AHS Faculty

Meeting Mrs. Thompson

Brooklynn Smith, Writer

October 6, 2023

Mrs. Thompson is the new science teacher, but not many people know her except the freshman. Let’s take a deeper dive into who she is and what she does. Mrs. Thompson teaches ecology, engineering, and freshman earth science. Before coming to the middle school and going to the high-school, she taught at Saint Agnes. Her husband is a potato farmer, and she has three sons. One is a senior this year, and two have graduated. Mrs. Thompson began college at North Dakota State University to study agriculture, but then switched to Concordia University in Austin, Texas.

In an interview with Mrs. Rebecca Thompson, she states,” So far, I have enjoyed teaching at the high-school level.”

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Mrs. Thompson grew up in northwestern North Dakota, before she moved to Alliance to begin teaching, she lived in Fargo, ND; Minneapolis, MN; Austin, TX; and Arlington, TX. Before she began teaching, and before she even moved to Nebraska, Mrs. Thompson worked for 3M Company in the electrical specialties category. After she got married and moved here, she was a farm wife and stay-at-home mom to her three kids before they started going to school. To begin her teaching career, she was on the substitute teacher list for Hemmingford. Afterwards, she began teaching at Saint Agnes Academy, which also happened to be where her children attended. After teaching at Saint Agnes, she moved to Alliance Public Middle School, and then now to Alliance Public High school. She hopes to continue teaching at the high school and to continue providing a great learning experience with her students.

About the Contributor

Brooklynn Smith, Staff Writer

Brooklynn Smith was born February, 2008 and raised in Alliance, Nebraska. Brooklynn does dance, pointe, lyrical, tap,and jazz for 8 years. Her favorite games to play are Left 4 Dead 2, Minecraft, and Call of Duty. She likes these games because of how competitive they are and the way it channels her anger. Her favorite music artists to listen to are Lana Del Ray, Mitski, TV Girl, Slipknot, and Peso Pluma because she loves the meaning they put out. Brooklynn’s favorite animals include capybaras and African rain frogs, she said she likes them because “Capybaras are big rodents and rain frogs have tiny little butts”. She also hopes to go into child psychology because she doesn’t want kids going through emotional breaks. She wants to understand them and help fix their mental thinking of life. More into Brooklynn’s school and personal life, she joined the middle school band in 6th grade because she wanted to try a new hobby. She started playing clarinet and learning some saxophone.Then the summer going into sophomore year, Brooklynn became an aunt to her niece Soraiyah. She also had a great summer hanging out with her friends. Brooklynn joined The SPUD to become more social with the people around her and in hopes to interview many people, she can't wait to write for the SPUD.