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Mrs. Olga Silverman begins her sixth year teaching English Language Arts Grades 9 and 10, Debate/ Forensics, Speech and College Speech. In addition, she coaches the SHHS Debate and Forensics teams. Mrs. Silverman holds an MA degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Latvia, a BA degreein English Secondary Education from Kansas Wesleyan University, and an MSE degree from the University of Kansas. Previously, she taught at Brown Mackie College, Solomon High School, and student- taught at SHHS. In 2015, Mrs. Silverman received a Horizon Teaching Award as an outstanding first-year teacher in Kansas. Mrs. Silverman, her husband David, and their daughter Stephanie--a Senior at SHHS--reside in Salina, where David teaches at Kansas Wesleyan University.
She loves to spend time with her family, travel, read, research, and do artwork. Mrs. Silverman’s wall mural decorates the children’s ward at Salina Regional Hospital. As a researcher, she has presented six times at the annual PopularCulture Association/American Culture Association national conference, and has co-authored the book chapter “This Is Not the Mary Poppins I Know” in It’s the Disney Version (edited by D. Brode).