Tracy Lahr is the School Counselor at Alliance Elementary School!
Here are 5 fun facts about Mrs. Lahr:
1. She will be married 25 years this August to her high school sweetheart, Jason. They have 3 beautiful children: Nathan, Ryan and Dylan.
2. This summer, she will be spending 8 weeks traveling with her son Dylan to baseball tournaments. The farthest one away is East Cobb, Georgia.
3. In addition to holding a school counseling degree, she also has a teaching degree in Family and Consumer Sciences. She has been in education for 20 years. My first three years at Alliance City Schools was at Alliance Middle School teaching 8th grade. This is my fifth year as the School Counselor at Alliance Elementary School.
4. Before she falls asleep at night she watches old episodes of "Law & Order" or "NCIS".
5. Her favorite vacation destination is Myrtle Beach. She enjoys hearing the waves crash and the water rush to the shore.
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Tim Calfee is the School Counselor for Alliance Intermediate School!
Here are 5 fun facts about Mr. Calfee:
1. He has been in education for 48 years! He's worked as a teacher, principal, college professor, superintendent and school counselor. (He was the principal for almost all of the kids at AIS when they were in Kindergarten at AELS.)
2. He taught at a University in China for a year. While he was there, he walked the Great Wall of China and was an actor in 2 movies (very minor parts!).
3. He is a City Councilman in Ravenna, where he lives.
4. He likes to ride his bike. He once rode to Virginia Beach, Virginia and back (1300 miles) in 13 days.
5. He is pretty good with a yo-yo and he knows how to play jacks.
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Seniors Jordan Schwartz and Rylee Horning joined Superintendent Rob Gress for a presentation at R.G. Drage this morning! They presented information about Alliance City Schools to members of Leadership Stark County. This is a group of Stark County leaders from a variety of fields who spend time learning about the different aspects of the county. Today's focus for the group was education. They heard from Alliance and two other schools.
Way to #RepthatA, Rylee and Jordan!
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Libby Smith is the last of our School Counselors at Alliance Middle School!
Here are 5 fun facts about Mrs. Smith:
1. She is a Marlington High School graduate. She attended college at Mount Union and Walsh University.
2. This is her 4th year as a School Counselor, but her 1st year in middle school! She was a high school counselor previously.
3. She is a boy mama! Weston is 2.5 years old and Scout is 10 months old.
4. She loves going to concerts and already has 4 planned for this year!
5. Her favorite food is chips and salsa and tacos!
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Kaylee Krichbaum is one of the School Counselors at Alliance Middle School!
Here are 5 fun facts about Miss Krichbaum:
1. She has a Yorkshire Terrier named Sweetie who is sometimes not so sweet. She likes to "steal" things within her reach.
2. She is a proud graduate of the University of Mount Union. Go Raiders!
3. This is her first year as a full-time school counselor at Alliance City Schools. However, she has worked at ACS in the past as a substitute teacher, substitute counselor and school-based mental health counselor.
4. Her mother was a Spanish teacher at AHS for 27 years and came out of retirement this year to teach Spanish at AMS.
5. She is enjoying her time getting to know the staff, students and families at AMS!
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Jayme Smith is another one of the our Alliance Middle School Counselors!
Here are 5 fun facts about Mrs. Smith:
1. She has an obsession with mowing the lawn.
2. She would rather walk or run than drive somewhere.
3. Diamond dots, puzzles and naps are her favorite rainy day activities.
4. She lived in Guatemala for a bit and loved learning about the language and culture.
5. One her her favorite parts about family vacations are stopping at rest areas with her husband and three kids to play frisbee and tag.
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The Alliance City Schools administrators spent the morning at the Alliance YMCA! They learned about the programs they offer and all the ways the YMCA benefits and supports Alliance families and students. #RepthatA
Tyler Triner is the School Counselor at Alliance High School for all freshmen!
Here are 5 fun facts about Mr. Triner:
1. He enjoys hanging out with his girlfriend and pup!
2. He loves to travel and explore.
3. He is big into yoga.
4. He has been sky diving.
5. He will be running the Boston Marathon.
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Victoria Popio is a School Counselor at Alliance High School!
Here are 5 fun facts about Mrs. Popio:
1. When she was in high school, she was part of an 8-person competitive Irish dance team that was ranked 2nd in the nation and 14th in the world.
2. To her, few things in life are more comforting than a good book and a good chai latte.
3. Growing up, her dream job was to be a paleontologist. She still collects fossilized shark teeth any time she goes to the beach!
4. She's been teaching natural horsemanship at a non-profit organization for 10 years and counting.
5. She has traveled to 8 countries and hopes to go to Italy next!
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Amber Patti is a School Counselor at Alliance High School!
Here are 5 fun facts about Mrs. Patti:
1. She never misses a Cleveland Guardians game on the radio or tv.
2. She was a part of her high school show choir.
3. She has a green thumb and loves perennials.
4. She takes her kids to Cedar Point every year and has ridden every rollercoaster there.
5. She throws a mean curveball, and coached a high school softball team that made it to the state semifinals.
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Superintendent Rob Gress met with his high school student advisory group last week. They talked about what it means to be a leader in their school and aspects of school culture they like and some areas they feel could be improved. #RepthatA
Kayla Johnson is the Mental Health Counselor at Parkway Learning & Development Center!
Here are 5 fun facts about Mrs. Johnson:
1. She got a scholarship to twirl baton in college.
2. Cheese is her favorite food.
3. She can play 3 instruments - flute, oboe and bassoon.
4. Her favorite band is "Hanson." You can find her listening to "MMMBop" several times a week.
5. A hobby of hers includes building tiny dollhouse furniture.
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AIS students had a blast at the North Canton Skate and Entertainment Center during their January behavior incentive! #RepthatA
Congratulations to the AHS Boys Basketball team! They are the 2023 EBC Co-Champs! #RepthatA
Allison Morrison is a counselor at Alliance High School!
Here are 5 fun facts about Mrs. Morrison:
1. As a 6th grade student at ACS, she spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new AMS building where her husband now teaches 8th grade science.
2. She has two kids (3-year-old Rory and 1-year-old Nolan) and a 130 lb bloodhound named "Dubya."
3. She worked for a congressman during her college years at Mount Union (Go Raiders!).
4. She went on an African Safari (Masai Mari) during a mission trip to Kenya!
5. She throughly enjoys cleaning and getting organized.
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Carter Bugara has committed to play football and continue his educational journey at Walsh University! We can't wait to see all he'll accomplish as a Cavalier! #RepthatA
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AMS students participated in a school wide reading challenge. The top participants were rewarded with a pancake party. Over 260 books were read during the challenge! Way to go AMS aviators! #RepthatA
