For this quarter’s teacher feature we wanted to better get to know a school favorite, Mr. Bertot! We hope you enjoy
learning just as much as we did interviewing. Bertot originally started his teaching career in Japan where he worked for three years and was fluent in Japanese. In the time spent in Japan he met his wife of now 20 years during a similar program. Bertot was married January 1st, 2003 in Hawaii, and commented how it is one of the things most remarkable events in his life. When Bertot moved back to Utah he missed teaching and being around the
student life and came to teach at East. Bertot says his favorite class is any class after 2020because he was able to watch us evolve from not being able to talk to each other and go the opposite direction of what people thought.
Sitting down with him we were able to learn more about his favorite things and how you might be able to
relate too from his personal likings. Bertot’s favorite color is blue and/or black. He loves being outdoors, exploring
nature and skiing. One awesome fact about him is his love for running ultra marathons, talk about intense!
Thank you for all you do for East High and for giving us the opportunity to brag about you Mr. Bertot, you’re
awesome!
Getting to Know Bertot !
April 9, 2024
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About the Contributor
Damaria McGee, Writer
currently a 15-year-old sophomore at East high School. This will be Demaria's first year
attending east, she is excited to be at east because of her obsession with High School Musical
growing up. She was born on August 30, 2007, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has lived here ever
since. Although she loves Utah nothing will ever compare to Oregon, she loves visiting her
relatives there from time to time.
Damaria enjoys painting, baking, and talking to others. When Damaria is painting, she is able to
express her feelings and be at peace with herself. She loves making different kinds of trippy and
spiritual paintings, she is currently working on a piece that has a woman body covered by
flowers. She loves baking different kinds of pastries like brownies, pumpkin chocolate chip
bread and monkey bread. Her passion for wanting to talk to others comes from her wanting to
more about people's backgrounds. Her favorite color is also pink.
Damaria is also very passionate about zodiac signs and Astrology. She loves talking about
astrology and loves guessing others' signs. Although there are many who think that Zodiac signs
and astrology are made up and based upon superstition Damaria thinks they're so much more
than that. By analyzing the projection of the position of the planets, sun and moon on the Ecliptic
of the very moment of one's birth, astrology can give us a glimpse of a person's basic
characteristics, preferences, flaws, and fears. The 12 Zodiac can also help with this, each sign has
its own strengths, weaknesses, their own specific traits, desires, and attitude towards life and
people.
Damaria plans on traveling after high school, although she thinks college is important, she also
thinks it's important to take care of your mental health and make sure you are ready for a big
commitment like college. She hopes to travel and visit many different places and learn about the
culture. Some of the places she hopes to visit are Thailand, Mexico, Italy, and Bora Bora.
Because she is so passionate about Astrology and zodiac signs, she hopes to one day have her
own podcast about it. One of the main reasons why she joined journalism was because she had
an interest in podcasting. She loves the whole idea of podcasting; she wants people to listen to
her podcast when's they need some support and humor. If she ever had the chance to have a
podcast, she would want to call it Damaria Talks and would want it to be set up as a
conversational and comedy type of podcast. She is also not afraid to speak about serious issues
going on in the world and would want to use her platform to spread insightful information on it.
She also would want to have little bits in her podcast where she talks about some of the things,
she is passionate about and loves.
attending east, she is excited to be at east because of her obsession with High School Musical
growing up. She was born on August 30, 2007, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has lived here ever
since. Although she loves Utah nothing will ever compare to Oregon, she loves visiting her
relatives there from time to time.
Damaria enjoys painting, baking, and talking to others. When Damaria is painting, she is able to
express her feelings and be at peace with herself. She loves making different kinds of trippy and
spiritual paintings, she is currently working on a piece that has a woman body covered by
flowers. She loves baking different kinds of pastries like brownies, pumpkin chocolate chip
bread and monkey bread. Her passion for wanting to talk to others comes from her wanting to
more about people's backgrounds. Her favorite color is also pink.
Damaria is also very passionate about zodiac signs and Astrology. She loves talking about
astrology and loves guessing others' signs. Although there are many who think that Zodiac signs
and astrology are made up and based upon superstition Damaria thinks they're so much more
than that. By analyzing the projection of the position of the planets, sun and moon on the Ecliptic
of the very moment of one's birth, astrology can give us a glimpse of a person's basic
characteristics, preferences, flaws, and fears. The 12 Zodiac can also help with this, each sign has
its own strengths, weaknesses, their own specific traits, desires, and attitude towards life and
people.
Damaria plans on traveling after high school, although she thinks college is important, she also
thinks it's important to take care of your mental health and make sure you are ready for a big
commitment like college. She hopes to travel and visit many different places and learn about the
culture. Some of the places she hopes to visit are Thailand, Mexico, Italy, and Bora Bora.
Because she is so passionate about Astrology and zodiac signs, she hopes to one day have her
own podcast about it. One of the main reasons why she joined journalism was because she had
an interest in podcasting. She loves the whole idea of podcasting; she wants people to listen to
her podcast when's they need some support and humor. If she ever had the chance to have a
podcast, she would want to call it Damaria Talks and would want it to be set up as a
conversational and comedy type of podcast. She is also not afraid to speak about serious issues
going on in the world and would want to use her platform to spread insightful information on it.
She also would want to have little bits in her podcast where she talks about some of the things,
she is passionate about and loves.