Friday Faces: Primary + Intermediate

Happy Friday, friends! We have another round of Friday Faces to share with you, and we are eager to show off our Primary and Intermediate teachers this week. This dedicated team of ladies is here to help ensure that your emergent and assisted learners continue on the path to becoming independent, analytical thinkers.

Join us as we get to know our wonderful Primary and Intermediate team!

In Primary

1. What are some of your pet peeves?

• Jenn: Full laundry baskets. I literally do at least one load of laundry every home day.
• Corin: Being rubbed in the same spot over and over again!
• Melinda: When people pull up to the gas pumps and they are not on the side where their tank is (especially at Costco when there is not much clearance between cars). They then stretch the hose across their car and stand in the way. 🙂  I also do not like when people get up from a table and do not push in their chair, so it is left in the way for others.
• Kaitlyn: the sound of chewing and left lane drivers

2. What’s your secret talent that no one knows about?

• Jenn: I know how to do all the current viral dances/challenges. I grew up dancing, still love to dance and spent this past summer doing the Kiki challenge, Fortnite dances and flossing with my daughter, middle nephew, and niece.
• Corin: I can crochet.
• Melinda: I never forget a face, I am very visual and remember people I see.  Sadly, do not always remember names. 🙂
• Kaitlyn: water skiing

3. Which four individuals, living or dead, would you like to eat dinner with the most?

• Jenn: I have to list six! Both sets of grandparents (my mom’s parents and my dad’s parents) and my great grandparents on my dad’s side. I had a special relationship with all 6 growing up. All have passed away and now as an adult, I wish I could have the opportunity to ask them so many questions.
• Corin: Albert Einstein, my 3 children as adults 🙂
• Melinda: My paternal grandfather- born 1878 and died before I was born,  Nelson Mandela, Dame Judi Dench and Mark Twain
• Kaitlyn: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ella Fitzgerald, C.S. Lewis, and my grandpa

4. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

• Jenn: Red
• Corin: Turquoise green
• Melinda: Robin Egg Blue
• Kaitlyn: Cerulean

5. Are you a good dancer?

• Jenn: I absolutely love to dance and definitely do the “dance as if no one is watching” at home, much to my teenager’s chagrin. I also took lessons growing up and danced on a performance team in high school, so… yes?
• Corin: Sometimes…
• Melinda: Yes, love music and to dance.
• Kaitlyn: I have fun dancing, whether I’m good at it or not…probably not 🙂

In Intermediate

1. What was your least favorite food as a child? Do you still hate it or do you love it now?

• Lisa Ann: My parents used to cook corned beef and cabbage around St. Patrick’s Day.  This made the entire house smell, well let’s say, less than appetizing. I always had to take a taste, which I kept as small as possible and which caused me to make a show of gagging unbearably.  Last year, Mrs. Eades made the same thing for a small group of friends. Somehow, her house smelled wonderful and the dish was delicious. My kids and I gobbled it up and asked for more!
• Lisa: I have always hated meat. When I was a child, I used to sneak my portion to the dog under the table. I became a vegetarian as an adult and have been so for 30 years or so.
• Ronelle: My least favorite food as a kid was peas and watermelon. I love peas now, watermelon is still not my favorite.
• Caroline: Pickled Hering, we always ate it in summer and I would flick it into the planters behind me when my mom would turn her head because it was so bad.

2. Say you’re independently wealthy and don’t have to work, what would you do with your time?

• Lisa Ann: Lately, I’ve started to think about what it would take to heal the land in Africa.  I have a friend who provides wells, and you have to have water. But to grow food, you need top soil.  I was wondering whether or not anyone has brought the gardening practice called Permaculture to Africa and started to dream about what it would be like to do that.  So for this answer, I googled that, and it is going on. I would love to participate in something like that!
• Lisa: Travel and learn new languages! I would camp/hike/bike through and around local spots, but I would also fly away to foreign places around the world, embracing new cultures and languages
• Ronelle: If I was independently wealthy, I would definitely travel more and enjoy quality time with my family and friends.  I would still work or give my time and money in some way to children, as that is what fills my bucket.
• Caroline: Walk my dog, and spend my time volunteering for my favorite charities.

3. What sport would you compete in if you were in the Olympics?

• Lisa Ann: Reading.  JK – I am totally unathletic so I’d just be a spectator!
• Lisa: Eh, sports. Maybe I could carry the mic and give a play-by-play rundown of what is going on.
• Ronelle: Hands down, I would compete in soccer if I were in the Olympics.
• Caroline: Ice skating

4. Are you a morning person or a night person?

• Lisa Ann: Morning
• Lisa: Well, I get up with the sun, so that makes me a morning person. But I am rarely in bed before midnight, so that makes me a night owl. Disclaimer: I also love to sneak in an afternoon nap, when possible.
• Ronelle: I do get up early, but I am and always have been a night owl.
• Caroline: Night

5. If you could rename yourself, what name would you pick?

• Lisa Ann: My mom used to say that she had wanted to name me Summer but she was worried, in the Midwest, that people would find the name too unusual.  I always wished that she had done it and I think it would be a beautiful name to have.
• Lisa: I have been gifted with a new name, “Grammie,” by nine very special little people.  Fits me perfectly!
• Ronelle: If I had the opportunity to rename myself, I wouldn’t. I love that I am named after my dad!
• Caroline: Grace, because I am not very graceful and I need it!