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Looking Back: Upper School English teacher Lucy Polk remembers breaking out in song during class

Looking Back: Upper School English teacher Lucy Polk remembers breaking out in song during class

Diane Huang, Staff Writer April 4, 2014

Like many teens today, Upper School English teacher Lucy Polk had learned to be self sufficient when she attended high school. "We immigrated from the Netherlands to Pennsylvania," she said. This is...

Looking Back: Upper School math teacher Bill Boulger recalls his rebellious teen days

Looking Back: Upper School math teacher Bill Boulger recalls his rebellious teen days

Diane Huang, Staff Writer March 7, 2014

A quiet Upper School math teacher now, Bill Boulger once attended DeLaSalle High School. "We were going to do anything we could to disturb the tranquility of the school," he said.

Looking Back: Upper School science teacher Tina Barsky remembers a favorite teacher, debate, and more

Looking Back: Upper School science teacher Tina Barsky remembers a favorite teacher, debate, and more

Diane Huang, Staff Writer February 6, 2014

"At that time I didn't realize that I was going to end up going into sciences so I had a pretty broad range of interests," Upper School science teacher Tina Barsky said, before going on to describe her...

Upper School science teacher Dan Ertl sits in his office next to the Earth Science classroom. "Let's go back to the year 1968," he said.

Looking Back: Upper School science teacher Dan Ertl tells quirky anecdotes of his high school days

Diane Huang, Staff Writer January 23, 2014

Pausing every so often to chuckle, Upper School science teacher Dan Ertl describes a paper tape "party," a potato stuck in the tail pipe of a bus, and more from his high school memories:

Looking Back: Middle and Upper School English teacher Andy Hueller recollects a trip to the movies

Looking Back: Middle and Upper School English teacher Andy Hueller recollects a trip to the movies

Diane Huang, Staff Writer January 16, 2014

Middle and Upper School English teacher Andy Hueller recounts going to a large public high school in Stillwater and dressing up as Christopher Guest movie characters with his friends. This video is...

Looking Back: Dean of Students and psychology teacher Judy Cummins recollects a high school debate trip

Looking Back: Dean of Students and psychology teacher Judy Cummins recollects a high school debate trip

Diane Huang, Staff Writer December 10, 2013

"I had never heard of St. Paul." Dean of Students and psychology teacher Judy Cummins recounts her teenage years when she attended an all-girls high school in Washington, D.C. She highlights a memorable...

Looking Back: Upper School French teacher Aimeric Lajuzan remembers high school in France

Looking Back: Upper School French teacher Aimeric Lajuzan remembers high school in France

Diane Huang, Staff Writer December 3, 2013

Upper School French teacher Aimeric Lajuzan discusses Carnival and his efforts to bring back a Battle of the Bands event when he was a high school student in France.

Head of School Bryn Roberts sits in his office. “What’s very different from today was that it was one size fits all,” he said about his high school experience.

Looking Back: Head of School Bryn Roberts recounts growing up in Canada

Diane Huang, Staff Writer November 26, 2013

Today, could you imagine school without computers and calculators? Or in debate, searching for evidence in a library and writing it down by hand on cards? What about education closer to our day? But, in...

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