We often welcome new faces to our community, but this time, we bid farewell to an old member, whom we have grown to cherish.
Faculty member Shane Richmond “grew up in Ignacio, Colorado.” Describing his childhood life, Richmond says, “We didn’t really have any neighbors that we could see from our house. The river ran right below the house.”
As a child, Richmond excelled in academics: “I finished the high school math curriculum my freshman year.” However, he preferred “wood shop or welding [classes].”
His favorite thing about his job is “the students. I like it when … they’re like, ‘man, that was really hard, but I figured it out. It was kinda worth it, but I’m kinda annoyed.’ That reaction is my favorite: they’re proud of themselves, and they’re like, ‘man, it’s only gonna get worse.’”
Richmond’s most beloved Seabury tradition is “Renaissance Day … I thought we were going to be dressing up, LARPing or something, but then I realized [what it was]. I always do some type of strongest grip … hold the truck. I did oil changing one year. I did how to drive a stick with Hayden Slough,” he says.
Regarding his family, Richmond says he is “married to Jessica … She just finished her master’s degree in nursing administration, but I don’t really know what that entails. [Our home is] not really that secluded, just a half mile off the pavement. Three acres … We’ve got two dogs, Blue and Maisy; four cats, Cheddar, Pepper Jack, Grace and Frankie; six chickens and then Hank and Millie each have three cows. We own 15% of a bull.”
As for hobbies, Richmond likes “Weightlifting, strongman, golf, hunting, hiking.” When he was younger, his “favorite movie was ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ …. It was just very relatable.”
Richmond plans to move back to Colorado this summer, and his unique personality will be greatly missed. Richmond reciprocates this sentiment, saying, “What I’ll miss the most is teaching math to students [because] they’re inquisitive. They want to learn things, and I always like to challenge students. I know they may not always like it, [but] that’s what I’m going to miss the most.”
To begin the next chapter of his life, Richmond needs to “do a bunch of light construction projects around my grandma’s old house … I also need to find a job, and I don’t know entirely what that job will be, but I’m confident I’ll find one in the next year.”
