For about two years now, one of the associate principals of Hoover High, Mr. Joe Boertmann, has been able to provide a positive impact for students and the environment around him.
Originally from the Los Angeles area, growing up Mr. Boertmann had attended multiple schools, including Woodrow Wilson High School. Within days of graduating from Woodrow Wilson High, he immediately began to work part time at a Best Buy in order to save up enough money for his college education. Not too long after, he quit at the Best buy and started to work at a firmware compartment store. Coming to his first moments of college, he had organized that he would major in music education. Eventually he was able to obtain an undergraduate degree in the same subject of matter, therefore launching his career as a high school band director and his personal history with teaching. As of now, he has changed his role from being a mentor into being an administrator for Hoover.
Like countless other individuals that were able to achieve a placement in society, or workplace, either something in life occurs, which results in one being changed in their position, due to a change in interest. Mr. Boertmann’s original intention was never to become an administrator in the first place. During his time teaching, he had multiple mentors as well as administrators that advised him to become an administrator for his work ethics. This along with the transformation in his viewpoint, in the potential positive influence that he was able to observe within his students, resulted in his change of mind. Yet becoming an associate principal was not an easy task. In order to become one, it was necessary for him to take a year long internship, before being able to acquire that position.
Even in his tireless work towards becoming an associate principal and after, he had the time to travel around the United States, in addition to living in various states for a while. One of his favorite quotes, are along the lines of, “No distance of place, nor lapse of time, can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth..” by English poet, Robert Southey, which perfectly encapsulates Mr. Boertmann’s experience with moving through the country.
