Staff Spotlight

BY TIFFANY LUDWIG

In this issue of the Bobcat Bulletin, we are spotlighting WDHS teacher Tracey Broadbent. Mrs. Broadbent said she has always enjoyed working with kids and she knew she wanted to be a teacher from the start. “My father was a teacher, so I followed in his footsteps,” says Broadbent. She knew Western Dubuque was the place for her because she was a substitute teacher and toured all the schools around the Dubuque area for a year. “Western Dubuque was the perfect fit—not too big, not too small,” Broadbent stated. Mrs. Broadbent currently teaches Communications I, Communications II and freshman English.  Her favorite class to teach is Communications. “I really like Communications because it’s amazing to see a group develop friendships over the course of one semester,” Broadbent explains. Some of her hobbies outside of school include: spending time with her family and friends, supporting her girls in all their athletic events, and she loves to read and hang out with her puggle, Gracey. She believes she is very blessed to have an amazing family and great friends. Mrs. Broadbent also enjoys coaching speech. This year for group speech, we took seven groups to state. We even had one improvisation group go to All-State. “Go speech!”