Ms. Amonett, a new face in the halls of the high school, relocated to the Woodlands from California last year. For the past school year, she has been teaching English II at the main campus.
Q) Why did you decide to move to Texas?
I was born here and moved to California when I was 3. I grew up in California, and then my family moved back to Texas, so I decided to follow.
Q) If you could teach any subject outside your expertise for a day, what would it be and why?
“Creative writing or poetry because I really value creativity and feel as if we don’t get enough time during the class period and I would love to focus more on it.”
Q) What’s the funniest or most unexpected thing a student has ever said in your class?
“This is my first year working at The Woodlands High School, and at the beginning of the year I moved from California and was talking to the class about my life and how I lived in LA, and a student said, “Oh you’re from Louisiana?” It is still one the funniest moments and helped break the first day of school stress!”
Q) If your teaching style were a movie genre, what would it be?
“Freedom writers.”
Q) What’s a creative project or lesson that you’re especially proud of?
“In our current poetry unit, I put a lot of effort into this slide show and after three hours of hard work the project turned out amazing!”
Q) If you could swap classrooms and be that teacher for a week, what would you want to teach?
“Mr. Humeniuk! He teaches junior English and gets to teach creative writing; I would love to have the opportunity to teach juniors.”
Q) What’s your go-to strategy for turning a boring topic into something exciting?
“Mini group projects! An example is instead of me constantly reading a topic that is boring they will have mini small groups and converse on that specific topic.”
Q) If your students described you in a couple of words, what do you think they’d say?
“Funny, nice, I push them to be the best version of themselves.”
Q) What is one thing that you hope for the students to take away from this year?
“That they can do anything, and no is not an option.”
Q) If you could take your class on a dream field trip anywhere in the world, where would you go?
“I would take them to Rome, Italy. Specifically, the Colosseum, the Vatican, and Saint Peter’s Basilica because I feel as if students need to explore the word and have that experience.”
Q) What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever given a student?
“Take a deep breath, don’t take everything too seriously and try again when your mind is clear.”
