Name: Enid Ackbarali
Subjects: Paraprofessional
Before Boone: Taught at Ferncreek Elementary in the EBD program
What is your biggest pet peeve?
People walking slow because I’m always moving.
If you could dress up for Halloween, who would you be?
Queen Elizabeth because I like the Victorian Era
Name: Ron Anderson
Subject: Assistant Principle
Before Boone: five years as Administrative Dean at Evans High School
Do you have an interesting hobby or talent? How did you start?
I’m a great dancer; [dancing] from the 90’s like break dancing. I grew up in the 80s. Back then it was Run DMC, L.L. Cool J., Big Daddy Kane; that was the music I was listening to so I wanted to do what everyone else did.
When you were in high school what clique did you fall into? Would that be the same today?
I was a jock. I played football, ran track, and played basketball. No, today I’d be in the intelligent geeks group, the brighter part of the school.
Name: Lynette Beaumont
Subject: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Before Boone: Autism Spectrum Disorder teacher at Colonial for 10 years
Do you have an interesting hobby or talent? How did you start?
I like scrapbooking, taking pictures, traveling. [I have been doing this] the last two to three years while traveling as a way to put photographs together to tell a story.
When you were in high school what clique did you fall into? Would that be the same today?
The artsy, crafty group. I thought I would go to college and major in art which I did initially then [I majored in] journalism.
Name: Jeanette Bosela
Subject: Guidance Counselor
Before Boone: Substitute teacher and flight attendant
What’s the longest trip you’ve ever taken?
I went to Europe for a month. I went to Paris and all around Germany, Slovakia, Poland –that’s where my family is from. And Spain, Barcelona was the best.
If you could plan another Woodstock who would you invite?
Interpol, Jack Johnson, MGMT, Edward Sharp, Band of Horses, Arcade Fire, Depeshe Mode, The Cure, New Order, My Morning Jacket, and The Killers.
Name: Paul Browning
Subjects taught: Civics, World History
Before Boone: Liberty Middle School
What’s the motto you live by?
All things are possible.
If you could be in any movie and be any character, who would you be and why?
I would be Tony Stark because he has an awesome Iron Man suit that can blow everything up and cause mass destruction.
Name: Damian Colaricci
Subjects taught: Geometry, Algebra, Liberal Arts, Sixth grade math
Before Boone: University High School
What’s the motto you live by?
As soon as you awake, in order lay the actions to be done. The coming day allow not sleep to close your eyes. Before time reflecting on your actions of the day. What deeds done well, what not left undone.
If you could be in any movie and be any character, who would you be and why?
Toby Maguire in Spiderman because people say that I look like him. He started out normal and then became a superhero.
Name: Patricia Curren
Subjects taught: Elementary, Middle, High School, Language Arts, Reading, Writing, Math, Social Studies.
Before Boone: Lockhart MIddle, sixth grade reading
What’s the motto you live by?
Be consistent, Be fair.
If you could be in any movie and be any character, who would you be and why?
I would be Scarlet from Gone with the Wind because she was determined and finished what she started and she was a southern lady.
Name: Colleen Dugan
Subjects taught: IIT, Gaming and Simulation
Before Boone: Safe coordinator at Odyssey middle school.
What is on your bucket list?
Go to Ireland and travel Europe
What is something you remember from when you were 17?
I just remember how fun high school was, the school spirit, the Friday night football games, going to burger king afterwards and my yellow ’77 camero.
Name: Marcus Grant
Subject: 1-on-1 behavior specialist
Before Boone: Social Studies teacher at Lockhart Middle School
What is your biggest pet peeve?
I don’t really have one
If you could dress up for Halloween, who would you be?
Gene Simmons, I think he’s a funny guy and he has a really cool outfit.
Name: Doug Halper
Subject: Media Clerk
Before Boone: Professional Musician
If you could plan another Woodstock, who would you invite?
Any of the remaining Beatles and Led Zepplin, Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, and Frank Zapa.
What’s your favorite trip you’ve ever taken?
Luxemburg. It’s the most unique place I’ve ever seen. I got to explore by myself when I was 12. It was incredible, a wild experience.
Name: Karen Hita
Subject: Attendance Office
Before Boone: Attendance Clerk at Pine Hills Elementary
What was your favorite class in high school and why? Englinsh because I always liked English and I liked my teacher.
What’s your favorite candy why? M&M’s because they are sweet.
Name: Nicholas Hortze
Subject: World History
Before Boone: Taught U.S. History at West Ridge Middle School
What is on your bucket list?
To go to the beaches of Normandy
What is something you remember from you were 17?
How close my friends and I were.
Name: Gigi Horvath
Subject: Behavior Specialist
Before Boone: Behavior Specialist at Little River Elementary
What is your biggest pet peeve?
People that have a specific job description but don’t follow their duties entailed. They’re always doing something other than they’re supposed to be doing.
What would be included on your bucket list?
Climbing the pyramids, all the pyramids in South America and Egypt and Stonehenge. Seeing all the ancient sights. Just the history of the world and humanities interests me. It shows why we do things.
Name: Brooke Humphrey
Subject Taught: History
Before Boone: Taught at Viera High School in Melbourne
If you could go to your dream concert whom would it be and why?
