We all know the famous saying the more, the merrier. Well, that’s exactly what’s going on at PHS this school year with three great teachers sharing the same last name of Moore.
The newest of the group, special education teacher Mrs. Shelby Moore, has already run into some mix-ups, leaving her and others confused.
“At parent-teacher conferences, I had to direct a lot of parents to the right Moore,” Mrs. Shelby Moore said. “I also had quite a few confused freshmen thinking that I was their English teacher the first week.”
This isn’t the first time parents have been confused about the teachers and what subject they teach.
“I get sent emails about English assignments,” science teacher Mrs. Lenita Moore said. “At this last parent/teacher conference, I had a parent come and sit at my table and say ‘I have some great news!… [Child’s name] finally got his podcast working.’ I had no idea what they were talking about, but acted happy because they seemed so excited … they thought I was Amy Moore.”
Though parents and students have these mix-ups, the teachers themselves can run into some complications when it comes to recognizing who others are talking about.
“I was sitting in a … meeting … when one of the teachers mentioned how well Mrs. Moore was doing,” English teacher Mrs. Amy Moore said. “I looked at Lenita Moore, she looked at me, and we both shrugged like, ‘What is he talking about?’ And then we realized, ‘Oh yeah! There’s a new Mrs. Moore!’ And she was sitting behind us, but we were both so confused.”
Through the struggles of identifying the three, PHS students have come up with their own ways to differentiate the Moores.
“I usually differentiate the Moores by using first names,” sophomore Aubery Bear said. “I didn’t struggle with finding my class at the beginning of the year, as I was familiar with Lenita Moore’s classroom and where it was.”
Lucky for Bear, she doesn’t have multiple Moores, but not all have that advantage; sophomore Ava Brewer is stuck between two.
“I use their first names, or I use what class they teach,” Brewer said. “I only struggled with which pods they were in, but now I know.”
Students have similar solutions when identifying the two. Some seem to be comfortable with using the teachers’ first names.
“A lot of the time when I’m talking about them, I’ll have to elaborate,” sophomore Blitz Halberstadt said. “[I say] English Moore/science Moore or Mrs. Amy Moore.”
While it’s not a hard task to mix the three up, delivering things becomes a pain.
“We’ve had some delivery mix-ups,” special education teacher Mrs. Shelbey Moore said. “Things were taken to the wrong room.”
While it may be hard to keep up with the three, it’s always interesting to see what new situations they get caught up in and how they differentiate themselves.
“I’m the original Mrs. Moore,” Mrs. Amy Moore said. “While Shelby and Lenita kept their maiden names when they married and have been Moores their entire lives, I was married first. That has to count for something.”
