After spending 20-plus years in journalism, I changed gears and careers in June 2013 and began teaching high school language arts.
In August of 2013 I began teaching at both Bayard and Minatare Public Schools as a Language Arts instructor.
After my first year I chose to work at just one school and accepted an offer from Minatare to go full time for the school district for the 2014-2015 school year. I will continue to teach English, speech and theatre, but will add journalism, American literature, coach the One Act Play Production and speech.
In December of 2014 I completed the University of Nebraska-Kearney Transition to Teaching program and earned a Master’s in Education in Curriculum and Instruction.
I am enjoying the change and it's nice to have a job where you are appreciated. There are challenges, as with any change, but it's worth it knowing that my skills might have a positive impact on a young person's life.
On the side, I operated my photography business, Holsinger Photography, until 2016. In the summer of 2016 we relocated to Grand Island, Nebraska and left Scottsbluff; a place we called home for about 15 years. Chloe, my youngest, graduated from Grand Island Senior High School in May of 2022 and attended Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln for a year and will attend UNL in the fall of 2024. I have two other older children; Claire, who lives in Greeley, Colorado and Andrew, who has spent the last theee years teaching English in Seoul, South Korea. After six years of teaching at Grand Island, I accepted a position at West Point Beemer Public Schools where I taught two sections of sophomore speech, two sections of junior English (American Literature), a 7th grade speech exploratory class and a dual credit speech class through Wayne State College.In April I accepted a seventh grade teaching position with Lincoln Public Schools at Goodrich Middle School.