Tag: teacher feature
‘The kids have really embraced me’: Michael Johnson believes his energetic...
CLAYMONT — For 16 years, Michael Johnson has been walking the halls of Archmere Academy, and he is still as enthusiastic as he was...
‘It’s my calling’: Mount Aviat Academy’s Nadine Russell loves watching her...
CHILDS, Md. — When an eighth-grade student is given the opportunity to talk about any of his teachers and he remembers all the way...
‘I want to be a teacher’ — St. Elizabeth’s Ashley Kelly...
WILMINGTON — Back in the fall of 2019, Ashley Kelly stood in front of a classroom full of freshmen at St. Elizabeth High School...
Ursuline Academy teacher Sharon Waldron: ‘The students really recharge your batteries,...
WILMINGTON — A lot of people dread the end of the summer, but for Sharon Waldron, it’s one of the best times of the...
Teacher Steve Skinner turns happenstance into lifelong pursuit of expanding scientific...
WILMINGTON — In chemistry, sometimes things happen by accident. Mixing the wrong substances could have disastrous effects. But other times, the result is a...
Former instructors inspire St. Elizabeth School science teacher Katie Chambers
WILMINGTON — Katie Chambers is in her first year teaching at St. Elizabeth School, and in that short time, with students not even in...
Katie Godfrey knew she wanted to follow family into the academics...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum School held a special place in the heart of a girl growing up in north Wilmington in the 1980s and ’90s,...
After a lifetime of moves, Ss. Peter and Paul teacher Mark...
A self-described “Army brat” took in a lot of the world while growing up, and now Mark Ripka is content to call the Eastern...
All of Jeff Dietzler’s world at St. Elizabeth School is a...
WILMINGTON — Teachers don’t go into the profession looking for recognition, but that doesn’t mean they don’t appreciate when someone acknowledges their hard work...
Ursuline Academy teacher Maribeth Jaeske makes connection with her students
WILMINGTON — Maribeth Jaeske began her teaching career in rural North Carolina, at a coed public school, but the pull of home brought her...