Time flies when you’re enjoying your work. It feels like only yesterday that Priscilla (Cill) Waterhouse and Amy Harris were starting their first day of teaching for the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union (BRSU) at the brand new Mettawee Community School (MCS). Waterhouse and Harris were recently both recognized for 25 years of service — all at MCS — at the BRSU Annual All-Staff Meeting
“There is a statue of Abraham Lincoln located in our library,” says Waterhouse, the school’s prekindergarten instructor. “I brought that to the new school on opening day, buckled in the passenger seat of my pickup truck!”
Harris points out that to her the Mettawee building is still fresh and new. “When families first see the school, they can’t believe it’s 25 years old,” says Harris. “As an art teacher, I’m thrilled with the large windows and abundance of light. It’s a great place to learn.”
Mettawee Principal Brooke DeBonis is grateful for the work of this teaching dynamic duo. “Amy and Cill make this school special. I can’t think of a Mettawee School without these two,” says DeBonis. “We are lucky to have them.”
Both Mettawee teachers are proud of the school’s emphasis on the role of community. Parents, staff, residents of Pawlet and Rupert, and even the surrounding fields, hills and trees that all play a part in educating the MCS students.
Waterhouse summed up their feelings about their quarter of a century at Mettawee, “We love this school!”