Verteran English teacher Helen Trares to retire after 37 years
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May 17, 2010
Allison Jackson
If you’re going to do something, do it right. You might as well give it your all,” is the quote that Veteran English teacher Helen Trares lives by. After 37 years of teaching, 24 of which have been at Hoban, Trares has made the decision to retire.
“I’m looking forward to doing some part time work and maybe volunteering and traveling,” Trares said. “I would also like to spend time with family and friends.”
The list of activities Trares has been involved in a Hoban variety of activites at Hoban including being the head of the English Department for 21 years, National Honors Society moderator for 24 years and a member of LPCD for 10 years. She was also the coach of the faculty basketball team.
Although she has a degree to teach history and political science, Trares has been set on teaching English since her senior year of high school at St. Vincent where she was a member of the band.
“My English teacher was great,” Trares said “She was the one who influenced me to teach English.”
Trares graduated from the University of Akron and went on to teach first at Medina High School then went on to teach at Dayton, Our Lady of the Elms and Crestwood high school before arriving at Hoban in 1986. Although the dress code and the hairstyles have changed, Trares’s favorite part about Hoban has not.
“It’s the attitude of the students, the parents, the faculty and the administration that make Hoban a great place to teach,” Trares said. “You can’t teach values and it makes all the difference in the world.”
Trares enjoys teaching for many reasons, whether it was the school trips to Boston or reading English papers, she has enjoyed getting to know her students better.
“I thoroughly enjoy the trips with students and getting to know my students better through their writing,” Trares said. “One of my favorite things is when students come back and visit and seeing how they became professionals. It makes me feel like I kind of had a part in that.”
After almost a quarter of a century of working at Hoban and reminding her students to remain “Phat and Sassy”, Trares will miss Hoban and all of the people she has met.
“I’ve had a wonderful career here because of the students, faculty and administration,” Trares said. “I am happy to leave education with a positive feeling.”
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