Teachers make love connection at MHS

Science teachers Mr. Michael Sterling and Ms. Neerja Prasad have been building chemistry for three years.  Mr. Sterling and Ms. Prasad first met at a staff meeting in 2018. Ironically, their relationship started out as an awkward one. “I thought she was married because I misheard her talking to someone,” Mr. Sterling said. “She thought I didn't like her because I glared at her when she o...

Before geography teachers Wesley and Shelby Short started working at Merrillville High School, their love for music is what brought them together when they were young. Their shared interest and common friendships, were the sparks to a relationship that has lasted for more than 10 years.   “We were both really into the music scene...they were like concerts and stuff...I was in a band and she wa...

Carrie and Robert Bedwell first met at MHS in a professional development meeting, and from there, their relationship sparked. “I was impressed with his vocabulary and intelligence,” Mrs. Bedwell said. “I first talked to him in the Media Center during an afterschool program.  I was talking to Mr. Kasarda about Indiana University and found out that Mr. Bedwell had attended there as well, that we had...

For the Unterfranzes, it took a while to turn the page from friendship to romance The Unterfranzes were hired together in 2011, and first met at the orientation meeting they went to. “Mr. Unterfranz told me about all of the teachers in the building, who I could reach out to and talk to… I just thought he was a nice guy,” Mrs. Unterfranz said. “We didn’t start dating until after abou...

It wasn't love at first sight for the Sonnenbergs, but they definitely have found their happily ever after. Mr. and Mrs. Sonnenberg first met in the fall of 2006. At the time, Mrs. Sonnenberg was in her first year of student teaching, and Mr. Sonnenberg was beginning his second year as an English teacher at MHS. On the first day of school, Mr. Past, who at the time was teaching English classes ...