With the departure of the class of 2012, Freedom Area High School also bid farewell to Ms. Ionta, former World Cultures teacher. With this change, Freedom Area High School welcomes Ms. Katherine Gigl to fill Ms. Ionta’s infinite amount of shoes. The change doesn’t just stop at Gigl; what used to be known as the World Cultures class has now changed to World History. Gigl’s class focuses more on things like time periods and big movements that happened around the whole world. World Cultures is picking a region and studying the history and cultures of only that region. Gigl favors World History over world cultures. Gigl would like her students to understand that there is more to history than just reading about it. “I hope that the kids in my classes take away that history can be theirs, and you don’t have to necessarily agree with everything,” Gigl said. Gigl came to us from New Jersey. After graduating from Ursinus College in Philadelphia, she did some supplemental activities in public schools near Pittsburgh. After a while, Gigl decided to get a more stable job. She came across Freedom at a job fair. So far she is really enjoying the school. “Freedom is awesome. I like it a lot, it’s great,” Gigl said. She hopes to make her own mark on Freedom and is very excited to do so. “I like Ms. Gigl because she makes class more fun, which is something important in history, because it can get boring,” Sophomore Breana Petrocelli said. Gigl hopes that her students always try their best to change history to make it their own.