Lisa Schlomer, previous Oak Hills High School administrator and beloved wife and mother, peacefully passed away Dec. 3, 2024, after her long battle with breast cancer. This month marks the one year of her passing, and the OHLSD community continues to honor her memory by shining her light and preserving the lasting impact she made at Oak Hills High School. Her influence is still felt, and the community is committed to keeping her legacy throughout their actions and remembrance by wearing bracelets and shirts throughout the school yea,r while also having her name as something to look up to.
Schlomer was such an inspiration for teachers and students, as she helped teachers identify their strengths by sharing the best practices to be used for future reference to help them grow. Her need to help teachers helped make Oak Hills a more collaborative and open environment for not only teachers, but students as well, by creating plans to help students improve in academics and involvement. These led to her being voted teacher of the year twice and was inducted into the Oak Hills Alumni and Educational Foundation Hall of Honor in 2024.
Schlomer taught at Oak Hills for 26 years, and to honor her long-lasting legacy and memory, a dedication was in the making. Amanda Biser, an English teacher at Oak Hills, explained, “We are dedicating the Writing Center to Schlomer since we love her, but she was also the one who championed this project.” Biser explained that Schlomer was the reason the Writing Center was even able to happen with her hard dedication. “Because of all that, we will have a ceremony and official dedication. We are planning on signage both outside and inside the writing center showcasing her motto, “Onward!”
Amanda Tuchfarber, an English teacher at Oak Hills, says in an interview, “There’s lots of different areas in which we worked together, but we were also friends too. We would always have a hallway happy hour, where we would go out and celebrate birthdays.” Tuchfarber expressed how Schlomer was not just a co-worker, but a friend too, which is why dedicating the Writing Center to Schlomer expresses her willingness to help not only students, but teachers too, which is what the Writing Center is for. To forever keep her memory strong at Oak Hills, this dedication will inspire students and staff to continue to pursue dreams and work hard by moving onward.
