History
Matthew King is a history aficionado, musician, philosopher, and avid
gardener who also happens to have developed the strange love of teaching
Middle School-aged children. He is particularly passionate about teaching
students to be come engaged and critically-minded citizens through looking
at current events and social justice-based historical themes. Matthew
also teaches Afro-Caribbean drumming, which he has been studying for
decades, and co-teaches the Middle School Instrumental Ensemble with Mitch
“Yoda” Chakour. He has been an active member of the Diversity Committee
for as long as he has worked here, and is always working to make PVPA be
the best place it can be.
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English & Language Arts
In 2008, Freja traveled all the way from Tucson, Arizona to join the PVPA family in order to teach 7th and 8th grade Language Arts and Humanities. She is in love with the lilacs almost as much as she is in love with PVPA. Freja’s teaching practice is grounded in democratic, project-based and authentic learning, which engages young people in searching for solutions to community and world social problems.
Freja received a BA in Education for Social Change in 2001 and an MA in Secondary Education: Social Studies with an emphasis in Social Justice in 2005, both from Prescott College. She taught Humanities to grades 6, 7, and 8 at the Paulo Freire Freedom School for 3 years in Tucson, Arizona.
When Freja is not planning amazing projects for her students or grading papers, she can often be found trying to save the world. Also, she is a big fan of travel and travel shows. |
English & Language Arts
MA, 2000 | Norwich University
Education
BA, 1984 | Reed College
Comparative Literature
Molly Welch has worked at PVPA since its birth way back in another town and place. She has enjoyed using her extensive education and “life experience” to develop the PVPA-way. She can be seen struggling through stacks of papers one minute and the next, engaging in some nutty game or activity with her kids. Her claim to fame is that people come to the door of her classroom looking for her but cannot see her. She melts into the crowd of kids so effectively that no one knows she is there. When not at PVPA, she can be found biking, rollerblading, playing aggressive electric guitar, or reading in the shade.
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