Watertown Middle School Teachers do not do math on their free time, they …

SARAH R. and MARIYAM F.

What do math teachers do on their free time?

Math teachers aren’t all nerds!

You would probably think a middle school math teacher would go home and read a book, or probably watch some game show about math. But no, you ’re all wrong.

Teachers do not do math in their free time, THEY … They are very friendly.

Mr. Oates, the seventh-grade Cluster 3 teacher, coaches football. He also has lots of cookouts on weekends, and he recently got married on July 3, 2010! So he hangs out with his family a lot. He still plays Xbox 360 in his free time! Who knew? What a fun teacher!

He loves to joke around with kids (and beat them up). Have a good time teaching math this year Mr.Oates!

Mr. Martin, the seventh-grade Cluster 4 math teacher, is a cool teacher. He coaches football, enjoys exercising, and loves to swim. He plays sports on his free time and he lives with his roommates.

He loves to eat peanut butter, but he hates junk food, and is and is not a big fan of sweets. Mr. Martin also likes fried food. He also loves to joke around with kids.

Mr. Manoukian, the eighth-grade Cluster 6 math teacher, is a cool dude. He plays sports, and coaches sports. He plays basketball on weekends.

The thing that’s very interesting about Mr. Manoukian is that he was not planing on becoming a math teacher and, in fact, he did not like math until senior year! In high school, his teacher had made it fun for him, so he started to like math. He was planning on going into business but felt that helping out kids is more important than getting more money. Awww, how nice, and thoughtful!

Ms.Evans, the sixth-grade Cluster 2 math teacher, is new to WMS this year. She has two cats and takes good care of them on her free time. She loves to cook when she gets time. She only has one daughter that’s in law school.

Ms. DeCapua, the Cluster 5 math teacher is awesome! She loves to read in her free time and cook. She loves to help out people or kids.

If you haven’t realized that none of the math teachers actually like to do math during their free time is a little bit shocking, but you can say they have a life out side of school just like us!

Ms. Palermo, the Cluster 1 math teacher is cool! She loves to play tennis and also teach tennis. She likes to spend a lot of time with family and friends on the weekends, and loves to cook. She uses her deck which has a special grill that she likes to cook on.

Math was her favorite subject through out her school years! Before she taught at Watertown Middle School she was a fifth-grade teacher at Cunniff Elementary. Now its her second year teaching at Watertown Middle School.

She lives in Dedham, but teaches at WMS, and its her fifth year teaching in Watertown!

–Oct. 28, 2010–