former student turned Assistant Principal Sarah Barker (Class 2001) remembers: “I had her twice as a student. Droogsma’s passion for teaching and compassion for students combined to make her an effective and approachable. Droogsma was, of course, Snow White.Īs a teacher, Mrs. Or the time when the entire math department came as the seven dwarves-Mrs. Most old timers at the school remember the epic battle at homecoming when Droogsma and Duffy donned Sumo wrestling fat suits and battled each other mainstage. She told us what we needed to do for the skits. I loved working with her, she was always the director in our math dept. Fellow teacher Stephanie Duffy recollects, “She got more excited about homecoming skits and dances than anyone else in the school. She began teaching at Milton High then moved to her alma mater in 1987. Fellow 1982 graduate Paul Hazucha remembers, “she was someone to look up to as an academic, cheerleader, and kind-hearted girl.”ĭroogsma attended UWF graduating with a bachelors in middle and high school education with certificates in math and science. ![]() She was voted Most Athletic by her class. She was a cheerleader, track star, and Junior Miss winner. Patricia Weed (Droogsma) graduated from Gulf Breeze High in 1982. Her school spirit was infectious and unmatched. Droogsma was everything to and for the “Breeze”: student, teacher, coach, dean, parent. Deceased, 2008.Gulf Breeze High lost a true superhero this week as “Trish” Droogsma lost her long battle with cancer. Mast (BS, ’64) Worked at Wang Laboratories and Digital Equipment Corporation Served in the U.S. John Laverty (BS, ’64) Retired from General Motors in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Jack Ashbaugh (BS Ed, ’64) Resides in Effingham, IL Wise (BS Ed, ’64) MS, USC Senior aerospace scientist Second lieutenant Taught at Gulf Breeze High School. University of Nebraska Retired from Appleton Papers, Inc in Appleton, WI. Shirley (Rumold) Hildebrand (BS Ed, ’64) Retired from teaching high school chemistry in Morton IL.ĭr. Gary Eugene Ernst (BS Ed, ’64) Owner of the Forest Park Animal Hospital in Panama, Fl He and his wife received the Burnham and Neal Philanthropy Award from the Eastern Illinois University Foundation in 2010. The prize consisted of $500,000 along with a gold medal He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1984 and an Honorary Doctorate in 1995 from EIU.īetty Jane (Eckert) Stevens (BS, ’64) Retired from Georgia-Pacific Corp. California Institute of Technology Postdoctoral work at Harvard University Professor of Biochemistry and Genetics at Stanford University Member of the National Academy of Sciences He received the 2011 Gruber Genetics Prize for his pioneering work in developing biotechnologies that have significantly advanced the fields of molecular genetics and genomics. Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryEmeritus Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO Specialty, Chemical Education.ĭr. ![]() Sharon Lee (Carr) Coleman BS Ed, ’64) Graduate work at the University of Iowa Ph.D. Marie Rose (Bracha) Toth (BS Ed, ’64) Retired from teaching high school chemistry at Marion Catholic High School in Lansing, Illinois.ĭr. ![]()
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