Dr. Shannon Taylor is a new CP chemistry teacher for 10th graders. She went to college at MIT for material process engineering and got her PhD at Northwestern. Shannon is very excited to be teaching a new set of minds and can't wait to see what this year has to offer. Q: Tell me about your previous...

In a classroom, chemistry teacher Casey Collins stands with two students around a lab table. They pore over beakers and papers, invested in what she is teaching them. Whenever the students ask questions, Collins answers them patiently, going into elaborate detail to help them understand the topic. This...

Following Westford Academy chemistry teacher Matthew Howard-Donlin's last-minute departure from Westford Academy, Curriculum Coordinator Jenny Kravitz and Principal Jim Antonelli sought a replacement to take on Howard-Donlin's classes. They ultimately found Catherine Erickson, whose resume included teaching...

Two weeks into the school year, chemistry teacher Matthew Howard-Donlin made the decision to leave Westford Academy after a position opened in August in his hometown, Dudley. The second chemistry teacher to be replaced in as many years, Howard-Donlin will be succeeded by Catherine Erickson, a teaching...

Finding faculty members with original and unusual hobbies is not always a common occurrence. One of these faculty members is Chemistry teacher Timothy Knittel, who has become an avid birder over the last couple of decades. People unfamiliar with birding often believe it is the same as bird-watching,...