Kish faculty and students make plans for winter break

This year Kishwaukee College’s winter break is going to be a month this time, beginning December 16 and not returning to classes until January 17, 2012. 

Ann Wilson, Special Education Counselor here at Kish will actually be working on campus.  There are students that will be transferring in that may need special testing, or parents and students that have questions in the registration process that need answering.  With the campus being fairly quiet over the given time, she will have “catch-up” work that can be done as well. She would like to have time to spend with her family and friends as well.  Depending on her work schedule, as it does change every year, her holiday remains fairly traditional and plans to relax as much as possible.

Amy Smith, who is a Humanities teacher, will be preparing for a new class that she is teaching this spring which she is excited about.  It will be Humanities 129, MWF from 8am-8:50am.  The class is similar to what humanities is but plans to use more of a variance of music, centuries, poetry, literature, etc.  Her winter breaks vary from year to year.  Sometimes as a family, they travel but they also like to do things differently.  Most importantly, it’s the quality time with her family that means the most to her.  

Jen Fife, who also teaches Humanities, consisting of Composition I & II, plans to travel back to her hometown in Kentucky for a week and spending the rest of her break doing some work, relaxing, stating she’ll “put my feet up if I can.”  She said she’s “pretty boring.”

Cassondra Does, a second year student, who isn’t quite sure of her major yet, wants to continue focusing on herself and the positive changes she’s made in her life.  She is grateful to have school and work but being able to spend most of her free time with friends.

CaryAnn Hagenmeir, Office Systems major, who is quite a busy student here at Kish, plans to spend time with her husband Jeremy, family as much as she can if her schedule allows, and her two new “puppies” that are adjusting in with her cats.  She says she “loves her babies!”

“My winter  break will consist of one week of travel, spending as much time as I can with my Father, Granddaughter Morgan, catching up on my writing and photography which I had little time for.

Winter Break is like a breath of fresh air and means exactly what it does.