Southern Lehigh alumna Mrs. Christine Piascik is very excited to return to take the place of guidance counselor Mr. Carl Crouse, who recently retired after working at Southern Lehigh for forty-three years.

“[What appealed to me about Southern Lehigh was] coming back and serving my alma mater!” Mrs. Piascik said. “I was gone for five years, but I recently had a baby and wanted to be close to family.”

Mrs. Piascik graduated from Southern Lehigh in 2005. While she was in high school, she was involved in field hockey, basketball, track and field, and Spartan News. She graduated from Lehigh University in 2009 with a degree in psychology.

“I’m very excited to have [Mrs. Piascik] on our team,” guidance counselor Mrs. Lynne Kelly said. “She’s a great addition, and we’re very happy to have one of our alumni back. My expectations are that she’s gonna be a great addition because of her youth, her great personality, and [her] overall really positive attitude.”

Before returning to Southern Lehigh, Mrs. Piascik worked at Garnet Valley High School for four years, and Strath Haven Middle School for one year.

“[Mrs. Piascik] is caring, she’s conscientious,” principal Mrs. Christine Siegfried said. “I think the qualities that she possessed were a very good fit for what we were looking for in the [guidance] department. She came to us with a variety of different experiences in all aspects of a guidance counselor’s position.”

In her free time, Mrs. Piascik enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, taking her dog on walks, going outdoors, and doing yoga.

“I’m looking forward to staying put and starting a new job and being here for the duration of my career,” Mrs. Piascik said. “It’s fun to see the growth of kids from freshman to senior year. I always wanted to work in education, and I love the process of helping students decide what they want to do after high school and help with the college process.”

Mrs. Piascik has a four month old son, and being a mom is her proudest accomplishment. Her older sister inspires her, because she is also a working mom and works in a role where she helps students and somehow manages to get everything done. Mrs. Piascik wants students to know her door is always open.

“I’m a really nice person, I’m not scary!” she said. “I’m looking forward to meeting everybody. There is a great community feeling [at Southern Lehigh]. It’s a good place to be; it’s a good place to be back and raise my family. I’m excited about it.”