Winter 2012 Issue - De La Salle Institute

sACADEMICSSTUDENT-TEACHERS GAIN Valuable Experience at De La SalleQ: What is your funniest De La Salle student story or exchange?Michael: One student told me that I was “the best teacher.” I told my wife and a few friends and we had a laughbecause they thought the student outsmarted me to get an A. “Oh, Mr. Evans, you are the best teacher, ever.” Ha! Ha!Sharon: There are many great memories of my students, but one sticks out. A student whose DNA, I swear, didn’tallow him one silent moment started getting detentions in my class. He would come in and say things like, “Mrs. Carey– your hair looks so nice today,” and, “Mrs. Carey, you look so pretty in that shirt.” It was so funny. He knew I wason to him, but he would keep saying things like that as he came into class.Jessica: Two stories stand out for me. I created a play to teach the students about the history of genetics. In oneclass, the student acting started laughing as she tried to deliver a line. The class broke out in a contagious laughter;I could not keep a straight face and joined in. The other experience was after making copies; I was walking downthe hall and past Mrs. Sanchez’s class. The halls echoed with beatbox sounds and chanting; my curiosity made mepeek into her classroom. The class was all standing up dancing, beatboxing, and singing through phase changes. Theclass performed it one more time for me. It was a nice surprise in the middle of the day, as I never expected such aperformance after making copies.Alejandra: I had a good amount of funny stories but one that touchedmy heart was on my last day at De La Salle. One of my students cameinto class and told me that she had tried to arrange a going-away partyfor me but that Ms. Smith did not let her. The way she said it was sofunny that it made the class laugh and of course, it made me laugh,too. However, she and her classmates did give me a going-away cardthat made me feel appreciated and it made it even harder for me to saygoodbye.Bailey Lovetere ’15 works on an experiment to testthe effect of temperature on viscosity in ColleenSanchez’s physical science class.Q: Is there anything else about your experience thatyou would like to share with the De La Salle community?Michael: I would just like to give special thanks to Mr. (Dan) Dowling for giving me instruction and criticism in acomplimentary way. His guidance has showed me that I am never done learning, especially when the creative mind ofa student is involved. Also, I offer a huge thank you to the administration for this opportunity. Although my semesterwas completed, I stayed until the end of De La Salle’s semester because I will truly miss all of the faculty and students.Oh, I also heard there was a Christmas party!Sharon: I’d like to say how grateful I am to all of the teachers here at De La Salle – especially Bethany Costello-Stebelton and Nick Colletti. Everyone was gracious and extremely helpful and friendly, and they really cared whetheror not I succeeded. Thanks to you all for your patience and help! You should be proud of the culture you’ve createdhere at De La Salle.Jessica: It was sad having to leave De La Salle, but I hope to visit again. I appreciate all of Mrs. Flaherty’s cooperationand guidance. I still have much to learn about education, but I had an enlightening experience and hope to maintainthe relationships I have established.If you know someone who is pursuing a degree in Education and would like to fulfill their student teaching requirementsat De La Salle, please contact assistant principal Nick Colletti at collettin@dls.org or (312) 842-7355.Academics