My name is Bridget Ryan and this is my first summer as the
Lead Teacher for the Save the Harbor, Save the Bay Summer Youth Programs! I have traded in my chalkboard and
gradebook for fishing rods and crab traps this summer and I couldn’t be
happier!
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| Catching flounder in Montauk |
Born a true Maineiac, I grew up in a small town in Connecticut but spent my summers by the sea in Ogunquit, Maine. I received a B.A. in History/Secondary Education from Providence College and can truly say I am a National Champion. While at PC, I played three years of club Rugby and in 2005 we won the Division II USA Rugby National Championship in Palo Alto, California. Jealous? I thought so.
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| PC Ruggers '07 |
Teaching. I was
meant to be a teacher. Seven years
ago I was given the opportunity to teach 8th grade Civics (the study
of government) at the Washington Irving Middle School in Roslindale. I couldn’t believe it, I had hit the
jackpot – I was working for the Boston Public Schools. I taught two years at the Irving,
where I coached the girl’s soccer and basketball teams. I am currently the 8th grade
Civics teacher at the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science in
Roxbury. For the past two years I
have been the Varsity Softball Coach at the O’Bryant and am very happy to have
one of my former players, Kristen O’Brien, working as a Junior Program
Assistant this summer!
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| OB Softball 2013: Ferry to Martha's Vineyard |
I am thrilled to kick-off the summer with a fabulous group
of colleagues and kids who will absolutely know more about the harbor and the
animals that inhabit it by the end of August than ever before!
See you on the beach!
-Bridget
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