Speech-language pathologist Peggy Syverston is retiring at the end of this school year, after eight years at Gunn. As a speech therapist, she helped students with communication disorders work on their grammar, social skills, and how to communicate with an iPad. Syverston shared some of her favorite...

After 38 years of teaching, theater teacher James Shelby is retiring, effectively closing the curtains on his career at Gunn.  Shelby enjoys all the parts of being able to teach theater. He shares that “what [he] love[s] about theater is that it takes your heart, it takes your mind, and it takes...

After spending 22 years as an art teacher, Deanna Messinger is retiring from Gunn. Messinger has been the second Drawing and Painting teacher since Gunn’s founding, which is something she takes great pride in. “I think that this is kind of a phenomenal thing, and I hope the next person stays for...

After working at Gunn for more than 25 years as a community counselor, wellness counselor and college advisor, Linda Kirsch is retiring.  At first, Kirsch didn’t plan on working at Gunn. But after getting a job at the school, she learned to love it, especially since she was able to be with kids...

After 23 years working at Gunn, English Language teacher and coordinator of the English Language Learner Program (ELL), Kerstin Helbing has announced her retirement.  Helbing still recalls her first moments at Gunn. It was in these early moments where Helbing realized that Gunn was where she was...

Diane Gleason is retiring after working at Gunn for 21 years as a math teacher, and for the past 6 years, as the Speech and Debate mentor.  During her years at Gunn, Gleason has made many cherishable memories, one of which was teaching AP Calculus after school. “For tutorial time, I had everybody...