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Get to know Ms. Barquist!

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Job Title: Accounting, Financial Algebra, and MOS teacher

How many years have you worked at Pasco High?

2002-2009. Then at CHS, specialist teacher at Curie, Whittier, and Three Rivers before returning to PHS in 2021.

Where were you born?

Idaho.

What are some of your hobbies?

Word and number puzzles, pool (billiards), Nascar, drag races, gardening.

What is your favorite food?

Golden Oreos with double stuff. It’s a food group, right?

What were you like in high school?

Quiet, almost invisible, nerdy with computers, and ran the school store.

What is your favorite music to listen to?

1970’s Rock.

What are three things on your bucket list? 

An international travel interpreter, own/run a bakery on the beach, and spend a month in Australia.

Where is your favorite place to be?

Hawaii- warm beach, jungle hiking, watching north shore surfers, go to the active volcano, and just breathing there.

What are some fun facts about you?

I have 5 grown boys, 5 granddaughters (plus another 5 honorary) with a grandson due in March, teaching is my third career, my father is a natural musician – accordion player so I grew up knowing Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Berle Ives, rat pack… I was even in a Bing Crosby Christmas movie ice skating when I was young.

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