A warm face on campus delights all

Every day, Hugo Lallemand, who  asks to by called by his first name, steps onto campus wearing his iconic paint-splattered pants, dangling a silver whistle around his neck, and carrying the sign required to direct traffic during morning drop-off.
  Students drive into the beautiful campus, eager and excited for the new day. The first thing that they see is the smiling, energetic, and joyful expression on Hugo's face as he directs the cars through the school's back parking lot. The first thing they hear is the welcoming whistling of Hugo's whistle. Throughout the day, students cannot help but smile and shout to Hugo as he goes about his business maintaining the school or simply humming his way across campus, high-fiving the occasional student or faculty member.  
  "The people here are the best," says Hugo, "they are like a family to me, and Palmer Trinity is my second home." The maintenance staff is always busy putting an incredible amount of effort and integrity into their work and their many duties.
  "I direct the traffic for high school in the morning, I prepare the dining hall for dance classes, I set up the gym for convocation, and I paint the school," said Hugo. When students walk through the halls in the morning and smell that fresh new paint or notice the glossy shine of the gym floor, they know whom to thank.
  "I have a good relationship with the students," says Hugo. "They are very friendly and easy to work with. They are respectful and always have something friendly to say to me."
  Every late afternoon, long after students and teachers have abandoned the school-grounds and the sun has begun to set, the maintenance staff stays put, working   unimaginably hard to make our school appear as beautiful as it was the previous morning.
  At the end of the day, when they have finally returned home, they have succeeded. By Diana Fernadnez '12