Arlington School & Family Magazine January 2015 | Page 34

School District & Administration

Nichols Junior High Choir Teacher Greg Haugen, wife Amy and their children

Recognizing an
Outstanding Teacher
Families attending the annual Nichols Junior High Holiday Concert this year
were treated to the usual mix of traditional and contemporary songs of the season.
The concert was pleasant and entertaining, and the audience was full of parents
holding up phones and tablets to capture their students in all of their harmonious
glory. Restless little siblings squirmed in their seats and whispered to their parents
to inquire how much longer they would be required to remain quiet observers,
trapped in their auditorium seats, when empty schools halls practically begged for
children to run wildly through them. It wasn’t until the Mustang Men’s Chorale
took the stage that the mood shifted from quiet and reverent observation, to fullon belly-laughing awe and amazement. For their final number, the Men’s Chorale
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“I’ve never
had such a
funny but
passionate
teacher until
I got into Mr.
Haugens choir
class” ~ Kennedy