Education Spotlight — Fredonia High School legend of 30 years retires. See more local, state and national education news here

Ray Bowler started teaching at Fredonia High School back in 1993, and has been an influence in students’ lives ever since! Bowler was influenced by his own teachers to pursue his career in teaching and taught for 30 years at Fredonia High School. He must have liked it because he only taught in Fredonia and nowhere else!

One of his first students was Caroline Grover, who was in her sophomore year at the time. Now she teaches alongside him at the high school. She remembers him “teaching English and he did not know how to spell nothing!”. Bowler has taught many subjects including Math, English, Physics, PE, Weights, Welding and Shop. Amongst teaching, he also coached or helped coach almost every sport at one point or another – except drill and cheer.

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