Fatima Alloush fled her home in Syria when she was nine. “Unbearable” describes the 350-mile journey. “When we came to Jordan, the road was so difficult, we went from house to house, car to car...

In his own words… My whole life, I've always joked that I want to live forever. My wife is like, “You don’t actually want to live forever.” No, I think I do. I do want to live forever. I'm...

“I was a homeboy,” Math Teacher Tony Bracht said. “I never expected to be moving away from Texas, let alone overseas.” With a childhood in Houston, Texas, Bracht said he attended a “multiculturally...

“All my friends and my parents were kind of making fun of me for this, for saying that I can do anything as long as I'm convinced there's a test for it,” he said. That determination earned Dexter...

Director of Student Life James Perry was first introduced to teaching through his former colleague, a co-coach of the baseball team he previously trained. His coaching partner's friend, Chuck, led him...

Maya Hu Dobbert da Cruz (’26) said she has been influenced by her passion for fashion throughout her life, and it has inspired her to help reduce fast fashion. As da Cruz defines it, fast fashion is...

For Danny Joseph (’26), one passion has always shone through the others: the magnitude of astronomy. Since the age of 2, Joseph said he has admired starry nights and the boundless cosmos. Along the way,...

Words are magnets to English Teacher Alissa Mears, a passion built first by books, then by her college lecture halls. “I always loved English,” she said. “I always loved writing. I always loved...

Early years  World Language and Cultures Teacher Tamara Smith said her teaching profession began in Grade 9, long before she earned her teaching license, where she volunteered at a public school in...