Science Teacher Ms. Lisa Stokes has taken her first permanent teaching position at Milton High School. She teaches Keystone Biology, Ecology, and PC Now Medical Technology.
Ms. Stokes said she first started teaching as a substitute science teacher then in 2014 took a full-time position at Meadowbrook Christian School.
“The administrator (Mr.) Rod Baughman…was a friend of mine and asked me to just fill in until they got a permanent teacher. That’s how it all started,” said Ms. Stokes.
Ms. Stokes said she chose to teach at Milton because the kids and the faculty made her feel like she could make a difference here. Currently Ms. Stokes is teaching Ecology, Keystone Biology, and PC Now Medical Technology.
“STEELS (Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy & Sustainability) for next year will be more focused on the ‘sense making approach’ of science,” explained Ms. Stokes. “This means that students will not focus on memorization of facts, but more on researching and exploring natural occurrences in science,” she said, “The focus will be on real world applications of concepts,” she added.
Ms. Stokes earned her degree in Neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh, where she said she originally planned to go to medical school to be a pediatrician. She added that she published two papers on medical research for monkeys while she was a student.
She later got her teaching certification and master’s degree in curriculum instruction at Bloomsburg University.
“I feel like it was God’s plan for me,” said Ms. Stokes, adding that she fell in love with teaching.
Ms. Stokes said her favorite part of teaching is when students really understand the lesson or assignment.
Sophomore Emmi Eisenhauer has Ms. Stokes for Keystone Biology. “Sometimes it’s easier to focus on the lesson when she adds jokes,” she said.
She adds she’s a very busy mom with four kids. She added that one of her sons was a wrestler at Bucknell, another son was a pitcher in Tennesse, and her last son is in the welding program at Pennsylvania College of Technology, her daughter plays college soccer in Georgia.
She said she’s always been involved with caring for kids. “My whole life has been my kids,” she added.