Michael Jackson. I love his music and dance moves.
If you could be a cartoon character for a day who would it be and why?
Dory from Finding Nemo because she’s always happy and has no worries
Name: Austin Lyon
Subjects Taught: TV Production 1
Before Boone: Worked on Orlando Sentinel. Lyon was the producer for a weekly 30-minute high school sports segment that showed on ABC.
If you could name your child anything, what would it be and why?
Something that starts with ‘A’ because it’s a family tradition to name your child with the letter ‘A’
If you could be any cartoon character for a day who would it be and why?
Scooby Doo, He’s just cool. He solves the mystery. Everybody loves Scooby.
Name: Doug Miller
Subject: Freshman Dean
Before Boone: Behavior Specialist (1 year) and Discipline Dean (4 years) at Gateway School
Describe your favorite fictional character and why?
Superman because he fights for truth and justice.
Describe your most memorable moment from high school?
Playing football because of the friendships I made and the strong relationships I built.
Name: Pam Miller
Subject: ESE
Before Boone: ESE teacher at Colonial High School
Describe your favorite fictional character and why?
Harry Potter because he overcame many difficulties in life.
Describe your most memorable moment from high school?
Graduation day because I was finally finished
Name: Nicole Moitoza
Subject: Art teacher
Before Boone: Art teacher at Cypress Creek High School
What do most people not know about you?
I’m a National Board Certified Teacher. I also love hang-gliding
What was the craziest thing you did in high school?
My friends and I would drive across Canadian Border to go dancing
Name: Daniel Mullins
Subject: Assistant Principal
Before Boone: Administrator Dean for the past three years. The 11 years prior to University he taught Mathematics at Winter Park High School. Prior to his career in education he worked in aviation management, the insurance industry and as a youth pastor, which is where he discovered how much he loved working with high school students.
What is one thing that most people don’t know about you?
Most people don’t know that I absolutely love aviation, shooting pool and military/ war movies (especially World War 20.)
What was one of the craziest things you did in high school?
Sometimes a group of friends and I would get together and randomly sing to an unsuspecting female friend, “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling”. It probably got old after a while but sometimes we would sing in some public place and really catch someone off guard. (In case it isn’t obvious, we got the idea from a movie.)
Name: Margaret Ramis
Subject: Math teacher
Before Boone: Florida Virtual School
What is one thing most people do not know about you?
I graduated at Boone in 1998
What is the craziest thing you did in high school?
In college I went to Europe for five and a half weeks and went sky diving off the Alps and bungie jumping on the second longest jump in the world.
Name: Cathy Rohe
Subject: Jewelry, Art 2D Comp.
Before Boone: Cypress Creek, but started at boon from 1985-1992
What is your favorite pass time outside of school?
I collect things so it’s pursuing I collect like my vintage cameras.
What is your all time favorite movie?
To Kill A Mockingbird, the old black and white film with Gregory Peck.
Name: Craig Rouhier
Subject: ROTC
Before Boone: Flanagan high school in Pembroke Pines South Florida
What is your favorite thing to watch on T.V.?
The military channel, specifically a show called Mail call.
What was your favorite activity in high school?
I played on the golf team.
Name: Greg Shirley
Subjects: Algebra II, Algebra II Honors, Mens Basketball Coach
Before Boone: Ocoee high school
What is your favorite pass time outside of school?
Family, church and basketball.
What was your favorite activity in high school?
Athletics, basketball in particular.
Name: Cassandra Stilwell
Subjects taught: World History, World Cultural Geography
Before Boone: She worked at Hagerty and Oviedo high school where she taught AP economics, honors economics and honors US History.
If you could go anywhere in the world (cost excluded) where would you go and why?
I’d travel all of Europe. There’s so much amazing culture and history there.
What does your subject say about you?
[It says] that I have a love for History and that I want to transfer that to me students.
Name: Kevin Strang
Subjects taught: Orchestra, keyboarding (Also teaches string orchestra at Aloma Elementary and Brookshire elementary.
Before Boone: Orchestra teacher at Discovery middle school.
If you could go anywhere in the world (cost excluded) where would you go and why?
I’d go back to china because it’s a fascinating culture and language.
What does your subject say about you?
It says that I have a passion for music and teaching orchestra to young students.
Name: Wanda Swanigan
Subjects taught: ASD
Before Boone: Taught same area at King’s Crossing
What is your biggest pet peeve?
When people don’t have good manners.
If you could dress up for Halloween, who would you be?
Yoda because my grandson loves Star Wars
Name: Erin Vacchio
Subjects taught: Integrated science 1, Biology honors, and Biology.
Before Boone: She worked at ORMC, then taught integrated 2 at Apopka high school
If you could go anywhere in the world (cost excluded) where would you go and why?
India. I don’t know [why], it’s one of those bucket list places, [and it’s] on the other side of the world.
What does your subject say about you?
[It says] that I like to understand things. Science allows you to go into the why of things.
Name: Gus Wilson
Subject: ROTC
Before Boone: Taught tennis at Evans high school
What was your favorite class in high school and why?
History because I love the fact of the forefathers and where we came from.
What is your favorite candy and why?
Peanut M&M’s because they are crunchy.