Part III: OHS welcomes new teachers

As OHS was looking to fill a Spanish teacher position, Ms. Micah Cabbage seemed like the best fit for the foreign language department. Ms. Cabbage grew up in Iowa and graduated from Luther college in Decorah, Iowa. She decided to take her degree into teaching at the Owatonna High School after she finished her student teaching this past May. Ms. Cabbage explained how her Spanish teacher in high school was...

The OHS Math department was looking for a new teacher to teach intermediate algebra and algebra two, and Mrs. Liza Drever was the perfect fit. This is her first year teaching in Owatonna, however she has been teaching for 17 years prior to OHS at Faribault High School. She grew up in DeSmet, South Dakota, and after graduating high school, she furthered her education by earning a master’s degree from...

Meet Mr. Jeremy Wood, one of the new English teachers at OHS. He grew up in Bel - Air, Maryland, and studied at the Valley State University in North Dakota. This will be his first year teaching. For his first year of teaching, he is taking on English 12 language and composition, English 10, English 11 and language and composition in second semester. Mr. Wood said, “I ultimately chose Owatonna because...

Joining the OHS Math department this year is Mr. Tyler Keller, who grew up in Medford, Minnesota. During his junior year of high school he determined that math teacher was his calling. Mr. Keller’s favorite subjects in high school were math and biology, and both give an insight to his love for equations and problem solving. After high school he attended Minnesota State, Mankato where he recently rec...