— from Cathy Ferran for Orcas School District —
Meet our new OIHS Math Teacher, Ryan Kennedy. Ryan “has always wanted to teach”, however, life and careers took him in other directions first. This latest career choice has been a great transition for him and his young family. He is 27 years young and credits his love of math to an amazing high school teacher of his back in Atlanta GA, where he is originally from.
In addition to teaching here, Ryan is also working on obtaining his masters in Education (Instruction design and technology) from Western Governors University. He also has 9 years of experience cooking in restaurants from a farm/restaurant in France (where he learned to cook), to Corsica, Spain and California.
Ryan moved to Orcas in 2012 where he went to work at Doe Bay Café and then on to work as Sous Chef at Hogstone’s Wood Oven. He did his student teaching for his certification here at OIHS with Vicki Clancy. He and his wife, Stephanie, have two children – three year old daughter, Charlie, and one year old boy, Teddy (pictured here with his dad while on vacation this summer).
They are proud owners of an OPAL home and love living on Orcas Island. Ryan is thrilled to be starting his teaching career here.
Although I didn’t become a scientist or a mathematician, it was my math classes in elementary and high school that really intrigued me and challenged me and made me stretch my brain. Thank you Ryan for taking on the noble task of trying to tease out the mathematician in as many young students as you can. No matter what they do with maths, they will all be better for it!