{"id":657,"date":"2024-04-30T10:58:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-academy\/2024\/04\/30\/jennifer-haugen-three-decades-of-dedication-to-students\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T10:58:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:58:52","slug":"jennifer-haugen-three-decades-of-dedication-to-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-academy\/2024\/04\/30\/jennifer-haugen-three-decades-of-dedication-to-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Haugen: Three Decades of Dedication to Students\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post is part of the Lynden Schools Staff Spotlight series<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For three decades Jennifer Haugen has dedicated herself to some of the youngest students within the Lynden community. And she couldn\u2019t be any happier with the age group, serving them as a teacher at two different Lynden schools since 1993. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Role<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently a second-grade teacher at Fisher, Haugen has also taught fourth grade and third grade and has been at both Isom and Fisher elementaries over the years. Where\u2019s she\u2019s teaching now, though, stands as her favorite. \u201cI absolutely love spending my days with this age group,\u201d she says. \u201cWe practice what it means to be an independent thinker and speak up for ourselves to get our needs met. We learn about what it means to be a friend and have a friend.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haugen says her students tell the best stories and love to learn new things, even as they navigate losing teeth, learning to tie shoes and scraped knees at recess. She knows that her time with the students is just a short nine-month window, but that can still offer a lot of chance for growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes they come to me as shy little 7-year-olds and before you know it, they have grown three inches, built confidence and are off to being big third graders,\u201d Haugen says. \u201cSecond graders are the best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While she enjoys the day-to-day interactions with the young students at Fisher, she also finds it rewarding to see \u201cmy\u201d students as grownups and productive members of society. \u201cI have had the amazing opportunity of teaching students of parents I previously had in my class,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty special to take care of a former student\u2019s child and maybe share a funny story or two about their mom or dad.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting to Know Jen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born and raised in Whatcom County, Haugen and her husband raised two daughters here too. The family loves boating in the San Juan Islands, traversing the area\u2019s many hiking trails, and Haugen and her husband have recently taken up playing pickleball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love this community,\u201d she says, \u201cand look forward to seeing my grandson wear green and gold one day.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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