December 2011 Chatterbox - Ruston High School

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eacher Spotlights Chatterbox
Ruston High School December 15, 2011 Page 8
Mrs. Meredith Boyd teaches English III. She is married to Mr. Montana Boyd and has a one year old
daughter named Molly. She has two dogs named Buck and Bella. She claims that by birth she is a
Northwood Falcon, but by choice she is an RHS Bearcat. Her favorite quote is ―It is best to keep your
mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.‖ - Mark Twain. Her advice to students
is that life is totally up to you and life is what you make of it.
Mrs. Lora Hammons teaches English I and English II and is the head tennis coach. She has four children:
Hayden, a senior at LSU, Ross, a junior at LSU, John Cullen, RHS senior, and Mary Conly, RHS
senior. Her favorite quote is ―Be the change you wish to see in the world.‖ - Ghandi
Mrs. Emily Howell teaches CP and Pre-AP English I and works with the KOM program. She is
married to the most talented, intelligent, and compassionate man of all, Jason Howell, minister to
the students at The Bridge Community Church who can fix anything. She is a 2002 graduate from
C.E. Byrd High School and always loved school. She always encourages her students to practice
integrity every day. She thanks God for placing her at RHS and says she is richly blessed and
loves her students and co-workers.
Mrs. Larkin Norton teaches English II. She is married to Mr. Dean Norton and has a daughter named Emma, a
freshman at LSU, a son named Liam, a freshman at RHS, and two dogs named Kitt and Easy. She is a graduate of
Cedar Creek and then went on to LA Tech where she obtained a BA in English and a Masters in Education. Her advice
to students would be to read To Kill a Mockingbird over again and again and again so when life throws you
curve balls and things don‘t seem fair, just remember to think WWAD—what would Atticus do. She says that it took
her a while to come around to the profession of teaching, but once she did, she knew it was what she was meant to
do. She hopes that each of her students will discover what they are meant to do with their life and that they will always
keep searching and never give up.
Mrs. Annie Rivera teaches CP Spanish I and II and helps out with the Spanish Club. She will be expecting
her fourth child on December 23rd. She says that times and styles may be different, but high school is
always high schools. Her advice to her students is that if something is difficult to do, don‘t shut down, try
to work through it and use your brain..