Sweet SHS send-off for Petersons SLIDESHOW

It was emotional (almost) last day for Janet and Dan Peterson at Sequim High School last week.

By Michael Dashiell • April 1, 2015 4:11 pm
Sequim High School students and staff give Dan and Janet Peterson a 'go tunnel' send-off last week; the Petersons are retiring.
Sequim High School students and staff give Dan and Janet Peterson a 'go tunnel' send-off last week; the Petersons are retiring.

It’s an emotional (almost) last day for Janet and Dan Peterson at Sequim High School last week.

The two school district employees were set to retire, so SHS staffers surprised the pair with a “go tunnel” — where students and staff form a kind of human tunnel — on the school campus on March 25, capped by performances from the Sequim High School band and flag team.

Janet Peterson worked for SHS for 17 years as Associated Student Body secretary while her husband Dan worked for the district for 19 years, as a custodian at Greywolf and Helen Haller Elementary before shifting to Sequim High.

“Totally surprised,” Janet Peterson said soon after the celebration. “I’m leaving a job I loved every single day. Who gets to do that?”

She said she and Dan are headed to work in visitor services at Grand Teton National Park, part of the U.S. National Park Service, before spending some time this coming winter in Arizona.