Spencer Jakub is the new English 11 teacher at Schuyler Community High School. Mr. Jakub graduated from Aquinas High School in David City. He received his bachelor’s degree at the University of Nebraska Lincoln and then went to Wesleyan for his Master’s degree. Before SCHS, Mr. Jakub taught for six years at Waverly High School. Mr. Jakub was involved in multiple extracurricular activities in high school such as; Cross Country, Drama, Speech, Student Council, and Show Choir. Mr. Jakub shared that one thing people from Schuyler don’t know about him is that he held hands with Pope Francis while he blessed Mr. and Mrs. Jakub. Mr. Jakub commented that it’s his greatest claim to fame, while he was on his honeymoon in Rome.

“I really like his teaching, he does a good job being sure you understand,” commented Ana Soto, a junior and student of Mr. Jakub’s. Mr. Jakub is looking forward to teaching his new English class. “I haven’t taught a lot of the texts before, so I’m excited to see how things go,” Mr. Jakub explained. Mr. Jakub’s favorite thing about teaching is discussing literature, “It’s fun and I always learn something, I never know what the students are gonna say.” Mr. Jakub added that he loves making new projects and slideshows to present.