New APs Q&A

Three new assistant principals share their outside interests, high school celebrity crushes and what surprised them most about Rouse

Jordan Buie, Co-Editor in Chief

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New Assistant Principals Jay Gorner, LaToya Easter and Greg Graham. Photo by Izzy Lopez

What were you involved in during high school?
Graham: I played football, basketball, track, baseball. I went to a small school so I got to do everything. I was also involved in Student Council.
Easter: Everything. I was in StuCo, volleyball, softball, track, sports. And a few other campus organizations like Future Leaders of America.
Gorner: In high school I played different sports – basketball tennis track, football. There were some after school programs. And there were some church organizations I was involved in too.

How many times did you get sent to the principal’s office in high school?
Graham: There was one time. I was not in trouble, I was a witness to something. My dad was a football coach so I couldn’t get in trouble because if I got in trouble then it was worse at home.
Easter: For something bad? Never. I was a pretty good kid because my mom was strict.
Gorner: I’m pretty good at being an assistant principal because I was so familiar with it in high school.

Who was your high school celebrity crush?
Graham: I don’t know. In college it would have been Jennifer Aniston from Friends. But Friends wasn’t out when I was in high school.
Easter: That’s difficult but probably Dean Cain, he was Superman.
Gorner: Probably Molly Ringwald.

Which did you like better, flipping pancakes or going bowling?
Graham: It was more fun to bowl, but the pancakes had a few challenges along the way. That made it fun as an admin group.
Easter: Bowling was great.
Gorner: I think going bowling.

What has surprised you about Rouse?
Graham: I already knew that Rouse had a good culture and was a good campus. But Rouse has been nicer than I thought they were going to be. Being a new school, Rouse has a really good culture.
Easter: For a campus that is considerably new, the students have a great culture. For example at football games seeing the student section.
Gorner: The size of the campus. The campus is just so big we have a running joke between the APs, we have pedometers on our phones and we look to see how many steps we take in a day. I think we are averaging around six or seven miles a day.

What’s something interesting about you that most people don’t know?
Graham: I went to Texas A&M so I’m an Aggie. Not everybody here at Rouse knows that until I start wearing my A&M shirts on College Shirt Day. Also, I’m not a big photographer but photography interests me. It’s something I want to pursue.
Easter: All my bottom teeth are my baby teeth. They are permanent, they never came out. I went to the dentist in high school and he said that they won’t come out. So when people look at them they are actually pretty small. It’s pretty rare. It doesn’t happen often, but it happened to me.
Gorner: I had a top secret clearance when I was in the Navy. I was in the Marine Corps and the Navy.

What’s something fun you do outside of school?
Graham: I love football season. I coached football for 15 years so now I can enjoy watching college football games on Saturdays and enjoy high school football games on Friday nights. I’ll probably go to every football game.
Easter: I like to travel and do lots of outdoor things. I like to box, it’s really fun.
Gorner: Anything outdoors. Rivers, lakes, hunting, fishing, floating the river, boating, anything outdoors is perfect for me.

Where’s the best place to get iced tea?
Graham: Bush’s Chicken.
Easter: I would say Chicken Express.
Gorner: I like McAlister’s iced tea and I like Chick-fil-A, it’s a tossup between the two.

What TV show are you embarrassed to admit you like?
Graham: I don’t watch a lot of TV but when I do I still watch Seinfeld.
Easter: Shameless, it comes on Showtime.
Gorner: So You Think You Can Dance. Some people might think that’s kind of weird, but it’s neat to see what people can do with their bodies.