School: Blackstone Millville Regional High School
AP Subject: Physics 1
Favorite thing about teaching AP: I feel like I am challenged to be a better teacher on a daily basis – by both the content and my students.
Fun fact: I have been coaching high school basketball for the past 22 years.
School: Millbury Memorial Jr./Sr. High School
AP subject: Statistics
Favorite thing about teaching AP: Being able to share my love for Statistics with my students and pushing them to exceed beyond their own expectations.
Fun fact: I love crafting.
School: Ayer Shirley Regional High School
AP subject: English Literature and Composition
Favorite thing about teaching AP: Being with other people who like to read and analyze.
Fun fact: My first language is German.
School: Auburn High School
AP subject: English Language and Composition
Favorite thing about teaching AP: I learn something new everyday as we explore rhetoric.
Fun fact: My yellow lab is named Atticus.
School: Chicopee Comprehensive High School
AP subject: English Language and Composition
Favorite thing about teaching AP: I love it when my students begin to examine the world around them with a more critical lens. It’s such a powerful experience for them.
Fun fact: I can do calligraphy!
School: Somerville High School
AP subject: English Literature and Composition
Favorite thing about teaching AP: My favorite thing about teaching AP Literature is fostering, encouraging and witnessing the growth of my students in both their analytical writing and insightful class discussions (I also really enjoy teaching Shakespeare- getting the entire class on their feet acting, experiencing and enjoying the play!)
Fun fact: I love dancing and take a few dance classes each week.
School: Auburn High School
AP subject: English Language and Composition
Favorite thing about teaching AP: I enjoy teaching argument. Students desperately need these skills. Without the ability to think critically and form ones own opinion based on verified evidence, a person will accept everything without questioning. We need to raise our words, not our voices.
Fun fact: I love to sing karaoke
School: Chelsea High School
AP subject: English Language and Composition
Favorite thing about teaching AP: I enjoy working with curious, highly intelligent Chelsea students who need rigorous training to be prepared and feel confident for the challenges of college.
Fun fact: I’ve had close encounters with sharks and a grizzly bear (not on the same day).
School: Lowell High School
AP subject: English Literature and Composition
Favorite thing about teaching AP: Listening to students engage in rich discussion and debate about great works of literature.
Fun fact: My AP classes sometimes celebrate finishing a work of literature with a tea party.
School: Narragansett Regional High School
AP subject: English Language and Composition
Favorite thing about teaching AP: Having the opportunity to work with students who are passionate about learning and genuinely care about the world around them.
School: Chicopee Comprehensive High School
AP subject: English Language and Composition
Favorite thing about teaching AP: Being a life-long learner along with my students is very rewarding.
Fun fact: I am a Medievalist.
School: Somerville High School
AP subject: English Literature and Composition
Favorite thing about teaching AP: Watching students who are apprehensive about taking the class, blossom with confidence and pride by the end of the year because of everything they accomplish. These students understand just how capable and powerful they really are, and it’s a sheer joy to guide them through their self-realizations.
Fun Fact: I’ve traveled to five of the seven continents, and I’m hoping to cross another one off next year!