By: Morgan Blechschmid and Danielle Shehee
April 14, 2021
Mrs. Courtney Gomez has been chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight! For the past 16 years, Gomez has been an elementary school teacher, and she is currently in her sixth year of teaching kindergarten. She is well-known to many of her previous students for making learning fun, meaningful, and impactful. She truly is a great teacher and is so good for students in the early years of their educational experience.
Q: What advice would you give to your former students who are graduating next year?
A: “First of all, I cannot believe my first class of kindergartners from 2009-2010 are going to be graduating next year! That cannot be possible! I am so proud of all of you and feel lucky to have been your teacher! As far as advice, I have to borrow a few lines from my favorite Rascal Flatts song, “I hope this life becomes all that you want it to! Your dreams stay BIG, your worries stay small, and you never need to carry more than you can hold.”
Q: What are your favorite hobbies?
A: “My favorite hobbies are hiking and bike riding with my family. I also love watching my boys play their favorite sports. We also love to take local field trips as a family to the park, aquarium, zoo, etc.”
Q: If you could choose a different career, what would it be?
A: “I always wanted to be a newscaster/journalist when I was younger. I thought it would be fun to report the news each evening and be on TV.”
Q.) If you could relive one memory, what would it be?
A.) “I would love to go back to the day each of my three boys were born! My son Ricky is nine. Noah is seven-years-old, and Greyson just turned four. Their birthdays were the happiest days of my life.”
Q: How do you prepare lessons for your students?
A: “I love to read stories, sing songs, and have lots of hands-on activities for my kindergarteners to do. We usually pick a topic from our curriculum and then plan activities around a theme and topic. Next week, we are doing a Science unit about living things. We are going to start by learning about bugs. So, we are going to read texts that are fiction and non-fiction about bugs. We will also read bug poems and sing songs. We will end our living things unit by studying the life cycle of a butterfly.”
Q: What do you like the most about your job?
A: “I really love being a teacher and spending my day with kids! Kindergartners might be the happiest, little people in the world. Their laughter and curiosity is contagious.”
Q: If you were able to travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why?
A: “If I could go anywhere in the world, I think I would pick a trip to a Carribean beach. I love to sit on the beach and read books. I also like water sports, swimming, boating, snorkeling, hiking, and exploring.”
Q: What is your life’s motto?
A: “I always teach my own kids and my students to do the right thing, even when no one is watching.”
Thank you for your time and your responses, Mrs. Gomez. You gave us a great start, and we hope that we made you proud. We miss you!
THE RETURN OF THE EYE 