OHS welcomes new teachers

Mr. Bradley Scharber is a new teacher this year at OHS who will be teaching in the business department. He attended Minnesota State University, Mankato. This year he will be teaching Career Exploration, Economics and Word Processing. Mr. Scharber was inspired to become a teacher because he has been inspired by his own teachers, and he hopes that he can make a difference in his students’ lives. He sa...

Mr. Stewart Brody is a new science teacher at OHS. Mr. Brody grew up in Austin, Minnesota and attended college at Southwest Missouri State, (now Missouri State) in Springfield, Missouri as well as Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. He taught at four different schools in Missouri before coming to OHS. He said, “I’m a Minnesota boy at heart. It's always good to come back home to God�...

 Mr. Jacob Kringen is a new teacher at OHS. He will be teaching World History to sophomores. He attended Minnesota State University, Mankato. Mr. Kringen’s family inspired him to teach because he grew up in a family of teachers. His mom, grandpa and grandma were all teachers. On the admirable qualities he saw from growing up in a family of teachers.He said, “Seeing the kind of things that they co...

Mr. Brandon Berger is joining the OHS staff this year as the new choir director. Prior to coming to OHS he was one of two choir directors at St. Michael-Albertville High School. He also helped with the theatrical productions and directed some of the co-curricular choir groups at his prior high school.  He had great musical experience throughout high school and that inspired him to want to be a choir tea...

Ms. Allysha Bowers is joining OHS this year as the new Art I teacher. Ms. Bowers previously taught in Stillwater for two years, in the Tri City area for two years and then in Owatonna at Wilson Elementary for six years. Ms. Bowers attended college at Luther College in Decorah Iowa, originally majoring in music and later switching into art after an encounter with singer Jesse McCartney, who liked a pi...