Shown is Carol Speicher, who served as the secretary to the assistant principal at Milford School for the past 27 years. Speicher will now serve as the secretary to the athletic department at Wawasee Middle School. Photo by Blair Baumgartner.

By Blair Baumgartner
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MILFORD — Carol Speicher grew up on Emeline Street in Milford across from Milford School and married her high school sweetheart.

Speicher has served as the secretary to the assistant principal at Milford School for the past 27 years. She will now transition to Wawasee Middle School and serve as the secretary for the athletic department in the front office.

She worked as a babysitter while her two sons, Eric and Ryan, were growing up in Milford. She had two stints at Chore-Time and Warsaw Foundry before Cindy Kaiser notified her about the secretary position opening at Milford School.

Speicher said, “I’ve always been the assistant principal’s secretary. I have worked for nine different assistant principals during my 27 years at Milford School.”

She has helped with athletics, discipline, attendance, etc. She reminisced about her early days at the school when kids were out sick and the office administrators would notify teachers by filling out a piece of paper and sticking it in the teacher’s mailbox located in the office. Now everything is done on computers.

Speicher talked about how much she’ll miss the little kids. She said, “If you’re having a bad day, you can go down to kindergarten and they’ll give you a hug and say, ‘Hi, Mrs. Speicher, how are you doing today?'”

She is looking forward to working with middle school students and helping with athletics.

She has certainly had a great run at Milford School. She has always really had a heart for the students and feels extremely blessed having been able to work at the school for such a long period of time.

“It’s just a blessing to watch the children grow up over the years and have families of their own,” she said.

She has always had great relationships with her assistant prinicipals and they have shared some really fun times.

She mentioned she is both anxious and excited to start something new.

“It will be a big transition for these kids and I hope it will help for them to see a friendly face.”

Speicher has eight grandchildren. Two of her grandchildren are attending Wawasee Middle School next year. One child will be in seventh grade and the other is entering eighth grade.

Her son, Eric, is the principal at Syracuse Elementary School. Her youngest son, Ryan, works for Cru in Indianapolis. Cru is a Christian missions organization reaching students to foster a relationship with Jesus Christ.