Tristyn Eldredge’s second-grade school picture from when she attended classes at Columbia Ridge. She attended Ephrata schools throughout her childhood and now looks at her former teachers as coworkers as well.
September 6, 2023
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Student to teacher
Columbia Ridge alum comes back to school to teach
EPHRATA — Tristyn Eldredge has come full circle in her journeys around Columbia Ridge Elementary School in Ephrata. She started there as a student, then came back as a paraprofessional and this year, she’s at the head of a fourth-grade classroom as a teacher. “One of the biggest things that I’m looking forward to is just giving back to the school that, you know, that shaped me into who I am,” Eldredge said. The path to becoming a teacher was a bit of a winding road, Eldredge said, with her initial goal being to study criminal justice and become a juvenile probation officer.