My First Post

This is my first blog.  I consider myself to be a private person, one of the few people without a Facebook account.  So this will definitely be out of my comfort zone. Despite my reservations, my plan is to embrace blogging. I expect this to be a learning experience for me, one that I hope to use in my classroom.  

I teach high school science at an urban high school in Rhode Island.  This year I am teaching one sophomore biology class, 2 forensic science classes, and one advanced forensics class.  I also serve as the science department chair.  The mural pictured above was created last year by a graduating senior.  I held a contest in which students were to create and design a new mural to replace the old outdated mural from the early eighties.  There were six submissions, and this was far the best.  The young man who created the design also spent countless hours transferring his drawing from paper to the wall and then painting the drawing.  It was no small feat, from a talented, dedicated student. I am proud of his accomplishments.