This week’s ECHO Podcast is introduced and outro’d by print/podcast editor Margaret Korte and edited by contributing writer Leo Bloomer.
Contributing writer Leo Bloomer talks to new assistant activities director Corey Toenjes.
Sound Effects are from PacDV.
Music is:
- “Darkest Child” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Beauty Flow” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Corey Toenjes, new assistant activities director and assistant football coach, has spent 13 years both teaching and coaching before coming to WGHS.
“Webster Groves has an amazing reputation in the region, and I did know a couple people here on staff, so when the position became available, found out about it, and figured that was a career path that I felt I was prepared for with my past experiences and I was really excited to pursue,” Tonejes said regarding how he learned about the position.
Toenjes added he knows current athletic director Chris Johnson and principal Matt Irvin from his previous ties with coaching.
Toenjes spent his last three years as the director of communications at School of the Osage in Osage Beach, MO. Before Osage, he taught business and marketing at Northwest High School and was the head coach of the football program during his last four years there. In his four years as a coach, he led Northwest to a record of 20 wins and 20 losses.
“I’ve met a lot of great people, you know, I think Webster really values diversity in a lot of different ways. I want to contribute as best as I can to this school but also I want to learn as much as I can as well, and there’s a lot of people who do an excellent job in leading and I want to do my best to learn from them and grow myself,” Toenjes said about his first few weeks at Webster
Thus far, Toenjes has had “nothing but good things to say” about the high school and its students, from their conduct with the moving of the Selma Street Dance to the 56 clubs and activities that provide something for every and any student. Toenjes said he believes Webster has “the most unique traditions of any high school in the country,” referring mostly to the Turkey Day and Friendship Dance festivities.
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