Foster
1.) What activities/functions did you participate in at LHS?
Football, Basketball, and track. I also played Legion baseball, but it was not a high school sport at the time. I made the state tournament in all of these sports my senior year. I was also in the letterman’s club.
2.) Do you still participate in any of these activities? (If yes which ones and how so)?
Nope, but I still get to watch them. I also give baseball tours and work the security at football games.
3.) Is there an activity/function that exists now that you wish you could have participated in?
Bowling! I think it’d be a ton of fun.
4.) What is the most memorable moment from your high school years?
One day they called off school at 7:30. I was already inside of LHS with several other students before they had called it off. We were supposed get a horrible snow storm that day, but we didn’t even get a single snowflake.
5.) What year did you graduate?
1989
6.) What has changed the most at school from when you graduated to now?
Diversity
7.) Which subject/teacher had the biggest impact on your life?
Mr. Dorty the civics teacher at Whittier. When I went to high school the Freshman still attended junior high, and I had Mr. Dorty my freshman year at Whittier. Even though we attended Whittier we were still considered high school students. Sophomore year the freshmans moved from Whittier to LHS.
8.) Did you ever think you would come back to LHS as a teacher?
No, I thought I’d be a college baseball coach (which I did for two years), but I changed my mind and decided to go into education.
9.) What was your favorite thing about being a student at LHS?
The teachers were great.
10.) What is your favorite thing about being a teacher at LHS?
The students are great.