Deer Lakes

School District

Staff Spotlight: Getting to know Mrs. Beck

What do you teach at Deer Lakes?
I teach Visual Communications, TV Production and Yearbook classes.  This is my 20th year at Deer Lakes!

When did you know you wanted to be in education?
In elementary school I thought I wanted to be a teacher, but actually ended up going to Penn State Main my freshman year as a Landscape Architect Major.  However, I quickly switched my major to education and then transferred to California University of Pennsylvania to major in Technology Education/Industrial Arts.

What do you enjoy about your students?
I enjoy getting to know my students and their interests and like to base their projects around the things that they enjoy.  I love to see students enjoying themselves in class and having pride in completing their projects.

Who was your favorite teacher and why?
The late Dr. Ron Dreucci from California University of Pennsylvania.  Dr. Dreucci was a fun-loving professor who loved teaching students how to think on their own and he would do anything in order for a student to achieve.  (He is the brother of our retired librarian Mrs. Joan Trimble.)

What do you enjoy when you’re not teaching?
Watching my kids play sports, traveling, camping, playing with the dogs, kayaking and hanging out on the river

What’s at the top of your bucket list?
Traveling around the country in an RV

If you could be a member of any past or current band which would you join?
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

If you could have a superpower what would it be?
To be invisible

What’s your favorite family recipe?
My great grandmothers special sugar cookies

What’s your favorite dessert?
Strawberry pie or Chocolate Pudding Dessert

What’s your favorite movie?
Couples Retreat

If you could pick one person to play you in a movie who would it be?
Reese Witherspoon

What can you reveal that people might not expect about you?
I can make balloon animals and also weld.  I married my high school sweetheart.

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