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A White Bear grad, his daughter and a staff member experienced a full circle moment together!
James Honsa walked the halls of Birch Lake Elementary back in 1970 when he attended the school. He then graduated from White Bear in 1984 just a year after his wife who graduated from Mariner High School in 1983 before the two high schools became one. The pair went on to become teachers, both working at North St. Paul High School where one of James' students was current Birch Lake Elementary Administrative Assistant Kelly Rivers! Fast forward several years, and now James' daughter Jolene is proudly student teaching at her dad's alma mater and working alongside one of his former students! The father-daughter duo grabbed lunch together at Birch Lake allowing James to walk the halls one more time and catch up with one of his former students!