Some Upper School students may know Anna Voltmer as the past Girls Varsity Basketball coach and the Girls Swimming and Diving coach.

Others know her as the Fitness for Life teacher, a position she has held since Jan. 2011.  “I learned how a great a class this is. I think that every high school should have a class just like Fitness for Life,” Voltmer said.

She appreciates students’ efforts in the class and was surprised at how willingly they strived to improve.

“I do a pretest and a post-test and a lot of times at the end of the semester, kids are really surprised at how much better they got. So it was motivating for them and fun for me too see,” she said.

“I’ve had classes that worked hard in the weight room, but they danced around and did fun things like that.”

Other good memories that Voltmer has include trips with her basketball and swimming teams to games and meets.

Voltmer will leave at the end of this school year to continue her education and take a position at St. Cloud State University, where she will be the Graduate Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach. She plans on getting her masters in Educational Leadership there.

“I think SPA is a wonderful place to work and go to school,” Voltmer said. “I really love how close knit everyone is… I just really think people leave SPA with the confidence to go out into the world.”