About Mr. Smith

Fun Facts About Mr. Smith:

-Mr. Smith in the news, Article 1

-Mr. Smith in the news, Article 2

-He has been teaching at WHS since 2007.

-He was born in Iowa, but only lived there a few months.

-He attended University of Delaware as a biology major.

-He majored in Mathematics and minored in Psychology at Rutgers University.

-He lived with a quadriplegic friend for one school year. 

-He has helped build dozens of houses with Habitat for Humanity, including houses in the following states: New Jersey, Florida, Vermont, Connecticut, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

-He hasn't eaten meat since September 1995.

-His great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents, Jan and Lambertje Strijcker, arrived in America in 1652 and helped found New Amsterdam (which is now Manhattan) and Flatbush (in what is now Brooklyn).

-He has no idea what his other 2046 other great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents were doing at that time.

-In June 2020, he used his mad genealogy researching skills to reunite a brother and sister who had lost touch with each other when their parents separated them in the 1950s. They are his second cousins, once-removed.

-He has been teaching AP Calculus AB and BC at Woodbridge High School since 2008.

-He has two terrific daughters . . . and one that is just so-so.

-Just kidding. He only has two daughters.

-He does the New York Times crossword puzzle every day.

-He has a Rubik's Cube signed by Will Shortz, the only person in the world to have a degree in enigmatology, the study of puzzles.

-He was once the faculty advisor of the Islamic Society, a student-run group at WHS.

-His wife is a veterinarian who just started her own practice early in 2020.

-His favorite TikTokker is B. Dylan Hollis. His favorite YouTuber is Ryan George. Dr Noc. is up there, too.

-He has solar panels on his house and a plug-in vehicle. So, his car runs (in part) on power from the sun!

-He likes to cook (baking, especially) and has some of his favorite recipes available for all to see.