Raider Reminders
MTSS November 2018 Update
This update contains the following:
- Congratulations to November's Staff Member of the Month!
- Upcoming STRONG Buck Events: Mark your calendars!
- LHS Staff Highlight: Erich Engel
- Optional (but suggested): STRONG Buck Classroom
- Action Item: December Staff Member of the Month
- Action Item: December Raider Recognitions
- Action Item: Upload your Classroom Behavior Matrix
- Reminder: Wear College Gear/Jeans on Monday, December 3rd.
Upcoming STRONG Buck Events
- Winter Sports Pass Raffle (3 Winners) - Drawing Dates November 26-30!
- Our School Store is now selling snacks and school supplies for STRONG Bucks on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- December 20: MTSS Fundraiser: Staff vs. Student Basketball Game! ($2 admission)
Students need STRONG Bucks to participate in these community-building events. Please hand them out any time you witness behaviors you'd like to see repeated.
Please email Ms. Kortokrax if you would like to request MORE STRONG Bucks!
LHS Staff Highlight
Meet Erich Engel!
Do you have a nickname? Nah, a lot of people in high school liked to tease me by calling me “E-Rich”, but let’s not bring that back, okay?
What position do you hold in the building? 9th Grade English and Language Arts teacher
What's something interesting about you? I originally went to undergrad to become a singer and in my freshman year of college, I performed in a production of The Threepenny Opera over in Oldenburg, Germany. I still keep up with performing in my spare time! And I love traveling to see shows in DC or New York!
What is something most people don't know about you? Most people who know me know that I love to sing (you will probably hear me in the hallways...sorry in advance!), but I actually have a secret talent for camping. I loathe camping. I only stuck with Boy Scouts until my freshman year of high school and then pursued other interests. But, if you threw me out in the middle of the woods or onto a deserted island, I’d be able to survive!
What do you like to do in your free time? That’s easy! Perform! But, I also enjoy running, reading, traveling with my boyfriend Michael, and playing with my ten-month old puppy, Raleigh.
What's your favorite thing about being a staff member at LHS? Next year it will be 10 years since I graduated from Leonardtown High School, and now I have returned to teach here! Oddly enough, I was in the original group of Potomac Voices my senior year (2009) with Kylie Oosterink, who now is our choral director.
Anything else you'd like to share? I’m a HUGE Disney fanatic. (And Broadway). I’ve seen Hamilton twice, and Dear Evan Hansen four times. (Ps. They are amazing! Go see them!)