Amber Holomshek announces to her world history class what their assignment for the day will be, and the students get started like a normal day. The only difference is that the students know soon she will not be teaching here anymore.

Holomshek attended North Garland as a student and has been working here for 11 years. Her last day will be May 20, and she will start her first day working at the Region 10 Education Service Center the very next day, May 21.

“No break, no break,” Holomshek said. “I’m afraid if I take a break it’s going to freak me out more than it already is.”

Regionally, Holomshek will teach social studies teachers and work with social studies curriculum for kindergarten to 12th grade.

“I was actually looking for assistant principal jobs, because I have my principal’s certification,” Holomshek said. “This job was posted, and I applied for it. But at the time, they weren’t even looking for a social studies person.”

Holomshek said she is nervous, and she knows that making this change will take time to get used to. But she knows this job will help her get further into the career field she is aiming for.

“I’m absolutely nervous, because this is the only place I’ve taught at,” Holomshek said. “Not only is it a job change, it’s an environment change.”

Holomshek was looking for a challenge when she applied for this job. Currently she serves as the social studies department chair and as a technology trainer.

“If you look at my papers and resume you can tell that I’m good at what I do,” Holomshek said.

Holomshek believes her new job will give her much more experience to become an assistant principal at a school, and she also plans on doing something much bigger.

“I plan on running a school district one day,” Holomshek said. “This job will give me the chance to interact with principals from several school districts. So instead of working with one school, one principal and one school district, I’d be working with a lot of schools, a lot of principals, and a lot of school districts.”

During her new job Holomshek said she will be working a lot more than she does now. Typically teachers work a 187-day contract. Holomshek’s new job will be 226 days.

“Basically I’m working during the summers,” Holomshek said. “But it’s not like I’m giving up [time off]. I’ve always done summer school. I’ve always been up here for a variety of jobs.”

Holomshek’s decision to change her job affected her students. Sophomore Erick Chico is one of her many students that will miss her.

“She’s one of the best teachers in this school,” Chico said. “I’ll be sad to see her go, but I know she’ll get to where she wants to be. All [her] students support her.”

Her students understand that Holomshek is ready for the next step of her educational profession. But she will miss many parts of her North Garland career.

“I am going to miss my students. I am going to miss my co-workers,” Holomshek said. “I’m going to miss all of them. I have a couple of good friends up here. I think, that with my new job, I’m going to miss that connection the most.”