Anahi Vazquez is a first-year P.E. teacher at La Quinta High School. It’s her first teaching position.
Vazquez was inspired to work here because it fits the qualities she wanted in a job.
“I...
Brianna Luna is a P.E. teacher and the varsity softball coach for La Quinta High School.
She attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help from kindergarten to eighth grade. She then made her way to LQHS, where...
Paul Collins is an English teacher at La Quinta High School and has been working as a teacher for 27 years.
He has been teaching at LQHS since 1999: for 22 years. Since he’s been at La Quinta, things...
Raisa Vianey Guerrero Cardenas, Reporter
♦ February 4, 2022
It’s 9 a.m. and Celeste Strege has four teachers who are out that day. Her job is to find substitutes for each class that have no supervision for the students. To make matters worse, she had to work...
She’s sitting at her desk typing away as her students who stayed during lunch are playing hangman on a whiteboard that stands in a corner of the room. Her classroom, filled with color and posters, looks...
La Quinta High School has welcomed a new math teacher and he’s prepared to experience his first year of educating high school students.
Jason Su was excited to begin a new fresh start at LQHS after...
Early morning on Tuesday, Sept. 28, Stephanie Henderson is walking her class to the track to prep her students to run their weekly mile.
Some students go off on their own to stretch. They’re called...
A tall man walks from one side of the class to another, occasionally stopping at groups of students who need help and then to talk to the whole class. Most of the time, he allows the students to work together...
Eden Gorges, Assistant Features Editor
♦ January 5, 2022
As students arrive at Tracey Martin's second period world history class on a September morning, they’re hit with the bitter blast of the vents.
The classroom lights are off, the only thing providing...
Counselors at La Quinta High School welcomed a new member to their department a few weeks into the school year.
In late August, Alfonso Olachea transferred to LQHS' counseling department from Desert...
Alexa Galvez, Arts and Entertainment Editor
♦ January 4, 2022
The new school year proved to continue to be demanding for both teachers and students at La Quinta High School. However, the spotlight on teachers and how they are doing has been unclear because the focus...
She’s met new teachers, she’s seen teachers leave, and has seen the school evolve.
“It was the happiest day of my life,” said Jacqueline Ptak of the day she was offered a job as an English...
