The voice behind the 8th period announcements, the powerhouse of Skyward, the attendance and tardiness guru, Mr. Jeffrey Godin, vice principal, said goodbye to PAHS September 15. Mr. Godin will leave the world of education and fulfill a job at Geisinger beginning September 18.

Mr. Godin is taking an actuarial analyst position at Geisinger. While there, he will be handling the Geisinger Health Plan and working in-depth on the data and structure behind the insurance packages offered by Geisinger. Mr. Godin mentioned that when he was applying for this job, Geisinger noted that they were interested in an applicant with a background in education, which made him more qualified for the job. This interest in a background in education is because Mr. Godin will be teaching current workers how to maximize the regulation of their data collection.

Mr. Godin attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania and got his undergraduate degree in mathematics education. He then went on to receive his master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Scranton. One might wonder why there is such a dramatic change of jobs for Mr. Godin, but he says that working in education has always been on his mind.

“My original goal was to teach at the collegiate level. At the time, a lot of universities were looking for people with an educational background to teach at that level, so I switched my major from math to math ed with the plan of teaching for a few years at the high school level and maybe pursuing a master’s degree in mathematics,” Mr. Godin said. “But after I was teaching at Shamokin for a year, I was married with kids, so there was no time to further my education. I decided that if I would not pursue a higher degree, I wanted to impact schools on a wider level, so I went into administration. It is what I have been doing for the past few years, but now I just feel like it’s time for another change.”

Mr. Godin has always been around data during his five years at PAHS. He works closely with in-house data by monitoring grades, attendance numbers and SAT and Keystone scores. Once all of this data is observed, he organizes it and makes educational choices based upon the data collected in order to ensure that our school is operating to the best of its abilities.

“Mr. Godin was great for helping me with any issues that I was having in school,” senior Autumn Tarconish said. “I will miss him a lot because he was such a great asset to me and to the school, specifically for the teachers. I hope he enjoys his new job at Geisinger.”

Reflecting on his time spent at PAHS, Mr. Godin had positive things to say about his experiences, the people that he interacted with and the tasks that he faced. Mr. Godin hopes students will remember him as someone who made their school experience better.

“[I will miss] the people. I really enjoyed the people that I worked with. The students, the teachers, the community, so I will definitely miss working with the people the most,” Mr. Godin said. “I will obviously miss the pork chopette, too, but I wish I could take the people with me to my new job. I work with and deal with some excellent people throughout the day, so I will miss them greatly.”

Due to Mr. Godin’s departure, Mr. Richard Boris will be moving up from John S. Clarke Elementary Center to fill the vice principal position. Mr. Boris has worked at JSC for 28 years.

“I am really excited to start a new position,” Mr. Boris said. “My only perhaps concern is that most of the students here know me, but I am not going to recognize them since I haven’t seen them since their time at JSC. It will be like getting to know them all over again.”