By Victoria Novais, Staff Writer
June 10, 2023
ROCKLAND- Mr. Nick Direnzo, an 8th-grade teacher, will join high school students in the fall.
Mr. Direnzo will be teaching Environmental Science to grades 11 and 12, and Animal Behavior and Engineering to grades 10, 11, and 12.
Mr. Direnzo went to high school at Rockland High School. His English teacher, Ms. Sue Patton, inspired him to become a teacher.
Eight years ago he started teaching at Rockland High School, having taught in Plymouth before.
Joaquin Martin, a freshman, had Mr. Direnzo in 8th grade and thought he was a fun teacher and always made his lessons enjoyable.
“We did a bridge project with groups and he made the whole class very interested in the project, our whole class had lots of fun,” said Martin.
Freshman Kaity Kulikowski freshman says her favorite part of Mr. Direnzo’s class was his storytelling.
Kulikowski said, “He was a great storyteller.”
He played baseball here at RHS, and to this day baseball is still his favorite sport to play.
Mr. Direnzo before becoming a high school teacher to then a middle school teacher., he worked in real estate but found out that wasn’t the job for him.
A goal of Mr. Direnzo is to help students and collaborate with new staff members he will be working with.
“As a new teacher is to make good relationships with the staff, and help students connect things to the real world,” said Mr. Direnzo.
Mr. Direnzo wanted to become a teacher because he thought he would be good at teaching and he wanted to help out people in a way, which he does as a teacher.
As a kid, Mr. Direnzo wanted to be a police officer just like his dad because he thought no one told his dad what to do, and Mr. Direnzo wanted to experience that.
Mr. Direnzo's Favorites List
Favorite coffee chain- Dunkin Donuts
Favorite movie- Shawshank Redemption
Favorite food- Pizza
Favorite fast food- Taco Bell
Favorite season: Fall
Favorite summer activities- Traveling
Favorite holiday- Thanksgiving
Favorite sport- Baseball
Favorite TV show- Seinfeld
Favorite band- Pearl Jam
Disney or Nickelodeon- Disney