LONGEVITY ROBS teachers stay for a long a time. In addition to connecting students across generations with a common experience, teacher longevity indicates that a school’s values are upheld for employees as well as students. The following teachers and staff members celebrated these milestones.
40
YEARS Susan McDaniel retires this year after 40 years of service in the ROBS Preschool, touching the lives of close to a thousand children and their families. Head of Preschool Dawn Hanson says when Susan speaks, everyone listens. She is fondly known as “The Queen” because of her wise way with students and fellow teachers. We will let her keep that title.
25
YEARS During her 25 years at River Oaks Baptist School, Gail Watkins has held many positions: registrar, technology curriculum coordinator, computer teacher. She leaves her official position at ROBS behind this year, but Gail will never outgrow her reputation as a servant-hearted friend. Longtime colleague Judy Adams says, “I was always struck by Gail’s willingness to help everyone at any time. She is a true friend to all of us.”
20
YEARS Beloved Dolphin teacher Melanie Blair says goodbye to ROBS this year, after two decades with our Kindergarten students. Her students were always the envy of the other classes when she would let the birthday boy or girl dance on the table as the class sang. Melanie was one of those teachers who looked like God sent her to earth precisely to shepherd young learners in their first year of “big kid school.”
15
YEARS Rachel Aden Teresa Grovas
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10
YEARS Ashley Mejia Sally Walker