Mrs. Heckman, a 35-year veteran teacher,  joins EHS as a new biology teacher. 

After teaching at White Oak Middle School, Wilson Middle School, Northwest High School, and Princeton High School,  Mrs. Heckman decided to forgo retirement and take the teaching job here at Edgewood. 

A biology teacher has to teach the students and help them understand what biology is and how to figure out when and at what time to use biology. Being a biology teacher can be hard because of the amount of stuff you have to teach the students about, however, Mrs. Heckman found inspiration for her job from her love of biology.  

“I love science and teaching so it’s a good combination,” Mrs. Heckman said.  

Mrs. Heckman likes to keep everything organized, like in notes which she makes the students do when starting a new lesson for the unit. She helps students learn new topics by giving them quizzes, letting them do labs that have to do with the topic, and having them take tests at the end of the unit so she can see if they learned everything during the unit. One lab, in particular, stands out for her.  

“I really enjoy having students extract DNA from living cells,” Mrs. Heckman said.  

Students enjoy Mrs. Heckman’s class too, specifically sophomore Becca Malott.  

“She is nice and helps me,” Becca said. 

 While changes from school to school and from the state can make teaching stressful, Mrs. Heckman still enjoys her career.  

“I’ve loved it but it has changed a lot from dissecting lots of different animals to state testing and lots of cell processes,” Mrs. Heckman said.