Katie Grassmann '24


What grade are you in?

11th 

What grade were you in when you started at Episcopal?
5th 

What is your favorite Episcopal activity?
My favorite activity at Episcopal is cross country.

What is your favorite academic subject, and why?
I really enjoy learning math because of the satisfaction that I get when I solve a problem correctly.

What extracurricular activities are you in?
I run cross country and track. I also am part of Mu Alpha Theta and bake club.

What is your favorite book and why?
My favorite book is The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken because it creates a world that I get lost in.
 

What is something you like to do outside of school?
I enjoy taking part in volunteer work that helps my community and reading in my free time.

Where would you donate $1 million if you could and why?
I would donate the money to different medical research centers to help fund their research on new medications. 

Have you volunteered in your community? Doing what?
I volunteered with an organization called line for line and helped distribute books to people in the Gardere community.

What do you think is the most important quality for a teacher to have?
I think that the most important qualities of a teacher is compassion and communication because those qualities help students learn well and confidently. 
 

What makes you feel the most appreciated and understood?
I feel the most appreciated when someone trusts me to help them with something that is important to them. 

If you had to spend a month without your phone, what would you do?
I would do lots of puzzles, read a good number of books, and bake a lot of different baked goods. 

What are some family items or activities that represent your culture and identity?
An activity that my family does every time we get together is play cards. We play games like canasta and spoons.

Is there anything else you want to add about yourself that we missed?
I really enjoy being part of the Episcopal community as a whole.