New Teacher Spotlight: Fayetteville’s Amanda Hunger

As the school year begins The Record will be profiling some new area teachers. Today’s spotlight is on Amanda Hunger of Fayetteville.

Amanda Hunger is the new 4th and 5th grade math and science teacher at Fayetteville Elementary. Before she was a math and science teacher though, she was a high school agriculture teacher. Hunger had fallen in love with agriculture while she was still a student herself, through 4-H and FFA. Hunger also explained that, while she was attending Tarleton State University, she went on an agriculture tour that helped her fall in love with it further.

But, now she has a family to focus on in addition to her job. While Hunger was teaching high school agriculture in Schulenburg, her two kids were attending Fayetteville Jr. High and High School. She was wanting to be closer to them now that they’re older and starting to get more involved in school activities. In addition to seeing them in the hallways between classes, Hunger is especially excited to see her daughter perform as the Fayetteville mascot this year.

“I was ready for a change of pace, wanted to be closer to home, and wanted to be more accessible to my kids,” explained Hunger. “When Fayetteville called me about the position, I prayed about it, got great advice from friends and family, and decided to take a leap of faith.” In her time at Fayetteville, Hunger has felt welcomed by her new coworkers. The school district hosted various events and meetings in the weeks before school began in which she was able to get to know everyone and work with them on curriculum. Along with getting to better know her teaching team, Hunger is looking forward to teaching her new students and watching them to exceed their own expectations. “My favorite part of teaching is watching students gain confidence in their learning, especially when they come to me on the first day of school and say that they can’t do something, then at the end of the year they tell me their favorite subject is now what I taught them,” shared Hunger.