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Chelsea Update Focus on Teachers: Lydia Weid

Courtesy photo. Lydia Weid and class.
Courtesy photo. Lydia Weid and first-grade class.

By Lisa Carolin

Don’t be surprised if you walk into first-grade teacher Lydia Weid‘s classroom at North Creek Elementary School and hear a student accidentally calling her “mom.”

She even gets called “dad” sometimes.

Weid, who is in her 13th year of teaching at North Creek, and that includes kindergarten and second grade, too, says that her daily goal is to make every student feel special and important.

“I love the kids,” she says. “They are so funny. You never know what will come out of their mouths. They keep every day exciting and fun.”

Weid says that the biggest challenge of her job is finding enough time to do everything she wants and needs to without it taking priority over her own family.

“I could spend all day and all night at school every single day and still feel that I haven’t spent enough time,” said Weid. “The perfectionist in me struggles with having to let some things go and know that I am only human and that it’s not possible to do it all, and that it’s okay.”

Marcus Kaemming, principal of North Creek, pays Weid high praise.

“I would love my child to have her,” says Kaemming. “She is dynamic with her students. She is one of the most creative teachers you will find and attempts new methods with students, pushing the limits to help them perform.”

Kaemming says that Weid is a great team player.

“Parents, students and staff love her,” he says. “She understands the value of support.”

Weid says that another one of her goals is keeping up with technology and trying to incorporate it into her classroom.

Her path to becoming a teacher began in Belleville where she grew up and graduated from high school. She attended Washtenaw Community College and helped pay her way by working as a janitor in a dormitory at the University of Michigan. She went on to work in the emergency room and radiology department at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital as a unit assistant and clerk.

“After a couple years at Washtenaw, I transferred to Eastern Michigan University where I graduated with my teaching degree,” said Weid, who went on to earn a Master’s degree through Walden University.

She’s been married to husband, Corey, for 15 years, and they have two children – Ewan, a fifth-grader at South Meadow Elementary School and Eleana, who is in preschool at Community Education.

Weid says that the family spends a lot of time accompanying Ewan to travel hockey matches. They have two golden retrievers, a cat and two degus (small rodents related to chinchillas and guinea pigs), and they spend their summers swimming and boating at the lake.

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