Interview With Mrs. Brothers

2/14/23

History of Mrs. Brothers

Mrs. Brothers, our new 8th-grade assistant principal, will be joining us on March 17, 2023, and we decided to interview her so we can get to know her better. Mrs.Brothers was born in Dallas, Texas to a military family, she grew up moving around a lot. She was in Germany when the Berlin Wall came down. Some things about Mrs. Brothers are that she loves to be of service and loves to work with kids, so she decided that she wanted to be a teacher. She dreamed of being a teacher since elementary school, and she was successful in this dream and was a history teacher. After a while, in her career as a history teacher, she decided that she wanted to reach more kids than just the ones in her classroom. One of the biggest challenges in her career was the transition from a teacher to an assistant principal, but from the 17 total years she has worked in Wake County Schools, I am sure it was worth the challenge.

Likes/Family

Mrs. Brothers is a very nice person. Let's get to know her a bit! First, she has a lot of interesting hobbies such as painting, puzzles, taking her kid to extracurricular activities, as well as her chickens. Speaking of her chickens, she really loves them. In fact, she has 12 of them, some make green eggs, some make blue eggs, and others just make regular brown eggs. Along with her chickens, she has a Shih-Poo dog named Bella which is hypoallergenic. When she was growing up, her father was in the military, so she was always moving around. Although she was born in Dallas, Texas, she said her favorite state to live in was Colorado. She is married with 2 kids, a dog, and her chickens. Her favorite holiday movie is ELF. Her favorite movie genre is Sci-Fi. Lastly, she loves history which is why she used to teach it.

Plans for her future here

We asked Mrs.Brothers about her plans for Wakefield and she said she wanted to observe and build relationships with the students. We also asked her why she chose Wakefield, and her response was she wanted a work-life balance. Along with those we asked her why she wanted to be an assistant principal and she answered that there was a point in her teaching career where she wanted to do more and push to be the best version of herself. Lastly, we asked her what about Wakefield appeals to her and she said that this was a nice age group, and she feels like she has reached her max growth in high school and she also wanted a change in environment. 

Mrs.Brothers is an amazing person and she will be an amazing addition to the Wakefield family.

Written by Carolina Leduc and Mariah Sanchez

Science Olympiad Interview 2/28/23

Interested in the Science Olympiad? Good news, I did an interview with Ms. Gitlis and Ms. Barlow and here are the questions I asked. The first question I asked them was did you bring the Science Olympiad to this school? Ms.Barlow in fact did bring the Science Olympiad in 2014. I also asked if anyone besides them helps? They answered that Mr. Kechet used to help before he retired, but Ms. Ross, who is a parent of a student, will also sometimes help. Another question I asked was if they have ever won any competitions? Science Olympiad has this year won 2nd place as a team in both the varsity and jv divisions for the regional tournaments. Also, I asked how long they have each done Science Olympiad. Ms.Barlow has done it for 15 years and Ms.Gitlis said this was her first year coaching Science Olympiad, but she did do it in Middle school and High school just not as a coach. One of the last questions I asked was if they ever worked in groups. They respond that people will usually work in partners rather than groups. Lastly, I asked what kind of projects they do? They said students can build or study for things and sometimes perform on the spot. As well as being able to adapt to different situations both academics and building can only be practiced so much. Be on the lookout for some exciting changes coming next year.

Written by Carolina Leduc