(KAIR)--A Seneca native, and graduate of Benedictine College, becomes a full time math teacher for the Atchison Public Schools.

According to a release from USD 409, Rachael Baumgartner is no stranger to the Atchison schools, having served as a substitute teacher for the district, who also student taught at the Atchison Middle School, where she will teach eighth grade math for the 2021-2022 school year.

Baumgartner, a first-year teacher, attended school in Seneca prior to attending Atchison’s Benedictine College where she played basketball.

Baumgartner, in the release, says she is excited for the opportunity to learn and gather more experience during her first year of teaching, saying she feels “blessed” to work with the eighth grade students in the coming school year.