{"id":51398,"date":"2026-06-02T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/?p=51398"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:05:57","slug":"a-farewell-to-f40-mrs-maria-shaws-next-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/top-stories\/2026\/06\/02\/a-farewell-to-f40-mrs-maria-shaws-next-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"A Farewell to F40: Mrs. Maria Shaw\u2019s next chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs. Maria Shaw prepares to say goodbye to her F40 family as she enters her retirement after twenty-one years of supporting North Penn students and staff.<\/p>\n<p>Shaw began her North Penn career in 2005 at Knapp Elementary School working as a principal\u2019s secretary, where she handled all of the front office. Today, people can find her in the senior home office, F40, working as the administrative assistant to both Dr. Jenkins and Mrs. Linn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started at Knapp Elementary in 2005 and this is my sixth year at the high school. My favorite memory is seeing my Knapp students from kindergarten to graduates,\u201d Shaw explained.<\/p>\n<p>For Shaw, one of the hardest things about retiring in July is leaving her beloved colleagues. Anyone walking into F40 can sense the closeness between the staff, who make their work community seem to be one of family.<\/p>\n<p>As hard as moving onto the next chapter will be for Shaw, having a couple exciting trips planned for the future is definitely making the transition an exciting one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn September, I\u2019m going to head to Italy. My brother lives in Italy and he is turning eighty, so I\u2019m going to go surprise him, and then in October our friend group is going to Ireland,\u201d Shaw explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to see where the next leg of my journey takes me,\u201d Shaw stated.<\/p>\n<p>Although the walls of F40 are sure to feel different without Mrs. Shaw\u2019s presence, her impact is one that is sure to last for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish all students and staff well wishes on their journey ahead as I journey ahead onto my new life,\u201d Shaw stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs. Maria Shaw prepares to say goodbye to her F40 family as she enters her retirement after twenty-one years of supporting North Penn students and staff. Shaw began her North Penn career in 2005 at Knapp Elementary School working as a principal\u2019s secretary, where she handled all of the front office. Today, people can find&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,11],"tags":[],"staff_name":[1540],"class_list":["post-51398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people-in-the-pods","category-top-stories","staff_name-erin-malley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51400,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51398\/revisions\/51400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51398"},{"taxonomy":"staff_name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/staff_name?post=51398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}