Ann Cherry has been collecting memories from Homewood-Flossmoor High School graduates the past 13 years. “I’m in the business of nostalgia,” the H-F director of development and alumni relations said. Her work is a lot of “good feelings and reawakening those good feelings with people. It wasn’t hard to do[Read More…]
Tag: Farewell 2023
Farewell: John Gibson, District 153’s numbers guy, is retiring
John Gibson, the chief school business official for Homewood District 153, has been the guy with the sharpened pencil who kept track of budgets and expenses. He’s retiring June 30. Gibson has been with the district for 13 years. Aside from his day-to-day duties of money management, he worked with[Read More…]
Farewell: PattiJo Boehm instilled a love of school in second graders
Second grade teacher PattiJo Boehm believes her role has been: “Making every child feel like they’re special and welcomed and smart and talented. That’s what’s important.” For 19 years, Boehm has been teaching at Willow School in Homewood. She’ll be retiring at the end of the school year, packing up[Read More…]
Farewell: P.E. teacher turned parapro retires after 50 years
When Patricia Finley first retired from teaching in 2008, she wanted to keep working at Parker Junior High School, she said. So Finley made a planned transition from teaching physical education to becoming a paraprofessional. Now she’s retiring again, after working for more than 50 years in education. Parker staff[Read More…]
Farewell: Pat Gnaster had a vital role in H-F High’s success
It is said when people retire institutional knowledge goes with them. That will be the case when Pat Gnaster leaves her desk at Homewood-Flossmoor High School after 20 years. Gnaster retires June 30 from the administrative offices where she’s served as the superintendent’s executive assistant since 2007. “I’ll be sad[Read More…]