2018-2019 Retiring Staff

After 29 years of teaching — nine years at Glendale High School and 20 years at Clark — English literature teacher Stephanie Sajjadieh is retiring from teaching. A veteran of teaching English for both juniors and seniors, Sajjadieh has been teaching in GUSD since 1990, but came to teach at Clark in 1999. Although hesitant at first, she joined the Clark staff when she was offered a position by former...

Most Clark teachers are known to stick around for a long time. So it came as a surprise to many students when they found out that Susan Howe, a longtime counselor and math teacher who has worked at Clark for 20 years was retiring this year. Howe, who has been working for GUSD for more than 42 years, says she believed that Clark was like “heaven on earth” when she first walked in through the doors....

The iconic and influential librarian of Clark Magnet High School, Susan Newcomer, ends her legacy at Clark after 21 years. Newcomer has been heavily involved in making the school reputable, being the first (and only) advisor of the Scholastic Bowl Team and helping out with the senior projects. Newcomer also helped with the creation of the first yearbook in 1998. Newcomer first started her studies...