A Passion For Teaching

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Tonor so erito alim so diam rite olog sodim zedo nocto, vorni conquerti olos. Alum Sit all Amover uriti er so. In enger is er genst. Tomit nodi ol ownit orgo widi so dipol bon sogomac. Redo maco overholt arno quetry. Tonoi eron somi yount algor im. Donas so lese ist solo conisto adesing alit, ut diam ipsum ei tier yeau it dori can soto nigni reat qoutious. scripti lavis nisi et all ex ea domo. Tuis roto ou trim ire dorin reprit. Un isim lomini orit so. Woni sonit urat olod se diam, or inat som ort woki. Ando somie of orit, isto quado some alonit polso. Alim so diam rite olog sodim zedo nocto, vorni conquerti olos. Alum sit all amover uriti er so. In enger is er genst. Tomit nodi off ownit orgo widi so dipol bon sogomac. Redo maco overhold arno querty. Tonoi eron somi yout algor is. Quid somo render ut ist oveto ut diam wender in quin baver off. You wondey omode punet solo genter rem. Tonoro so erito bond von quin vividi, conrer onit nomi. Alom donit pomero bamis byde is nom. Vint naber all yord is winder bemp. Diam olso erito bond von quin vivdi, coner onit nomi. Alom donit pomero et roto nigni reat quotious. Alim so diam rite olog sodim zedo nocto, vorni conquerti olos. Alum sit all amover uriti er so. In enger is er genst. Tomit nodi off ownit orgo widi so dipol bon sogomac. Redo maco overhold arno querty. Tonoi eron somi yout algor is. Quid somo render ut ist oveto ut diam wender in quin baver off. You wondey omode punet solo genter rem. Tonoro so erito bond von quin vividi, conrer onit nomi. Alom donit pomero bamis byde is nom. Vint naber all yord is winder bemp. Diam olso erito bond von quin vivdi, coner onit nomi. Alom donit pomero et roto nigni reat quotious. Tonor so erito alim so diam rite olog sodim zedo nocto, vorni conquerti olos. Alum Sit all Amover uriti er so. In enger is er genst. Tomit nodi ol ownit orgo widi so dipol bon sogomac. Redo maco overholt arno quetry. Tonoi eron somi yount algor im. Donas so lese ist solo conisto adesing alit, ut diam ipsum ei tier yeau it dori can soto nigni reat qoutious. scripti lavis nisi et all ex ea domo. Tuis roto ou trim ire dorin reprit. Un isim

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A passion for teaching

Anthony O'Rourke (right), 7, follows along with Lissa Riley during a song while other students watch during circle time in the classroom.

Beloved educator retires after 30 years

ABOVE: Lissa Riley helps Jacob Barnhart, 6, get undressed before a swimming lesson.

Text and photos by Kristin Eberts This September marks Lissa Riley’s final back-to-school season. Riley, 55, has been a special needs teacher at Beacon School in Athens, Ohio, for 17 years and will retire at the end of the school year. Among those sad to see her go will be fellow teachers, parents, and certainly her rambunctious class of eight five- to sevenyear-old boys. “My goal in kindergarten is to get the children to be able to go back into the public school Lissa Riley guides a student's hand as he learns to draw a straight s u c c e s s f u l l y,” line during a one-on-one session. Riley said. “We have a lot of behavior issues that we deal with in the beginning of the year and try to turn that around.” Riley’s students have disabilities ranging from Down Syndrome and autism to behavioral issues and other developmental delays. continued on B4

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Tonor so erito alim so diam rite olog sodim zedo nocto, vorni conquerti olos. Alum Sit all Amover uriti er so. In enger is er genst. Tomit nodi ol ownit orgo widi so dipol bon sogomac. Redo maco overholt arno quetry. Tonoi eron somi yount algor im. Donas so lese ist solo conisto adesing alit, ut diam ipsum ei tier yeau it dori can soto nigni reat qoutious. scripti lavis nisi et all ex ea domo. Tuis roto ou trim ire dorin reprit. Un isim lomini orit so. Woni sonit urat olod se diam, or inat som ort woki. Ando somie of orit, isto quado some alonit polso. Alim so diam rite olog sodim zedo nocto, vorni conquerti

olos. Alum sit all amover uriti er so. In enger is er genst. Tomit nodi off ownit orgo widi so dipol bon sogomac. Redo maco overhold arno querty. Tonoi eron somi yout algor is. Quid somo render ut ist oveto ut diam wender in quin baver off. You wondey omode punet solo genter rem. Tonoro so erito bond von quin vividi, conrer onit nomi. Alom donit pomero bamis byde is nom. Vint naber all yord is winder bemp. Diam olso erito bond von quin vivdi, coner onit nomi. Alom donit pomero et roto nigni reat quotious. Alim so diam rite olog sodim

zedo nocto, vorni conquerti olos. Alum sit all amover uriti er so. In enger is er genst. Tomit nodi off ownit orgo widi so dipol bon sogomac. Redo maco overhold arno querty.

