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    Hoi Geswender, a teacher at Clinton High School, has been named Teacher of the Year by her colleagues. Geswender overcame obstacles as a Vietnamese refugee in 1975 to pursue her dream of becoming a teacher. She earned degrees from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and has taught business and information technology for 15 years. Geswender's students appreciate her caring nature and commitment to helping them succeed.

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    Hoi Geswender, a teacher at Clinton High School, has been named Teacher of the Year by her colleagues. Geswender overcame obstacles as a Vietnamese refugee in 1975 to pursue her dream of becoming a teacher. She earned degrees from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and has taught business and information technology for 15 years. Geswender's students appreciate her caring nature and commitment to helping them succeed.

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    Tech teacher receives great honor

    Reagan Cabaniss, Senior

    Hoi Geswender has been chosen by


    her fellow colleagues to be the high
    schools Teacher of the Year.
    I am so honored to be chosen as
    CHS Teacher of The Year. I love my
    colleagues and my students in Clinton
    High School. I love the Clinton community, said Geswender
    According to Geswender, at the age
    of 16, and as a Vietnamese refugee in
    1975, the dream of becoming a teacher
    was destroyed by the English language
    barrier.
    My family had to escape Vietnam
    due to my fathers employment with
    the American Government for over 25
    years. Education was always priority
    with my parents. When we arrived at
    Guams refugee camp, not knowing
    what the future would be, my parents
    gave me up for adoption to a Philippine family with the condition that I
    must finish high school and college.
    The family gave me back to my parents after one day because I would not
    stop crying, said Geswender

    Whenever she and her family first


    settled in Clinton, she started working at Kluvers Furniture Store, and
    graduated from Clinton High School
    in 1978.
    After finishing high school, she
    married her husband Kurt, and finished her college degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in
    1982. Then in 1989, she went back to
    SWOSU to pursue her dream of becoming a teacher, and earned her education career degree and her masters
    degree in 2007.
    Geswender has taught business
    and information technology for 15
    years. She also helps out with Student
    Council and Business Professionals
    of America. Outside of school, she is
    qualified to help with Business and
    Finance with Kluvers and World Finance Company, and Insurance Agent
    for Farmers Insurance Company.
    As a classroom teacher, my greatest contributions and accomplishments
    are directly related to the success of
    my students. My constant self-eval-

    uation, continued personal learning,


    and school and community involvement provide me with the tools needed to maximize my students potential. Each evening I examine my day,
    and each morning I start fresh with an
    open-mind. This effort to self-evaluate
    on a daily basis means that my students will benefit from new ideas and
    from fresh approaches to old ones. In
    considering the needs of students and
    classes, I make use of all available resources, said Geswender.
    She has been married to Kurt for
    the last 38 years and has two daughters: Colby and Stacy.
    Geswender enjoys spending time
    with her grandkids and family. Her
    hobbies include cooking, learning
    computer skills, and traveling with her
    brother and five sisters. She also enjoys school and community involvements with her Student Council members.
    Her students and Student Council
    members enjoy her bubbly attitude in
    and out of her classroom.

    Hoi Geswender

    Mrs. Geswender has a very caring heart with an awesome personality, and she loves to help her students,
    said Carly Youngberg, jr.
    Geswender loves to watch her students get excited with computer skills
    that they have learned in her classes
    and are committed to make their future career from it.
    I love to watch them hesitate to
    learn new computer programs at first,
    then a few weeks later, stand next to
    me and say I really like this program.
    its pretty cool,said Geswender.

    Santas Ugly Christmas Sweaters

    This week the Tornado Talks staff hosted their


    second annual Ugly Chrsitmas Sweater Contest. Elly
    Martin, sr., took a first place prize for her tree
    skirt and her santa toilet cover decoration. Hadley
    Krewall, fr., took second place. Cyle Heard,sr.,
    placed third. Conor Wyer, so., also took second
    place honors. Mr. Ron Smith recieved third, and
    Mrs. Donna Taylor took first place honors. Contests

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    Page 4 & 5................Sports
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    were judged during both lunches. Winners took home


    Hutchs gift cards complimentory of Tornado Talks
    staff. They were judged off of creativity and ugliness. Tornado Talks editor, Jessie Cornell, sr., said,
    This is such a fun contest to judge because of how
    much thought people put into making their outfits
    ugly. I hope this becomes a school tradition and continues to happen after I graduate.

    Story and art design by Jessie Cornell

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