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Courtesy WJ YearbookThen:Fun facts: Brager played on the WJ field hockey team. She was also the coach of the team for eight years.
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"I really liked my experience at WJ and the connections I had with both the students and teachers, so when I was given the opportunity to come back and potentially contribute to other students' experiences, I simply couldn't turn it down," - Laura Brager, math teacher
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Courtesy WJ YearbookThen:Fun Facts: Gallun was on the WJ tennis team. She taught at Richard Montgomery High School with math resource teacher John Chase before they both ended up at WJ.
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"When I was looking at different schools, I was like 'Where are there teachers that don't want to leave?' And there's a lot of teachers at [WJ] that worked here when I went here so that was a big drawback to here. Because if you don't want to leave, it must be a good environment to work in, so that was a big reason [why I came back to WJ]." - Math teacher Staci Gallun
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Courtesy WJ YearbookThen:Fun facts: Drummey played on the WJ field hockey team alongside Brager.
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"When I was a senior, I was on the SGA. I was the class treasurer. So my favorite memory was at graduation. We graduated at DAR Constitutional Hall and I did the turning of the tassels when
everyone throws their cap in the air." - Counselor Laura Drummey
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Courtesy WJ YearbookThen:Fun Fact: Trainor was on the WJ cheerleading, cross country and track team. She recalled how track coach Tom Martin and former Athletic Director Tom Rogers would encourage her to do hurdles.
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"We lost every football game sophomore year and junior year and we beat BCC ... I think we won 30-13. And you would have thought that we won the Super Bowl. The entire student body was on the football field and were just screaming. We owned Bethesda ... I will never forget that day. I don't think anyone slept at all. It was so much fun." - Yoga instructor Gabriela Trainor
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Courtesy WJ YearbookThen:Fun facts: Butler was on the WJ basketball, football and track team. He was also the Yearbook Sports Editor.
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"Some of my best friends in life are some of my friends from high school so I feel fortunate about that. And I really enjoyed playing football and basketball here." - History teacher Jeremy Butler
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Courtesy WJ YearbookThen:Fun Facts: Kemper took photos for The Pitch
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"When I went to WJ it was almost a third of the size. The graduating class had only 300 people and I knew everybody. It felt like there was a very close-knit community where everybody knew every- body and that was very nice." - Photo teacher Daniel Kempner
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Courtesy WJ YearbookThen:Fun facts: Borrelli was a feature editor and the managing editor on The Pitch, the paper which she now advises.
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"I flashback to my time as a student when I was able to do so many different things and be a part of so many different groups at WJ. Being able to spend time with cheerleading, Pitch, STAGE and soccer and having such a diverse group of people and activities is what stands out the most." - Pitch Adviser Wendy Borrelli
