Rock Creek Forest Bids Good-Bye to Mr. Conti
After 43 years of teaching Rock Creek Forest Elementary School kids to be healthy, happy and strong, beloved physical education teacher Barry Conti is retiring.
Students, parents and teachers packed the auditorium at Rock Creek Forest Elementary School Wednesday afternoon to say "thank you" and "happy retirement" to a beloved teacher, Barry Conti. After 43 years of teaching physical education to Rock Creek Forest students—including two generations of students in some families—Conti was feted by students—some still in elementary school, some in high school, and some all grown-up with children of their own attending Rock Creek Forest—at a standing-room-only retirement party and pot-luck buffet dinner. "We will miss him for always looking out for our children," said special education teacher Cheryl Avery at the ceremony preceding the dinner. Avery noted that Conti always made sure to adapt all …
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Dan Caffee
12:15 am on Friday, September 7, 2012
I remember Mr. Conti well! He was my gym teacher from 1983 to 1987 and he was awesome. It was always the best day of the week! more ›