Staff Spotlight: Señorita Herreid

Señorita Herreid

Hypatia Fitzsimons

  Señorita Herreid is our recent addition to the Spanish department for the quarter. She went to high school in Prairie du Chien and decided to go to UW-Platteville for college. She chose Platteville because she loved her visit there, heard great things about the school, and that is where her high school Spanish teacher went as well. Herreid will be graduating with a degree in Spanish Education this winter. “I grew up in Wisconsin and I have always loved living here, so I’d like to continue being here, but I’m also open to new places if they took me there.” To add she likes the idea of a small school better because she can have a better one to one connection with the students. While she was in high school, she participated in cross country, student council, key club, and international club. “I wanted to be a teacher since I was little and because I loved Spanish in high school and my Spanish teacher showed me that, then it made me want to be just like her.” Herreid has traveled to four countries: Spain for six weeks, Argentina for 4 months, Uruguay for two different weekends, and Portugal for a weekend. Currently, Herreid is working in the mornings at the high school. The classes she teaches are three Spanish 1 classes. In the afternoons, she observes Señorita McLean’s classes. Second quarter, she’ll be teaching Exploration Spanish and Spanish A/ B at the middle school. As for Platteville, “I like that it is a city that is small enough where to get to know the students but has a big city feel with Dubuque so close and the University.” The message she wants her students to learn is, “knowing Spanish opens doors and there are a ton of Spanish speakers around us and their population is only growing. Being able to speak Spanish will help with interacting with people and having more opportunities when traveling abroad.” To include, Herreid wants her students to experience the different cultures Spanish speaking countries have.