By: Neval Mulaomerovic
Staff Secretary and Data Analyst Miss Stacey Ryan is a familiar face for most students at MHS. Aside from often being the first face that greets office-goers, Ryan also plays a major role in behind-the-scenes administration.
Q: What is your role in the office?
A: I support the registrar’s office with transcripts. I support counselors and do data entry forAdvanced Placement (AP) forms, Teacher Assistant (TA) forms, and changing schedules.
Q: When did you first start working in MHS?
2010.
Q: What made you want to come work at MHS?
A: My mom worked here when I was in high school. She worked in the cafeteria as the head lady. She told me to start subbing when I was 20, and I did in Special Education. I got a permanent position and just stayed with it.
Q: What role do you play in graduation?
A: I am in charge of the program. I am in charge of ticket distribution and seating charts. I choose where all the students and teachers go, and I have to figure out the numbers. I do the senior pledge, and I also let kids know that they have fines, or textbooks or anything like that.
Q: What do you do outside of your job title with extracurriculars?
A: I am the cheerleading coach. It’s my first year doing it, and it’s been great. I do love the students. I still have special relationships with a lot of the kids. A lot of them come to help me because I do a lot of things with seniors when it comes to the National Collegiate AthleticAssociation (NCAA) or Naviance, which all kids need. I want to do something else outside where I can continue to build bonds and rapports with kids.
Q: What is your role in the Naviance team?
A: I work with students and parents with all their log-on information and any troubleshooting with that. I work with Counselor Cory Nakamoto behind the scenes. We are coming out with a brochure for teachers, and I go to classrooms to help teachers assign and manage tasks.
Q: What is one of the best things about working at MHS?
A: Being around the students and building relationships with them, and helping them when they actually need help.
Q: What about on a professional level? A: My two best friends do work here—Social Studies Teacher Caitlin Bellotti and Special Education Teacher Kathy Willinsky. It’s pretty cool to see them every day. Willinsky and I are cheer coaches together, so we’re always around each other anyway.
