This year, SCHS has welcomed many new staff members to the campus. In the accompanying q & a, we take a look at the high school experiences of Christine Byerley.  Formerly a teacher at Buchser Middle School, Byerley is now SCHS’s new World History and AP United States History teacher.  In this q & a, we  learn a little bit more about her.

Q: What did you want to be growing up?

A: A veterinarian, because I love animals and I loved reading James Herriot’s “All Creatures Great and Small”.

Q: Why did you not become a vet?

A: I am terrible at science. When I took my first college level biology class, I didn’t pass and had to take it again. I like science, I’m just not good at it.

Q: What was a typical outfit for you in highschool?

A: Usually Guess jeans and a sweatshirt or t-shirt with Reebok tennis shoes, because it was the fashion of the time.

Q: What advice would you give to your high school self?

A: Do not give up on math and science and ask for help. And that there’s more to life than just high school and your parents are not punishing you.

Q: What’s your most memorable high school experience?

A: Blowing up the beaker in chemistry. I didn’t follow instructions and overheated the beaker. I was then banned from doing any lab experiments and left to do lab reports.

Q: Who’s your favorite superhero and why?

A: I’m partial to the Black Widow because she has to rely on her smarts and cunning as opposed to some zappy technology.

Q: What’s your guilty pleasure?

A: S’mores in the backyard.We have a fire pit in the backyard and it’s just something me and my husband do. We’ll have dinner, roast marshmallows and fill them with chocolate.

Q: What’s your most memorable teaching experience?

A: That I want printed in the paper?! As a first year teacher, the superintendent came to my room and I had no idea who he was. I was talking about medieval torture techniques in graphic detail. Then I remember wondering who he is and said to myself “Oh well, I’ll just keep on teaching.” Later I found out it was our former superintendent, Paul Perotti.

Q: What do you think of students at S.C.H.S?

A: They’re nice. Just so nice. They say thank you and say hello in the halls and they don’t climb trees.