Paula Hief:
CLASS OF 1976
Issaquah High SchoolClass of 1976
Issaquah, WA
Sumner Junior High SchoolClass of 2006
Sumner, WA
Ashmead College of MassageClass of 2006
Fife, WA
Issaquah Junior High SchoolClass of 1973
Issaquah, WA
Sunny Hills Elementary SchoolClass of 1970
Issaquah, WA
Paula's Story
Life
First on the list, I am a proud grandma of a two-year-old baby girl! I also have two beautiful daughters who are grown and out of high school. The oldest (Bethany) is 24 and the mother of my grandbaby; Lindy is the youngest and graduated from Sumner in 2004. She has just joined the Air Force and is serving our country with pride. I love to sew, enjoy walking with my two dogs, and love to spend time with family and friends, playing games or just visiting. I also enjoy going to musical events, like the Oldies Concert I went to at the White River Amphitheater. I wondered whether any of you were there!
Currently, I work at Sumner Junior High as an English Theme Reader. I have worked in secretarial positions in the past, but mostly I have worked in school settings. I really enjoy working with children! However, I have just graduated (February 2006)from school at Ashmead College in Fife to become a Licensed Massage Practitioner, while I still keep my job at the junior high. I am very excited about that, since I love to help people and get them feeling better. I have come to appreciate the benefits of massage and enjoy giving massage, so I thought it would be a good area to go into, since it is in demand in the job market. I also want to learn something new, plus be able to earn more money! So, needless to say, I will be a very busy woman now until the end of the school year, since I decided to finish out the school year working at the Middle School. I thoroughly enjoy working in the field of massage, as well, since I am now a proud Massage Practitioner!
On a sad note, I am recently divorced, but am looking for things to change for the better in 2005 and beyond. Thankfully we parted amiably, not in an ugly manner! Consequently, I am enjoying having my own place now, since I've never had that experience before. I was married for almost 27 years, and lived at home until I got married, so it is a fun, new experience! God has kept me strong; it has been a time of growing & stretching, for sure! I must say, it is nice to leave in the morning and come back to a clean place! It is so much easier to keep a smaller home clean, rather than a big family home! It is refreshing!
Anyway, life is good and family and friends make it the best. I really look forward to hearing from my former classmates! There are so many great memories to share. There are also new ones to make! I have enjoyed finding so many of you on this website; what a...Expand for more
fun tool!
Take care, and I really hope to hear from you all!
With Warmest Regards,
Paula Muir Hief
Workplace
I live and work in the Sumner area. I love it here - a small town feel and great football games to see at the high school. I currently work for Sumner Middle School - yes those squirrely young teenagers! They are very busy and a handful! I evaluate all the writing projects that they do - the ones the teachers send me, at least. I am busy with the lovely writing assessments that we all did in school. So I feel buried right now. I check for content area, organization, grammar and spelling, etc. It is a good job, but I keep looking for something that will get me working directly with people! I am tired of working alone for the most part. Too much sitting, too. This is my sixth year doing this same job.
I have also worked for a private school for seven years before this, where I was a teacher's assistant. I enjoyed that, where I worked at the elementary level. That is my favorite age! I mostly worked with second and fourth graders. They are so precious! With my working there, my girls were able to attend there, so it gave them a great head start with their schooling, as it was quite academic.
I am moving on to other life skills, too. The middle of February 2006 I graduated from Ashmead College, so now I will begin a career as a Licensed Massage Practitioner. I am very excited to start this new path in my life. There is a large demand for massage; it is such a great healer for us all. I have experienced its benefits first hand, after being in a couple of bad car accidents over the years. It really helps and speeds the healing! Feels great, too! So relaxing!
I have also worked several office and secretarial jobs over the years. I just like variety in whatever I do. I like to keep busy and am excited to put my talents to work with massage, but hopefully I can use all of my skills wherever I settle to work in this new field. I am excited to explore the options, anyway. I think this will be the most rewarding field yet! With my experience working with children, maybe I will go into working with kids - or pregnant women, like I did for my daughter when she had an uncomfortable pregnancy. I massaged her every night, just about. She really swelled with fluid! Poor thing. She said that it helped a lot.
Whatever I do, I hope to run into some of you, possibly. I look forward to hearing from many of you soon.
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