HRCSD retirees

Hood River County School District (HRCSD) honored retiring staff with a gathering at The Ruins on June 1. Pictured above, left to right, are Elizabeth Jones, 5 years, Wy’east Middle School math teacher; Ayme Hooper, 20 years, Wy’east school counselor; Katherine Jacobson, 21 years, May Street Elementary (MSE) fifth grade teacher; Paula Lindquist-Ihle, 20 years, Parkdale Elementary kindergarten teacher; Heidi Mudry, 30 years, HRVHS Spanish teacher; Brent Emmons, 30 years, Hood River Valley High School (HRVHS) administrator;  Teri Bauman, 27 years, Westside Elementary, third grade teacher; Amy Wheeler, 12 years, Hood River Middle School (HRMS) media assistant; and Gabriela Chavez Malo, 8 years, Westside custodian. Also retiring but not pictured are Ben Bisbee, 33 years, maintenance; Sean Corcoran, 8 years, HRVHS chemistry teacher; Lisa Crompton, 17 years, MSE instructional assistant; Colleen Paulus, 22 years, technology department; and Cindy Sparks, 23 years, Westside / HRMS cook.  

Stephanie Hoppe photo