Two new teachers, Inez Matthijetz

and Susan Byun joined

the Flour Bluff staff this January

to teach Chemistry and

Medical Health Care.

Matthijetz had a huge interest

in health care and has

been in the field for over

twelve years before she decided

to take a teaching position.

“I came here because of my

background in health care

and I miss the health care environment,”

Inez Matthijetz

said. “I worked for Christus

Spohn Health Care Center for

about twelve years, but I have

two small kids and was working

shift work before.”

Matthijetz hopes to see the

program continue to grow;

since it’s already grown so

much already from what she

remembers when she attended

Flour Bluff.

“I hope to help this program

grow even more with Mrs.

Paschal’s assistance,” Matthijetz

said. “I went to high

school [here], it has grown

so much. I graduated when

the senior class size was only

about 200.”

Matthijetz’s favorite part

about having the opportunity

to work with the students

in health care is being able

to see them learn with everything

they have available to

them.

“I just think it’s amazing

what the kids have available

to them; to go to the hospital

three days a week to go to different

areas, so they are able

to see and witness different

fields of health care,” Matthijetz

said.

Also Matthijetz plans on

assisting with the HOSA program

and hopes to be able to

be apart of the growing success.

“We should be going to competition

the first week in May,”

Matthijetz said. “I hope to see

comradery and of course success.”

Also, after several different

teachers the first semester,

there is new Chemistry teacher,

Susan Byun who came

here from Amarillo, Texas.

“I was a pediatric resident

in North West Texas where

I graduated from medical

school,” Susan Byun said. “Before

you go out on your own

you go through a residency

program that is for hands on

training.”

Byun came to Corpus Christi

to visit a friend and was then

informed about Flour Bluff’s

need for a new chemistry

teacher, and so she decided

to pursue the opportunity.

“It [teaching chemistry]

merges my interest in both

pediatric medicine and education,

and seeing people develop

through the pediatric

range,” Byun said.

After leaving Flour Bluff,

Byun hopes to accomplish

her long term goal of continuing

her interest in medical

and education by working

with the Rafiki Foundation,

which has orphans in Africa

that are clothed, fed, and

educated in a safe and caring

environment.

“The children’s village has

schools and medical centers,”

Byun said. “I want to work for

them in the future helping

them administer to the kids

through medical, education,

and also just loving the children.”

Because of Byun interest in

medicine and education she

is glad to have the chance to

teach chemistry while getting

to know the students.

“I’m really glad to be here. I

love it,” Byun said. “I love getting

to know everybody, particularly

the students. It’s just

neat to hear where everyone

comes from and see what’s

going to happen.”

Not only do both teachers

enjoy the opportunity they

have been given to be apart

of the teaching staff, but the

other teachers are also glad to have them here.