Faculty and staff celebrate Patsy Ratteree's retirement after years as a math teacher and grade coordinator. Colleagues praise her skill at organizing chaotic admissions meetings, her warmth in creating community through celebrations for births and marriages, and the grounding presence that shaped the school's culture.
What did I multiply 3 by to get 21? 7.
She's a wonderful math teacher first. She's a great grade coordinator, but she's also wonderful at just coordinating happiness in the middle school.
Have a great day!
There's literally gonna be like 3 people hired to replace Patsy. You would never guess that she's ready to retire. She has more energy than people half her age.
She's helped organize so many admissions committee meetings, which is like herding cats, where we are always, you know, who's here, who needs to be there, and she gets us all organized and keeps it pulled together for us. So I'm going to miss Patsy very much.
I have not been at a school that there's this official unofficial title where she has showers for people who have babies and that she has showers for people who get married, and that's part of our culture. And again, it's another kind of testimonial that Patsy has created here that's, you know, It makes people feel welcome and feel like they're part of the community.
There is her and what she does, but there's also her and her personality and how she delivers messages and how she just has this phenomenal aura about her that makes everything so, so it feels so much better.
She settles people and she grounds people and she makes people feel welcome, and that's, that's a gift that Patsy does. It's really hard to imagine the many things that she has done and done so well And she makes it look easy.
She is that person who picks up all those loose pieces that nobody else picks up, and she does it without fanfare and extremely well. She's an icon. It's gonna be weird. I mean, I, I'm really gonna miss her.
She's a difference maker, and all I can say, she'll be missed.
Country Day will not be the same when Patsy Ratterly leaves.
