Teacher Talk: Carrie Weber

by Natalie Kirton

Mrs. Carrie Weber has been a teacher of the Montezuma Science department for the past 11 years. She teaches Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physics. 

Weber was raised on a farm and is the third of six children. Her oldest sibling is 36 and her youngest is 12. She attended high school at Turkey Valley Community School. While there she played the trumpet for the band, was on the debate team and was even a part of a teaching group, where she taught guidance to junior high students. 

Upon graduation, Weber enrolled in Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Her favorite experiences during college were hanging out with her friends and taking a trip to the rainforest of Guyana, South America. 

Weber student-taught at Sumner-Fredericksburg schools before getting her job here in Montezuma. Her favorite parts of teaching here are all of the interactions and in-depth conversations she gets to have with the students. She loves when students walk away feeling like they really learned something from her. 

If Weber could teach any other subject besides science, it would be social studies because she likes to learn about history and watch documentaries. 

In her spare time, Weber likes to read, go for walks, root for the Packers, play videogames, go outdoors and spend time with her children. She also likes to camp with her family when it is nice out. 

She is married to Adam Weber and they have two children, Aleric and Zander, who are six and three respectively. Weber is a very proud mother and talks about her children’s achievements frequently. 

Some random facts that you may not have known about her are that her favorite books are “The Iliad” by Homer and “Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follet, she loves “The Lion King” and that she has five fish tanks throughout her house. 

Weber loves learning alongside her students and is always looking forward to trying something new.