FACULTY SPOTLIGHT A er more than 35 years as a member of the Aquinas eology Department and well over 40 years in Catholic education, Ed Heyman is beginning a new chapter: retirement! Ed rst started at Aquinas in the fall of 1989 as a teacher of psychology and religion. In 1991, the College Board introduced a new course, Advanced Placement Psychology. Ed was eager to teach this course, and a er conversations with Assistant Principal, Mr. Dennis Sadler, agreed that it should be introduced as a course selection for students. Ed taught AP Psych at AQ for the next 31 years. Ed re ects, “I enjoyed the challenge of teaching a college course to highly motivated Aquinas Seniors and Juniors.” A er teaching the course for so many years, Ed applied to the College Board and became an AP Reader. As an AP Reader, Ed was among other high school and college teachers who gather in June to grade the exam. He proudly became the rst Aquinas teacher to be selected to grade the AP exam in 2006. Ed has been and will remain an integral part of Aquinas even a er his retirement. In fact, Ed introduced the “Ethics” course to the eology curriculum, a required course for all seniors. He shares with us, “I’ll miss the intellectual challenge from teaching the seniors, whether in AP Psych or Ethics. Every year I looked forward to their energy, questions, friendship, and excitement for their next chapter in life.” Ed describes the phrase ‘Aquinas is a family’ as a very real statement, and not just some cliché. “I spent over half of my life, every school day, driving down Dewey Avenue and pulling into the AQ parking lot. roughout these 35 years, the AQ Family supported me throughout all the major events in my life including, the birth of my children, and grandchildren, and the deaths of my parents and brother. As a Family, they took care of me – and we take care of each other.” We celebrate Ed’s time at Aquinas because of his dedication to his students, his friendly and supportive demeaner to all, and his integral part within our AQ Family. We will miss his presence more than we can say, but feel truly blessed for having him these many years. We asked Ed what he is looking forward to most in retirement and his reply was, “I enjoyed all my years in the classroom but I disliked getting up early. I am not a morning person. So, in retirement, I look forward to sleeping in and waking up a er sunrise.” Ed, you deserve to hit the snooze button! He goes on to say, “A few years ago, I bought a farm in southern Monroe County as my retirement ‘occupation.’ Currently, we have several chickens with plans to expand the ock along with other types of farm animals. I also plan to spend extended time with my grandchildren. My granddaughter is two-and-a-half years old, and my daughter is expecting her rst child (my second grandchild) this September. I look forward to the days when I can spend time showing my grandkids the workings of the farm.” Ed leaves us with a phrase he used quite frequently in his Ethics course: “Re ect and then React. Stop, ink, Pray, and then, make your decision.” e words of the wise. ank you, Ed, for all you have done here – As part of our AQ Family, our hope is that you come back for not one, but a few visits! Celebrating Ed Heyman’s 35+ Years at AQ 21 Ed Heyman explaining the brain imaging systems to his AP Psychology class Ed with his period 2 Ethics class
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