Teacher Features

After teaching at Loveland High School for 10 years and Fossil Ridge High School for two more, Lindsey Madison has made the switch to Rocky and she is loving it. “Rocky is my favorite, but don’t tell the other high schools that,” she joked. Madison says that both Loveland and Fossil are good schools, but at Rocky she feels at home. “Everyone at Rocky is really nice. I was actually shocked. ...

Student services has a new face, counselor Brooke Wagner. Wagner is a new counselor for 10th,11th, and 12th graders.    Twenty years ago, a counselor made a huge impact on Wagner and inspired her to become a counselor by being a very positive influence in her life and helped making her high school experience better. She stayed active and involved by participating in sports and taking advantage of...

After being a teacher at Webber for four years, Mrs. Dressen is starting her thirteenth year of teaching here at RMHS. Mrs. Dressen is the gourmet cooking, advanced gourmet, and fashion design teacher this year. She switched over to Rocky because she was ready for a change and wanted to give teaching high schoolers a try. “I had heard nothing but good things about Rocky; I really like the stude...

With the school year already in full swing, the teachers and students are busy at work, and new Algebra 1 teacher Ms. Kelsey Gupton is very excited to be a new addition to the Rocky family. Gupton’s mother was a teacher and her sister is an elementary school teacher. Her mom and sister's love of teaching, her passion for helping others, and her love of explaining things helped to fuel her love for ...

There are 16 new teachers here at Rocky this year, including this language arts teacher, Saraswoti Shinkle. Shinkle was adopted from Nepal at three months and has lived in Colorado ever since. “My family and I are all extremely close and love each other,” she said. Shinkle has two older brothers and a younger sister, as well as three biological brothers whom she came into contact with just...