For 31 years Eve Weseman has been teaching at Prospect. She started teaching here in 1993 after student teaching at Elk Grove High School. Since then, she’s taught about nine different types of math classes over her years at Prospect.

Her path to becoming a math teacher wasn’t straightforward. At first, she thought she’d go into accounting or even architecture. It wasn’t until she was walking out of her computer science class when she saw a sign encouraging students to sign up for math class. 

“I thought ‘oh my goodness, math is a universal language,’” Weseman said. “One plus one is the same everywhere in the world.”

Even though she never imagined being a teacher at first, she ended up loving it. Her favorite part of teaching is seeing students finally get a concept and realize that math actually makes sense. 

“I think any topic is my favorite [to teach] as long as I can help students understand it,” Weseman said.

Over the years, she’s done more than just teaching. Weseman helped with the math team in her early years and was even part of the Chinese club for a bit. With her senior students she has the class make Belgian waffles as a fun end-of-year tradition. She’s stayed in touch with lots of former students too.

Both of her sons went to Prospect and loved it, and although she never had them in class, she’s always been proud to be part of a school with such caring teachers and students. 

As she heads into retirement, Weseman plans to travel, spend time with her family in Asia and maybe take up some new hobbies as she likes to learn more about the stock market. She will miss the daily interactions with students most, and the joy of watching them grow and succeed.

“Take advantage of all the amazing opportunities at Prospect,” Weseman said. “Don’t be afraid to ask questions, keep trying, and believe in yourself. That ‘yes I can’ attitude can take you far.”