Gene Sementi's Page

First Name:

Gene

Last Name:

Sementi

Hometown:

Jeannette, PA

School/Organization Name:

West Valley School DIstrict

Job Title:

Assistant Superintendent

City:

Spokane

State:

WA

My Story:

I have worked for the West Valley School District for twenty years. FIrst as a middle school math/science/PE teacher and coach, then WVHS as a math teacher and coach, then as a middle school assistant principal, elementary principal, middle school principal, high school principal, and now as our assistant superintendent. I have loved every job.

My Ideal School is a Place Where:

Anyplace where there are kids who are excited about what they're learning. From a kindergarten class, to a physics class, to an alternative school "New Beginnings Class".

My Religious Views:

Raised Catholic and a supporter of belief in religion, no matter how personal and individualized.

My Political Views:

Very liberal but slowly moving towards the center as I get older, and I don't know quite what to think about that.

My Favorite Freedom:

Freedom of Speech

My Personal Heroes:

John WOoden, my parents, my wife, and my children.

My Personal Motto:

Say what you mean, mean what you say, and do what you said you were going to do.

Recommended Reading:

"Be Quick, But Don't Hurry" by Andrew Hill & John Wooden

Quotable:

"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all of the care, kindness, and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of reward. Your life will never be the same again." Og Mandino