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(Continued from 39 ) Peru, and scouted out contacts for Delbarton students to travel to Machu Picchu. This fall, he and his band Forget the Whale are recording a four song EP in a professional studio.
Ryan Hill is 2015 Distinguished Educator On May 27, 2015 Ryan Hill, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KIPP New Jersey, received the 2015 Delbarton School Distinguished Educator Award from Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB who, with Admissions Dean Dr. David Donovan, presented the award to Hill during the final faculty meeting of the year. KIPP New Jersey board member Brendan Maher ’90 spoke about Hill’s impact on 2,700 students who attend KIPP’s eight schools in Newark and Camden. Last year KIPP’s high school, Newark Collegiate Academy, sent more male African American students to college than any other high school in Newark.
Over the summer, English teacher Greg Wyatt attended a week-long AP Summer Institute at Drew University designed to help AP course teachers better prepare their students for the exam in May, and support their preparedness for college level work in the future.
Tidings In June, English teacher Jonathan Currie and Meghan Dougherty were married at Christ the King Church in New Vernon. Meghan is an attorney in Florham Park. English teacher Greg Wyatt and Anne O’Brien were married on October 10, 2015 at the Indian Lake Club House in Denville, NJ. Pictured below are Greg with fellow Delbarton faculty members from his first teaching stint in the 1980s.
From left are Tom O’Dowd, Jim Neumann, Greg Wyatt, Ernie Sandonato, Tom Lengel and Wayne Gardiner.
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