The Potosi Distract hired five new people this year, ranging from the elementary side all the way up to high school. One of the new additions, Sara Davis, has been working with middle and high school students in her guidance office. This experience is nothing new to her, as she enters her 15th year of teaching.
Davis was born into a big family with six siblings, one of them being her older brother Mark Siegert. She shares that growing up in the family was chaotic at times, but it always seemed fun at the end of the day. She also remembers walking through Walmart with her little brother when she was just 18 years old. “People would stop and tell me ‘Oh your baby is so cute!’ and then I would explain it. Well, I got tired of explaining that, so I’d just respond with, ‘Yep he’s adorable.’”
Davis studied at UW-Platteville, graduating with a major in psychology and sociology. She initially attended with the idea of criminal justice, but she said, “I decided that I didn’t see myself holding a gun.” She received her first master's in community counseling and she thought she was set on her path, but her professors expressed a warning about the rules changing on what master you received would change the licensing as well. She states that she “fell in love with the student side versus the adult side.” So right before she graduated from university Sara decided to stay in Platteville to receive her undergraduate and masters in school counseling.
Sara shares that the move back to Wisconsin after working in Indiana for some time was ‘joyous’ and that being back in ‘friendly communities’ made it even more welcoming. As part of her counseling career, she moved to an Indiana school because of her husband's job. Thankfully for us, she shares that now she is back in Wisconsin, and she’s “here to stay.”
In her final thoughts, she shares some insights she's already experienced here as a Potosi staff member. “I am blessed to be at Potosi. This is a great opportunity to help make a difference in young people’s lives. You are all very insightful kids.”