Five OHS teachers will retire at the end of this year

With the end of the school year rolling in, comes high excitement throughout the school. Many are already looking forward to the start of summer vacation. However, students and staff will miss a very adored member of the high school's community in the following year. Special education teacher, Mrs. Sally Bursch is finishing up her last quarter of teaching. The 2018-2019 school year marks Bursch’s...

Mrs. Rochelle Chicos has been teaching Spanish for 33 years. Chicos attended college at Aguascalientes University in Mexico and Minnesota State University, Mankato. She first started student teaching in Waseca, and then started her first teaching job at St. Mary’s school, where she became the first Spanish teacher in 1986. Since then, Mrs. Chicos has been teaching Spanish at OHS. Before teaching,...

Many students have had the opportunity to have class with some of the most valued teachers at OHS for their last years as staff members. There are five teachers retiring at the end of the 2019 school year and Owatonna has been so lucky to have had these teachers. Mrs. Jackie Getting is the OHS FACS teacher. FACS stands for Family and Consumer Science, which varies from Foods courses and preparing students...

After a 24-year teaching stint, OHS is wishing Mr. Bradley Lebeda farewell. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Bemidji State University, Mr. Lebeda worked as a supervisor in the food industry. However, later in his career, he found himself back at school. Lebeda’s first teaching job was at Montgomery-Lonsdale Elementary Mr. Lebeda then became a member of the Owatonna Public Schools system,...

Mr. Delles Solie, OHS math teacher and coach, is now finishing off his last year teaching. Mr. Solie has been an educator at OHS since 1991, and in his 28 years of teaching has affected the lives and learning curves of countless young students throughout the decades. Solie earned his Masters degree from Bemidji State, MN and got his first teaching job at Grand Meadow High School. After which he...