Coraline Smith: A Brief Biography

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Albert Pike once said, “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” Coraline “Corrie” Smith made this true for many students here when she died this past November of heart failure. “She was always wanting everyone to get better at what we were doing. Whether that was a mile or seeing how many push-ups we could complete, she was always pushing us.” said Joey Henschel, one of her former students. It was her first year at Rincon Valley, after almost 15 years at Cook Middle School and 21 years of teaching in the Santa Rosa City School District. Yet, Ms. Smith was an exceptional person beyond the gym and locker room. She volunteered for Canine Companions, raising over

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