A new addition was made to the science department this year; Mrs. Amanda Almony was brought to the Hawks Nest this year. She comes back to North Harford, this time as a teacher.
Almony taught at Fallston Middle School for 15 years, ten of which she spent teaching health. She then taught seventh grade biology for five years. This year, she is returning to her alma mater teaching AP biology and biology in high school for the first time.
The AP teacher says the time change has been a big change, but “I am a morning person, so I love my new schedule.” Also, “I love the school spirit that comes with sports, homecoming, [and] clubs that don’t happen in middle school,” Almony added.
Teaching an AP class has “definitely been different,” the teacher says, but she “loves working with students who want to be there because they love the content.”
Almony says she is coming back to her roots to teach at “a place that is special to me. Once a Hawk, always a Hawk,” she says. She added that when teaching at Fallston, she never owned anything orange because she would have felt like a traitor.
Senior Olive Callon had Almony as a health teacher at Fallston and now has her as an AP biology teacher. Callon adds that “[Almony] is still the same peppy and happy teacher, and she still has cute outfits!”
Prior to becoming a teacher, Almony worked as a biologist for six years at the National Institutes of Health in a cardiovascular lab and a melanoma lab. Before her lab work, she attended the University of Maryland College Park, where she earned her undergraduate in biology and received her masters in health science from Towson University.
Almony’s family is a big part of her life, and she tries to spend a lot of time with them. They take annual trips like camping in the fall, snowboard trips in the winter, and the beach in the summer. The alum advises “to live for the experiences and memories rather than the material things.” She also adds that “life is short, you only have one shot to make the most of it, so enjoy it,” she adds.
