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One Family’s History of Having Students Attending Heartland Elementary Since the 1980’s
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It has been a decades-long tradition for members of the Whitchurch family, and it started with siblings attending Heartland Elementary School in the early 1980’s.
On this episode of the Supercast, hear from Michelle Whitchurch who has had members of her immediate family attending Heartland consistently for 25 years. Find out how it’s turned into a family affair with generations of students carrying on the tradition of having a great big heart for Heartland.
Audio Transcription
Michelle Whitechurch:
For my kids is 25 straight years with kids at Heartland and I realize my siblings have been here since the school. So in 1987 I had brothers and sisters who started here.
Anthony Godfrey:
Now I see here that you have the list of every teacher that each of your kids has had here at Heartland. On this episode of the Supercast hear from Michelle Whitchurch who has had members of her immediate family attending Heartland consistently for 25 years. Find out how it's turned into a family affair with generations of students carrying on the tradition of having a great big heart for Heartland.
Anthony Godfrey:
On location at Heartland Elementary today to talk with Michelle Whitchurch and your lengthy connection to this school. Thanks for taking some time to talk with me. Tell me about how --- well first let's start out with how long you have had a family connection to Heartland Elementary.
Michelle Whitechurch:
This year for my kids is 25 straight years with kids at Heartland and I realize my siblings have been here since the school opened. So in 1987 I had brothers and sisters who started here and because of the extensive my mom and dad have eight kids and my youngest brother is only a year in school older than my oldest son so we've just consistently had kids here since 1987.
Anthony Godfrey:
Wow! 1987 is actually the year that I graduated from high school.
Michelle Whitechurch:
I was not too long after that.
Anthony Godfrey:
That is a long time ago for me. So talk us through let's go right back to 1987. Let's talk about what that connection was with your siblings when Heartland Elementary opened and it's been it's been rebuilt since then.
Michelle Whitechurch:
It has and we've stayed through all of that. I had three siblings here at the time. My mom and dad's fourth was in sixth grade and then the next was in third grade and the next was in first grade.
Anthony Godfrey:
Tell me their names.
Michelle Whitechurch:
This is Cameron, Damien and Courtney and they're all you know parents with grown kids of their own now and this one right here started kindergarten. She was born in 87, started a few years later and now has her own kindergartner here.
Anthony Godfrey:
And who's this?
Michelle Whitechurch:
Her name is Olivia.
Anthony Godfrey:
Olivia has her own kindergarten here.
Michelle Whitechurch:
Yes he's right here at this very school.
Anthony Godfrey:
Wow!
Michelle Whitechurch:
With her and he's part of our little car pool and then my youngest brother was actually born after I was married so that was kind of how that weird connection all started and then we moved into the area and brought our own kids along.
Anthony Godfrey:
So you have this all laid out pictures of your family from over the years and all of the siblings that went here to Heartland.
Michelle Whitechurch:
Yeah.
Anthony Godfrey:
I could tell that's 1987 even if it wasn't written on there because of the hairstyle and I think the stripes on the shirt. So now tell me about beyond the siblings. So when these guys were here through, he started in 1998?
Michelle Whitechurch:
Uh-huh and so he would have been done in 2007 and then my own kids started in 99 and they're