Carolyn Talbot PHS English Teacher Carolyn Talbot sits

Carolyn Talbot: PHS English Teacher

Carolyn Talbot sits at her computer in room 206 in the English hallway. The Veteran English teacher prepares her lesson for her period five freshman college prep English class.

Talbot announces the class’s schedule for the week. This particular English class consists of twenty-two students.

Talbot points at a correction on a student’s paper. She is helping students recognize motifs in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

Talbot sits at her computer going over a Power. Point for a later class. Her honors classes are currently studying “Romeo and Juliet” and other works of Shakespeare.

Talbot collects an assignment from one of her students. Chad Demita is a hard working freshman.

Talbot assists a student in organizing her schoolwork. Kayla Girard is a freshman in Talbot’s period 5 English class.

Girard points to the question she is struggling with.

Talbot finishes helping Girard and moves on to another student who is raising his hand.

Talbot’s room is decorated with an array of posters and past projects. Each of the posters has a direct correlation with a unit she has taught.

Talbot overlooks her now empty classroom. Her next class is period 6 freshman honors English.

Credits Photos by: Emma Killham and Lexi Panacy Cutlines by: Emma Killham and Lexi Panacy Music by: SOUNDSHRIM