New Faces Populate the Halls

By Brian Morgan

This past August, the students of Hopkinton High School (HHS) came back to school to see some new faces on the teaching staff. HHS hired two new teachers, a Spanish teacher and a math teacher. Students were excited to see new teachers in the halls when they returned. The Spanish teacher, Sra. Creamer, is from Bow, NH and previously taught Spanish and French in Hooksett, NH. The math teacher, Miss Foss, lives in Webster and used to teach at Contoocook Valley Regional High School, more commonly known as ConVal in Peterborough,NH.

Miss Foss had a big shock coming from ConVal as ConVal is roughly four times bigger than HHS. Previously, she would only have a fraction of the school population in her classes. Here at HHS, she currently has about a third of the student population in her classes. She is excited to be teaching higher level math courses than she did at Con Val. There she taught Algebra and Pre-Algebra, while here at HHS she teaches Introduction to Statistics and Integrated Math 3.

When asked, Miss Foss stated, “that the most challenging part about teaching at HHS is that I need to know so many students by name, but this is made easier because I see most of them in the halls on a daily basis.” She applied to HHS because she had heard excellent things about the school and it is close to her home in Webster. Miss Foss greatly enjoys the Day 1/Day 2 block scheduling. It makes it easier for her to plan her classes and organize her time. The students are glad to see some new faces and think that the teachers will add even more to Hopkinton High School over time. The students find Miss Foss very friendly and approachable.

Since Sra. Creamer only works part time she was unable to be contacted for comments. When asked, Jonny Arruda, a student of Sra. Creamer's Spanish 8 class said, "she was very nice and I am learning a lot from her."