New Teacher Features 2019

Meet Ms. Fedorko! Fedorko is one of the newest editions to WCHS. This is her first year in Woodford County, but she has been teaching for four years. Before coming to WCHS she taught at Bryant Station High School in Lexington Kentucky. She teaches special education and helps to coach the cheer team. After chatting with her I learned that she has always wanted to be a teacher. In her own words, she...

Mr. Felixander J’broculus Sutton, who has a very enthusiastic and optimistic attitude, is our new biology teacher here at WCHS. Sutton got all of the teaching genes from his parents, as both of them were teachers. Sutton’s father was a high school history teacher and his mother was a kindergarten teacher. Sutton was inspired to become a teacher because he had a fascination with biology, anatomy, and medi...

A new year means new faces at WCHS, and Don Offutt is one of them. Offutt is the school’s new social worker and men's assistant basketball coach. He attended Western Kentucky University. His major is in sociology, and his minor is in criminology. After four years at WKU, he attended Kentucky State University to get his master's in special education. He then went to Asbury University to finish his...

One of the newest additions to our school is Mr. Jaron Brown. He coaches basketball and teaches "School within a school." This is his first year at our school and he is looking forward to his years at Woodford County High School. Mr. Brown used to coach basketball and teach in Lexington at Martin Luther King Jr. Schools. During our interview, Mr. Brown said he decided to teach at WCHS because "there...

On September 18, 2019, I had the privilege of sitting down with Mr. Clay Coburn to talk to him about becoming a new teacher at WCHS this school year. He is a resource teacher, meaning he goes in and out of classrooms helping students in need of assistance. He also teaches his own class. In his class, Mr. Coburn has kids in need of help come in so he can guide them though whatever they need. Mr. Co...

Velonis Q&A Where did you work before WCHS? So, I am actually a first-year teacher but I did my student teaching at Lafayette High School. Why did you want to work at WCHS? I had a lot of friends in my graduate school program that really spoke highly of Woodford County, and people that have taught here said it would be a really good fit for me. How has the transition been? It's...

Ms. Wheatley Q&A When did you first become interested in nursing?  I think when I was in elementary school. My aunt was a nurse, she delivered babies. I was sure I was going to be a labor delivery nurse. I delivered my first baby in nursing school and I never wanted to do that again. What do you love about your job? I like relationships more than the job of taking care of wounds. I rea...

Meet Ms. Maynard! She is one of the new teachers in the social studies hallway! She is from Elliot County, Kentucky, and graduated from Elliot County High School in 2007. She has prior teaching experience, as she taught one year at Morgan County High School. She teaches high school Social Studies and cares for her students very much. What do you enjoy most about being a teacher? I love to see the "aha" ...

Meet Ms. Winchester! She is such a joy to have as a teacher here at WCHS and is always willing to help students learn. She is from Lexington, Kentucky, and graduated from Lafayette High School. She teaches high school Mathematics, and has lots of prior teaching experience, as she taught 11 years at Bryan Station High School prior to coming to Woodford. What do you enjoy most about being a teach...

When you Google the name "Erik Daniels" you might find a Wikipedia page that belongs to and tells the story of a former professional basketball player. But this can't be the same Erik Daniels that works here in small-town Woodford County, can it? Erik Daniels is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, but moved to Kentucky during the year 2000. While here, Daniels attended The University Of Kentucky ...

A new school year means new students, new opportunities and different classes, but most importantly, new teachers. Mr. Bedard is the newest addition to the agriculture program; here is a look at how this new teacher is settling into Woodford. Bedard is a southern Ohio native, where he spent many of his days in the outdoors. While growing up, a young Bedard used his free time to train horses. Bedard...