January 30, 2019
Out of the norm
Making beautiful music with Max students
By JILL DENNING GACKLE
For Max music teacher Denisha Bell, it's all about the students. Although she's only been on staff one semester, her passion for music and her students is hitting a high note.
She was a December 2017 graduate in music education when she began searching for a job.
She put her interest in a music position out nationwide and received some feedback from schools including Alaska.
“North Dakota is close enough,” she said. She arrived on a plane “smaller than she'd ever seen” at the “tiny” Dickinson airport in just a lightweight jacket. It took her two stops from Tennessee to arrive and once here at the end of December, she realized this wasn't quite like the south.
“It was icy cold. I'd never seen such snow,” she said.
Her first job was in Mandaree, which offered an appealing position with moving expenses, housing and the chance to teach K-12.
She was a December 2017 graduate in music education when she began searching for a job.
She put her interest in a music position out nationwide and received some feedback from schools including Alaska.
“North Dakota is close enough,” she said. She arrived on a plane “smaller than she'd ever seen” at the “tiny” Dickinson airport in just a lightweight jacket. It took her two stops from Tennessee to arrive and once here at the end of December, she realized this wasn't quite like the south.
“It was icy cold. I'd never seen such snow,” she said.
Her first job was in Mandaree, which offered an appealing position with moving expenses, housing and the chance to teach K-12.
