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Melanie Lohfink

Melanie P. Lohfink, English Teacher 
A 1998 graduate of St. Charles Catholic High School, Lohfink is in her eighteenth year of teaching for her alma mater after earning a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of New Orleans in 2002.  She teaches English III Honors, English IV Honors, and Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition, and outside of the classroom, she is Student Council sponsor and serves as co-chair of the English Department. Concerning the unique qualities of SCC, Lohfink asserts, "Teachers at SCC truly get to know their students: their names, their faces, their personalities. We support them in our classrooms, at athletic events, or on the stage. We celebrate their dreams and their futures." She feels extremely blessed that she can share her love of literature in the same building where her love for English was fostered. She enjoys sharing her love of great literature so that her students can broaden their scope of thinking and writing skill to lead them to develop talents and skills necessary for success beyond the Red Room (her classroom). Mrs. Lohfink lives in LaPlace with her husband Gerard and their children Lily and Liam. 
 

 

A 1998 graduate of St. Charles Catholic School, Lohfink is in her nineteenth year of teaching for her alma mater after earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a minor in History at the University of New Orleans, Louisiana in 2002. Lohfink teaches 3 different English courses at SCC: English III honors, English IV honors, and Advanced  Placement English and Literature Composition (AP Lit). Outside of the classroom, Lohfink is the Co-sponser of the Student Council, Chair of the English Department, and assists with the Academic Games Team. Concerning the unique qualities of SCC, Lohfink asserts, “teachers at SCC truly get to know their students: their names, their faces, their personalities. We support them in our classroom, at athletic events, or on the stage. We celebrate their dreams and their futures.” She feels extremely blessed that she can share her love of literature in the same building where her love for English was fostered. She enjoys sharing her love of great literature so that her students can broaden their scope of thinking and writing skills to lead them to develop talents and skills necessary for her success beyond the Red Room (her classroom). Mrs. Lohfink is resident in LaPlace with her husband Gerard and their 2 children, Lily and Liam.