Szarzynski rejoins the english department

Jackson Crutchfield and Dean Fafatas

September 9, 2025

Mrs.Szarzynski teaches her third period English 9 class

As another academic season begins, students and staff are greeted by a familiar face. Christine Szarzynski returns to teaching English 9 and 11 after being at Rockingham County Public Schools last year.

She has a long and distinct history teaching, “I taught for Piedmont Virginia Community College as well as the women’s prison community college classes,” Szarsynski said.

Szarsynski sees a lot of similarities between Rockingham and Rockbridge, and she enjoys both. However the main reason that she moved back to Rockbridge was for getting married to her husband.

Aside from teaching English she enjoys spending her free time, “…helping take care of the cows, gardening, reading, and singing” Szarzynski said.

Living on a farm gives Szarzynski many opportunities to work outside and foster interactive hands-on hobbies. Having these types of hobbies outdoors is a stress relieving way to spend an afternoon.

Her favorite aspects here at Rockbridge County Highschool are, “…the energy, diversity and sense of community” said Szarzynski.

With a passion for teaching and a drive to be active in our school’s community, Mrs.Szarzynski looks forward to another year teaching English here at Rockbridge.

About the Contributors

Jackson Crutchfield, Arts & Style Editor

Senior Jackson Crutchfield is a second year Journalism student who enjoys creative writing on topics he is interested and passionate about. In his second year of Journalism Jackson became the Arts & Style section editor and looks forward to playing a more involved role on The Prowler Staff. He spends most of his time outside hiking, fly fishing, playing the guitar, and backpacking. Jackson wishes he was living in an offgrid remote location in Patagonia, Argentina, fly fishing and living off of the land every day with nobody but his dog. He also loves going to concerts and music festivals, which he has been doing with his Deadhead dad ever since he was in a stroller. Some of Jackson’s favorite bands are The Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic, Phish, and Railroad Earth. He looks forward to one more year with his friends at RCHS and can’t wait to continue to write more extremely quality and in depth band reviews.

Dean Fafatas, Reporter

Dean Fafatas is a senior reporter for The Prowler. This will be his first year in journalism, and he couldn’t be more excited. In his free time, Fafatas likes to hang out with friends or watch movies. Fafatas also participates in three sports: golf, indoor track, and soccer. Some of his interests are hiking, traveling, and watching sports. Fafatas is in two clubs Y-street and Outing club. He likes these clubs because of what they do and the people in them. Dean is on the sophomore class council as treasurer. Dean is hoping to learn how to use new technology and how to write articles at a higher level.

Carlos Reynolds, Reporter

Senior, Carlos Reynolds, a third year reporter for The Prowler hopes to hone his skills through writing and video taping. He enrolled in the class after watching countless Wildcat Weekly, reading the monthly newspaper, and gaining high interest in the class. Reynolds plays soccer in his free-time and has played with the Rockbridge County boys team as well as a travel league with RUSC. He partakes in many school clubs such as Outing Club. Reynolds is also a member of Rockbridge County Young Life. He hopes to inform the school with fun and silly writing.

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Szarzynski rejoins the english department

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