Wednesday, December 26, 2012
The Spanish teacher died Dec. 19, 2012.
A service for Andrew Sommer, the Woodbury High School teacher who died earlier this month, will be held at the school at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, according to an obituary on legacy.com. Sommer passed away Dec. 19, 2012, after a battle with cancer. He was 54. The service at Woodbury High School will be held in the auditorium. “We are mourning the loss of our colleague and friend. He remains an outstanding member of the Woodbury High School faculty, touching the lives of countless students, staff and parents,” Principal Linda Plante said in a statement. “As a College in the Schools Spanish instructor, Andy brought rigor to the classroom, and laughter and joy to his students. He was an outstanding educator and will be sorely missed.” Check …
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Woodbury High School made the announcement about the Spanish teacher, who had been fighting cancer, Wednesday morning. Share your thoughts in the comments section.
Woodbury High School teacher Andrew (Andy) Sommer, who had been battling cancer, died Wednesday morning, Dec. 19, 2012. “We are mourning the loss of our colleague and friend. He remains an outstanding member of the Woodbury High School faculty, touching the lives of countless students, staff and parents,” Principal Linda Plante said in a statement. “As a College in the Schools Spanish instructor, Andy brought rigor to the classroom, and laughter and joy to his students. He was an outstanding educator and will be sorely missed.” Sommer was hired as a Spanish teacher at Woodbury High School in August 1988, and remained there during his entire career with District 833, according to a notice from the school. He also frequently served as …
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The school recently sent out a notice to parents about a change to its world language offering.
Spanish will be taught at Liberty Ridge Elementary in Woodbury instead of Chinese this upcoming school year. The school recently sent out a notice to parents about the change: At the end of last year our Mandarin Chinese teachers, Ms. Song and Ms. Liu, sought personal opportunities out of state. Building and district personnel spent months trying to recruit and hire high-quality teachers to replace them. Part of the difficulty is also the state-required licensure for Mandarin teachers. We truly exhausted all sources of where we have received candidates in the past. With that said, the board has made it clear of the importance of offering world language exposure in the elementary schools. As a way of being in alignment with many of the …
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Kris Janisch
9:30 am on Friday, May 3, 2013
Just saw this from the Woodbury High School announcements today: So many things continue to remind us about Senior Sommer this year. And here’s another: The Andy Sommer Spanish Studies Scholarship has been established for graduating seniors THIS YEAR. This scholarship has been established to financially assist students who plan on pursuing Spanish Studies after high school. If you are interested … more ›