Charlie Trout

Social Studies, Teacher

Charlie Trout has been at Antioch Community High School for 33 years and is retiring at the end of this school year. Charlie has been a coach, a union president, and a social studies. He has had a positive impact on the community, the students, and the staff. Many of his former students have returned to ACHS as educators and are carrying on Charlie's legacy of high quality instruction. We will miss seeing Charlie in the classroom but are fortunate that he will continue coaching soccer. He considers himself a link to the past, but his talents in the present are making a difference on the future!

Working outside of one's comfort zone is never easy. However, adept educators make it look so. One such example is Michael Riggs. Since last year, he has been not only teaching concert orchestra, chamber orchestra, and making trips to the sender schools to help their orchestra teachers, but also teaching Advanced Placement Seminar. In this unique course, Mr. Riggs helps students work in groups to conduct a research paper, present findings, and take a two-hour written exam in which students write four different analysis essays. Mr. Riggs has accepted this challenge and is helping the students at ACHS excel. As one ACHS student put it, "he is an amazing conductor—he is selfless and always helps others."