2026-2027 will see me begin my 18th year at Warwick High School. I am teaching Honors Biology and AP Biology this year. In past years I have also taught Chemistry at Warwick. Previously I spent 3 years teaching biology at Martin Luther King High School in Philadelphia.
I'm foolish enough to think that I bridge the "old school" and the "new school". My "old school" expectations are simple: I believe in hard work, personal responsibility, and doing your best. My parents and grandparents expected these things of me. I expect them of my students. I am also "new school": Students have innate talents and skills that they should be encouraged to take advantage of. There is just as much to be gained through collaboration and creative work as through a traditional teacher-driven lesson. Students can expect my classroom to be a combinations of all of these things.
I teach science because it is beautiful. The universe is an amazing place. On all levels, in both living and non-living things and from the microscopic to the gigantic, the universe is full of remarkable and complex wonder. Science allows us to open a window onto how this amazing universe works. Personally, I think that's really cool! It is this beauty and this wonder that I hope to communicate to my students.
I look forward to working with you this year. Here's to a great year!