Miss B buzzing with plans for second grade

SEELEY LAKE – Primarily inspired by the modeling of her then teacher Mrs. Roach, Rachel Bemis decided in second grade that she wanted to be a teacher when she grew up. She never wavered from that career decision. She received her teaching certificate, taught for four years in Missoula, and has now taken the position of second-grade teacher at Seeley Lake Elementary.

Because Bemis did her student teaching in the second grade, she said returning to that level "felt like a really good fit. Kind of like coming home."

Bemis will be SLE's second second-grade teacher. With the unusually large number...