Kate’s humor may have veered toward goofy and silly, says her family, but she was emphatically serious about her passion for doing the right thing and helping others. As a school counselor at Londonderry High School, she was one of those staff members who was there for every single kid - “from the valedictorian to the addict, and everyone in between,” according to her husband, and, as so many public school teachers and other staff end up doing, filling in the gaps of what a school can provide and what a particular student might need. And it was exactly like Kate to help another teenager pay for driving school so that he could get his driver’s license on time.Įach of those students, and dozens more Dougan has come to know, is exactly the kind of student that Kate (Freitas) Sherwood ’97 would have helped. It also felt “very Kate” to help an 18-year-old girl who suddenly became the guardian of her siblings when her mother died. It’s just about the most Kate Sherwood thing he could have done, says Dougan, referencing his wife’s habit of helping kids facing some kind of adversity with direct support. When a young man with a passion for cheerleading wasn’t able to pay his cheer fees, Dougan Sherwood stepped in to help cover the cost.
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