Swapping out
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, February 5, 2025
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Hunter Bruce, a fifth grader and the Dawson-Bryant Elementary School principal for the day, with his counterpart, Monica Mahlmeister on Thursday. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Kooper Howard, a first grader and the art teacher for the day at Dawson-Bryant Elementary School, with her counterpart, Allie Skaggs. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Hunter Bruce, a fifth grader and the Dawson-Bryant Elementary School principal for the day, in his office on Thursday. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Knox Meadows, of the third grade, and Carter Morgan, of the fifth grade, the gym teachers for the day. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Millie Moore, a second grader, as well as the second grade teacher for the day, with her counterpart, Jordan Hannan, at Dawson-Bryant Elementary school on Thursday. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Kylie Howard, the third grade teacher for the day, at Dawson-Bryant Elementary School on Thursday. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Avelyn Bruce, a first grader and the computer teacher for the day, with her counterpart, Audrey Malone, at Dawson-Bryant Elementary School on Thursday. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Charli Fields, a first grader and the kindergarten teacher for the day at Dawson-Bryant Elementary School on Thursday. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Skylar Meadows, of the first grade, the librarian for the day at Dawson-Bryant Elementary School, with her counterpart, Susan Smith, on Thursday. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Sklylar Meadows, librarian for the day, left, and Kooper Howard, art teacher for the day, work on a drawing at Dawson-Bryant Elementary School on Thursday. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Students take on teaching jobs for the day
DEERING — A tradition of well over a decade continued on Thursday at Dawson-Bryant Elementary School, as students stepped in and took on the duties of their usual mentors.
The school had its annual teacher for a day event, with the winners taking on the positions, which were auctioned off earlier in the year at the campus’s fall festival.
Winning the big job this year was Hunter Bruce, of the fifth grade, who took over for the day from principal Monica Mahlmeister.
Talkative and enthused about his job, he reviewed what he had done so far, as of lunchtime.
“I added 10 minutes to recess,” he said. “And I walked around to classrooms to see what they wanted for state testing.”
He said the classes told him the answer was candy.
Looking ahead to the rest of the day, Bruce said he had a goal of visiting each of the school’s 30 classrooms and offering a compliment.
“To say a nice thing in each,” he said.
In addition to the principal position, some of the roles filled on Thursday were the librarian, the gym teacher, the computer teacher, the art teacher and teachers for individual grades.
Mahlmeister said they had expanded the day this year and, altogether, students took 15 positions.