October 25, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 3
Flood resumes post as SRO
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Lovell Police Officer
Jessica Flood has returned
to her post as school re-
source officer for School
District No. 2. Flood was
SRO for five years and left
the position to work as an
officer in the department.
"I've only been out of
the position for two years,
so a lot of the kids are the
same, they are just a lit-
tle older now," said Flood.
"It's been nice to see how
much they have grown and
changed in that time."
Her job is more than
just making sure the kids
are secure, it's also about
letting them know that help
is there for them if needed,
she said.
"It makes us not scary
to them, because if they
know one of us, they feel
like they know all of us be-
cause we all wear the same
uniform," explained Flood.
"The uniform is always the
same, so they get adjusted
to that."
Flood makes her rounds
daily, visiting all three
schools in the district. She
tries to stay visible and she
makes an effort to interact
with as many students as
she can on a regular basis.
"When they do need us
it's sometimes during a re-
ally scary part of their lives,
so for them to be able to
make that connection ear-
ly on and recognize us as
someone who can help is
COURTESY PHOTO
School resource officer Jessica Flood shows a group
of elementary school children the inside of a police
car.
very important," she said.
"It makes a big difference."
Flood also does educa-
tional presentations on a
variety of subjects in the
classroom.
"We go into the class-
room and teach whatever
they want us to," she said.
Flood said working
with the kids is fun and
she enjoys the preventa-
tive aspect of her work.
"They ask about 100
questions at one time,"
said Flood. "Of course,
they want to know if
you've ever shot anybody
and they want to compare
us to TV. We set them
straight on that. We're
not like TV, we're not al-
ways driving our cars 100
mph. It's more like, some-
times I'll hold your hand
when you cross the street
or tie your shoelaces if
they need to be tied. Af-
ter we straighten them
out on that, they don't
think we're action figures
anymore."
Flood said that en-
countering an officer on a
regular basis at the school
helps the children feel like
they can approach an offi-
cer at any time, especially
in a time of crisis.
"When kids come to
me with a problem they
are having at home, we
can deal with it in a safe
environment," said Flood.
Flood has been with
the Lovell Police Depart-
ment since 2004. She en-
joys her position as SRO
because she feels she can
really make a difference
in the lives of the children.
"What I like is that
the SRO job is proactive,
whereas law enforcement
a lot of times is reactive,"
said Flood.
Thackeray joins
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Alana Thackeray is the
new Family and Consumer
Science teacher for Big Horn
County School District No.
2 schools. Thackeray is no
stranger to students in the
district. She has been a sub-
stitute teacher for 13 years
and the district's FCCLA
advisor for several years.
She has a bachelor's de-
gree in household econom-
ics and management from
Utah State University and
is currently taking an on-
line course through Mon-
tana State University in
Bozeman to update her
teaching endorsements. She
expects to complete the on-
line course in approximate-
ly two years and plans to
continue for an additional
year to obtain her master's
degree.
According to Thacker-
ay, "there's a lot more to
these courses than cook-
ing and baking." Technolo-
gy has changed and careers
can evolve from these sub-
ject areas.
Thackeray is teaching
at both the high school and
the middle school levels. At
the high school level she is
teaching the clothing and
textiles class this semester
and will be teaching an in-
terior design course. She
also teaches nutrition for
District No. Two
Alana Thackeray
family and child develop-
ment classes.
Thackeray said the sec-
ond semester focuses more
on occupational type work
like food services and day
care work.
At the middle school
level she will be teaching
"life skills" courses. The life
skills courses cover topics
like self-esteem, decision-
making, health and well-
ness, nutrition, child de-
velopment and careers. All
eighth-graders are required
to take the course.
"Basically these class-
es give students some life
skills that they can use
when they get out in the
real world," said Thackeray.
teaching staff
Thackeray is teaching
52 students in the middle
school. In the high school,
she works with more than
40 students. She has about
a dozen students in each
course, which usually is
about one hour long.
"The smaller class siz-
es make it easier to do more
hands-on projects with the
students," said Thackeray.
She has about 22 stu-
dents who are active par-
ticipants in the FCCLA
program.
"I'm excited about the
fact that because I am now
the teacher, I can touch
base with FCCLA mem-
bers about their projects
because the same students
are often in my classes,"
said Thackeray.
Thackeray said she is
enjoying getting to know
her students on a different
level.
"When you're the sub
it's one thing, when you're
the teacher it's your class-
room and the students
know the difference," said
Thackeray. "I hope to in-
spire my students to be life-
long learners, to be people
who can go out into their
community and serve their
community, serve their
families and to learn prac-
tical things that will help
them later in life."
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