Indiana Area Senior High School

Mrs. Magolis joins IHS this school year

By Hayden Yankuskie

Deanne Magolis, more formally known as Mrs. Magolis, taught at Brookville Area School District for 3 years, then Homer Center School District for 17 years, before joining the IHS community at the beginning of the 24-25 school year. She is an English 10 teacher. 

[Photo Credit: Hayden Yankuskie] “New IHS English teacher, Mrs. Magolis.”

Mrs. Magolis taught in Brookeville as an elementary teacher for grades five and six, then at Homer Center to teach Literature and English for grades seven and nine. She taught Media Communications for grades 9-12 as well. In addition, she taught marketing and journalism.

Mrs. Magolis has lived in Indiana, Pennsylvania, for the last 20  years. Before that, she lived in Pittsburgh as well as Steubenville, Ohio.

Mrs. Magolis attended Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, on a full scholarship for volleyball. Her position was a middle hitter and she played all four years she attended the school. During her time there, she majored in communications and graduated with a bachelor’s degree.

Following her time at Lincoln Memorial University, Mrs. Magolis got her first morning news anchor position in Presque Isle, Maine at WAGM TV. From there, she went to Texas, Tennessee, and Ohio to continue being a news reporter for a span of four years. Mrs. Magolis worked for CBS News as a news anchor and news reporter before attending Point Park University in Pittsburgh to earn her degree in education. 

Mrs. Magolis loves traveling the world. Being a news reporter started her love for traveling. She and her husband first traveled to Mexico, and since then, she has been to Europe, France, Italy, Spain, multiple islands, Jamaica, and Aruba. This past summer, she went out west and visited Las Vegas.

Hazel Lewis, a student in Mrs. Magolis’ English class, commented, “Mrs. Magolis is really thoughtful to the students and helps us better understand the topics we learn about, like writing and phrasing words.”

Another student, Jordynn George, expressed, “Mrs. Magolis is very work-oriented and will go out of her way to help you, only if you put in that same effort in listening and doing your work. She helps students comprehend the questions she asks and is teaching us how to annotate texts.”

Mrs. Magolis is very well-liked, and the students and faculty enjoy having her here. Throughout her time here this year, Mrs. Magolis is going to represent the IHS staff in an Indiana PROUD way.

Hayden Yankuskie
Reporter​

Hayden Yankuskie is a  junior and a first-year reporter. In his free time, he enjoys doing All-Star cheer. Hayden is excited to start writing current event articles for the High Arrow.