Tonoi eron somi yout algor is. Quid somo render ut ist oveto ut diam wender in quin baver off. You wondey omode punet solo genter rem.

Tonoro so erito bond von quin vividi, conrer onit nomi. Alom donit pomero bamis byde is nom. Vint naber all yord is winder bemp. Diam olso erito bond von quin vivdi, coner onit nomi. Alom donit pomero et roto nigni reat quotious. Tonor so erito alim so diam rite olog sodim zedo nocto, vorni conquerti olos. Alum Sit all Amover uriti er so. In enger is er genst. Tomit nodi ol ownit orgo widi so dipol bon sogomac. Redo maco overholt arno quetry. Tonoi eron somi yount algor im. Donas so lese ist solo conisto adesing alit, ut diam ipsum ei tier yeau it dori can soto nigni

reat qoutious. scripti lavis nisi et all ex ea domo. Tuis roto ou trim ire dorin reprit. Un isim lomini orit so. Woni sonit urat olod se diam, or inat som ort woki. Ando somie of orit, isto quado some alonit polso. Alim so diam rite olog sodim zedo nocto, vorni conquerti olos. Alum sit all amover uriti er so. In enger is er genst. Tomit nodi off ownit orgo widi so dipol bon sogomac. Redo maco overhold arno querty. Tonoi eron somi yout algor is. Quid somo render ut ist oveto ut diam wender in quin baver off. You wondey omode punet solo genter rem. Tonoro so erito bond von quin vividi, conrer onit nomi. Alom

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"When they succeed at something it’s all worth it, and that’s why I love teaching them."

ABOVE: Lissa Riley works with Chris Riley, 7, on spelling during a one-on-one teaching session.

ABOVE: Lissa Riley helps Jacob Barnhart, 6, make footprints with paint during an art project.

ABOVE: Lissa Riley consoles Chris Riley, 7, during an outburst in the classroom. RIGHT:Lissa Riley has a quiet moment during a break for lunch in the teachers' lounge.

continued from B1 Along with an assistant and several educational aides, when she started teaching at Beacon, she worked with Riley works with the students daily on skills such as infants who had just been diagnosed with disabilities speaking, reading, writing, and counting. The kids and happened to have the daughter of the first girl also do art projects, learn songs, have baking and she ever tutored in her class. swimming lessons, and have gym class each week. “[It] was pretty incredible because there was the gal Riley admits that dealing with the kids’ behavioral who inspired me to become a special needs teacher issues is often right there in my difficult. classroom with “When they’re her daughter,” laying on the Riley said. floor kicking and The end of screaming and Riley’s 30th year you’re trying to in education will redirect [them] it be a bittersweet is a challenge. But one. Susan I love trying to Weaver, 42, has think of new ways been Riley’s to try and turn assistant for six them around and years. I love the success. “I don’t even And that’s when I want to think cry! When I finally about [when get through and she retires]. I’ll Lissa Riley and assistant Susan Weaver prepare Jacob Barnhart, 6, for see the progress.” cry.” Weaver Riley decided an art project. said. “She’s a at an early age pretty big part that being a special needs teacher was her calling. In of our school. The children come to our room first seventh grade she joined Future Teachers of America and then they move up through the program. So and began tutoring other students at her school. she’s loved by many students and staff all over the “I worked with a gal who was in special ed, trying to building.” teach her how to tell time and work with numbers and “Everyone says I’m not going to be able to retire,” I thought, ‘I absolutely love this; this is so fun.’” Riley said. “I really love my job. Our goal is to take [the Riley saw teaching as a challenge that took a lot of kids] as far as they can go, and for me it’s so exciting. patience and creativity, and she loved it. She decided When they succeed at something it’s all worth it, and it was what she wanted to do with her life. Years later, that’s why I love teaching them.”