During the 1962-1963 9th grade school year at Lynnwood Junior High, I had PE before school started so I could take an extra science class. Bill Stady was my PE teacher. One of my memories of Bill is that he could consistently shoot a basketball from half court and swish the basket!!! I also had Challenge Block with Katherine Evans and Bill Stady was the other Challenge Block teacher. Needless to say, I really liked Bill Stady.
Latter, Bill Stady was a counselor at Meadowdale High School.
Bill was a good friend of my dad Jim Clemans. A bunch of teachers would get together for a weekly basketball game at Meadowdale HS. They needed a referee so Jerry Karnofsky said, "hey Jim, tell Mike he has to ref." I'll be honest right here...those guys scared the shit out of me every time I blew the whistle. You're right Stan, Bill could shoot.
I student taught at MHS in the spring of 73 and Bill was teaching English or something. I was talking to him in the Faculty Lounge and told him I was going to interview at Central Kitsap High in Silverdale and he perked up and said that's where I graduated from". He said he would make a call to his old principal Jim Linder who was the assistant superintendent at CK. I interviewed and was offered the job before I left the building. I'm sure Bill's phone call didn't hurt my chances. I also remember playing basketball against Bill when he played for Alderwood Drug in a local old man league. Ed Pepple was on that team along with Pat Eason and Bill. That was so much fun to play those guys, they would elbow and push you around and they always seemed to win! RIP Mr. Stady.
I was in Mr. Stady's Block class. I don't have very many specific memories of class events, though I remember enjoying the class, and a couple experiences where the class laughed uproariously over someone's comment. I DO remember that he talked a lot about some of his basketball experiences at the University of Washington, and he told his stories well.
A few years later I became employed as an actuary by a firm in Seattle, and one of the principals was 6'8" and had played basketball at the University of Washington. So I asked him if he had ever met Bill Stady, and Bruno Boin told me that they had played together. Small world sometimes.
RIP, Bill Stady. I have nothing but good memories of that time in your class.
Bill Stady was meant to be a teacher. His classroom was a comfortable and friendly place to learn because he enjoyed and respected his students. As a seventh grader at Lynnwood Jr. High, I was in Bill’s class for PE; and then two years later, I took English and social studies in his block class. He always made the classes positive and enjoyable because that was how he felt school and all of life should be. He was ever ready to share stories which taught lessons of life, usually with humor and often with himself as the object of shared laughter. When I asked him once how he came to be a teacher, he told me he had always enjoyed school and “never wanted to leave.” The way Bill cared for his students and shared his joy of interacting with them was an inspiration to countless young people, many of whom became his friends. His example helped me to become a teacher myself, and a better one than I would have been otherwise.
I have good memories of 9th grade. I was in Ms Evans block class. My memories of Mr Stady were good ones. The best was in 9th grade when the two block classes did a weekend trip to Birch Bay! We caught and boiled crabs from the bay and I remember riding a tandem with Steve Koepp and we were passing cars! Both Mr Stady and Ms Evans loved to teach us crazy junior high kids and made it very enjoyable both in and out of the classroom.
Stan Stebing
During the 1962-1963 9th grade school year at Lynnwood Junior High, I had PE before school started so I could take an extra science class. Bill Stady was my PE teacher. One of my memories of Bill is that he could consistently shoot a basketball from half court and swish the basket!!! I also had Challenge Block with Katherine Evans and Bill Stady was the other Challenge Block teacher. Needless to say, I really liked Bill Stady.
Latter, Bill Stady was a counselor at Meadowdale High School.
Michael Clemans
Bill was a good friend of my dad Jim Clemans. A bunch of teachers would get together for a weekly basketball game at Meadowdale HS. They needed a referee so Jerry Karnofsky said, "hey Jim, tell Mike he has to ref." I'll be honest right here...those guys scared the shit out of me every time I blew the whistle. You're right Stan, Bill could shoot.
Pat Echelbarger
I student taught at MHS in the spring of 73 and Bill was teaching English or something. I was talking to him in the Faculty Lounge and told him I was going to interview at Central Kitsap High in Silverdale and he perked up and said that's where I graduated from". He said he would make a call to his old principal Jim Linder who was the assistant superintendent at CK. I interviewed and was offered the job before I left the building. I'm sure Bill's phone call didn't hurt my chances. I also remember playing basketball against Bill when he played for Alderwood Drug in a local old man league. Ed Pepple was on that team along with Pat Eason and Bill. That was so much fun to play those guys, they would elbow and push you around and they always seemed to win! RIP Mr. Stady.
Greg Delamarter
I was in Mr. Stady's Block class. I don't have very many specific memories of class events, though I remember enjoying the class, and a couple experiences where the class laughed uproariously over someone's comment. I DO remember that he talked a lot about some of his basketball experiences at the University of Washington, and he told his stories well.
A few years later I became employed as an actuary by a firm in Seattle, and one of the principals was 6'8" and had played basketball at the University of Washington. So I asked him if he had ever met Bill Stady, and Bruno Boin told me that they had played together. Small world sometimes.
RIP, Bill Stady. I have nothing but good memories of that time in your class.
Rick Doty
You guys with good memories kill me. Thanks for your comments and "rememberences". I Ned all the help I can get.
Stephen Koepp
Bill Stady was meant to be a teacher. His classroom was a comfortable and friendly place to learn because he enjoyed and respected his students. As a seventh grader at Lynnwood Jr. High, I was in Bill’s class for PE; and then two years later, I took English and social studies in his block class. He always made the classes positive and enjoyable because that was how he felt school and all of life should be. He was ever ready to share stories which taught lessons of life, usually with humor and often with himself as the object of shared laughter. When I asked him once how he came to be a teacher, he told me he had always enjoyed school and “never wanted to leave.” The way Bill cared for his students and shared his joy of interacting with them was an inspiration to countless young people, many of whom became his friends. His example helped me to become a teacher myself, and a better one than I would have been otherwise.
Thank you Mr. Stady
Greg Rice
I have good memories of 9th grade. I was in Ms Evans block class. My memories of Mr Stady were good ones. The best was in 9th grade when the two block classes did a weekend trip to Birch Bay! We caught and boiled crabs from the bay and I remember riding a tandem with Steve Koepp and we were passing cars! Both Mr Stady and Ms Evans loved to teach us crazy junior high kids and made it very enjoyable both in and out of the classroom.