Working at Jupiter High for four years, Kendall Aldrich has taught a variety of subjects ranging from Biology to Earth Space science. Now, she currently teaches Biology Honors and AP Environmental Science.

Aldrich is extremely passionate and involved in her teaching. With a background in working as a lab assistant during college at University of Florida, Aldrich majored in Biology and minored in Education. 

“When I graduated, I wasn’t quite sure what direction I wanted to take, and I had an interest in teaching and I just kind of burst into that,” Aldrich said. 

Although they are simple, Aldrich’s lessons are very effective. She works hard to make sure that they get the point across while making it easy for students to comprehend. 

“I try to just make it really relatable. It’s super easy to see what we’re talking about in our day to day lives,” Aldrich said. 

As a teacher, she’s worked not only to what’s expected of her, but to go above and beyond as well.

“High school is an important time of development in teens’ lives. There’s a lot of things that need navigating, and I want to help with that,” Aldrich said.  

Aldrich gets high praise from those who take her class, even from past students who don’t have her on their schedule anymore. This demonstrates her ability to really connect with her students. 

“I still see her every day. She still asks, how’s cross country doing? How’s this class? She’s so personable and easy to talk to,” Kate Hanssen, junior, said.

Her students not only like her as a teacher, but also as a role model and a great person to talk to. 

“I think she’s a wonderful face to wake up to in the morning… I do enjoy the labs that we do. Interactive learning is my forte and I know a lot of other students love that interactive aspect, ” Breanne Dinow, senior, said.

However, it can be expected that the workload for some of her classes, such as AP environmental, can be very heavy.  

“It’s definitely a lot of worksheets and labs, not super homework heavy but every homework assignment she gives us isn’t busy work. It’s actually beneficial,” Hanssen said. 

Despite that, Aldrich works hard to make students really want to pay attention and be excited about what they are learning.

“She makes doing notes, lectures and labs a lot more hands-on. She also gave so many resources, because she just really cares about her students and loves her job,” Hanssen said.  

Having a teacher that is interested in the subject they teach really helps students get excited about the class. Many feel Aldrich does a great job at this. 

“It is just so interesting and complex, like our body is made up of so many cells and every individual cell is doing something vital,” Aldrich said. 

This fondness for science and biology may have originated from her childhood. Growing up, Aldrich and her brother had a love for science that they shared with her dad who worked in quality control.

“My parents always had a high standard for us,” Aldrich said. T

Outside of school, Aldrich enjoys reading, where she is currently reading a book called “The Thursday Murder Club.” 

“It’s not too dark, it’s about these retirees solving this murder. I love it so much,” Aldrich said.

Aldrich feels if she wasn’t a teacher, she would get into real estate. 

“It could be fun to do, a little more flexible hours. At the moment though I want to stay in teaching, see where that takes me,” Aldrich said.

It is these students who participate that seemed to genuinely appreciate Aldrich’s class and her as a person.

“My first impression of her was that you can immediately tell she was excited to teach everyone. I think it was her first year teaching and you can tell that she was just like, ready to be there, ready to go,” Dinow said.