She was a legend at SHS.! My deepest condolences.

To those students who wrote acknowledgements and tributes to Olly Bruins: you were right, she loved and cared about you. She worked hard to help you be your best, and took real joy in your achievements. 

She made the world a better place through those of you whose lives she touched.

Dorine Blundell

OMG! She was the best teacher I ever had.
She didn’t put up with nonsense and was a strict disciplinarian—and I loved her for it. She was tough but taught us so well. Earning a “C” in her class felt like earning an “A” anywhere else. I often wondered what became of her, because she left such a lasting impact on my life.

She inspired me to become an educator. Because of her, I became a first-generation college graduate, earned three advanced degrees, and have dedicated nearly 40 years to education.

May she rest in peace, and my deepest condolences to her family. Although she has passed, she will never truly be gone—she lives on in the thousands of students whose lives she touched over the years.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mrs. Bruins!
Class of 1982 here—Go Centurions! 🧡📚

Mrs. Bruins was my freshman English teacher at Saugus High School. She taught the honors class and she could be tough, but we learned a lot from her. I have to admit I was a little afraid of her at first, but after a couple of weeks she started to show her sense of humor to the class. She was a wonderful teacher and definitely a legend at Saugus. RIP Mrs. Bruins.

Mrs Bruins was my 9th grade English teacher. She had very high expectations. I recently reread The Old Man and the Sea because I felt I didn't fully appreciate or understand it when I read it in her class. I was thinking of Mrs Bruins the entire time.

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