The Ricard Academy

Well, it’s that time of year again. Time to go to bed early and get up earlier than anyone ever really wants to – all for the sake of education and creating a bright future for ourselves. And I am looking forward to every second of it.

Ok, maybe not every second.

Still, I am excited to be joining the faculty at Somerset Academy. The school is a Triple A school but don’t think there isn’t room for improvement! The standards are set high and I am looking forward to pushing my students and myself to exceed those goals.

This year, I will be teaching several subjects. I will be teaching:

• US History
• World Geography
• Art History/AP Art History
• Latin I (both Middle School and High School)

I have been teaching for two years now, this is my third year, and I have taught Latin over that time span ranging from Introduction to Latin, to Latin I, Latin II, and Latin III. I am an experienced archaeologist as well, excavating in Italy for 5 seasons ( 3 of those as trench supervisor). I hold a lot of different interests and have a wide range of experience as well. I am looking forward to sharing my interests with my students as well as learning from them – after all, teachers, despite what we may say, are not know-it-alls.

Here is my schedule for this year – swing by room 416 sometime!

• Homeroom
• 1st Latin I (HS)
• 2nd M/J US History
• 3rd M/J Latin I
• 4th M/J World Geography
• 5th AP Art History
• 6th (Planning)
• 7th Art History