I'm so sorry to see that George Saltarelli is no longer with us. Before he taught math at ACHS, he told our class he had been an engineer. He became a teacher because he liked it more. At that time I'm sure engineering paid more than teaching, so his choice was from the heart. I was in the class of '65. As I recall, it was the class of '64 who bought him a lovely dark wood rocking chair for his classroom! George had a definite appeal to the nerd population. Without mentioning any names, of course, one or more individuals from the class of '64 mixed up some potassium iodine crystals and sprinkled them on the floor so they would pop and explode when walked on. Same folks, now that I think of it who put double backed sticky tape (a new invention at that time) on his chair. The dear man stood up and the (presumably) riiiiiiipppping sound was impressive. Then there was the Playboy bunny tucked into the pull down graph grid. He was a good sport. He made learning exciting and fun. And he was one of the best teachers I ever had.
George Saltarelli was, hands down, the best teacher I ever had the pleasure of experiencing. He always made learning fun and exciting. In fact, I took an extra year of math during my final year of high school to just be in his class again. During that year, Fridays were "current events" days where we talked about what was going on in the world. He may be physically gone from this world, but there are so many who carry a bit of him with us.
Mary Misener (Cole) (1965)
I'm so sorry to see that George Saltarelli is no longer with us. Before he taught math at ACHS, he told our class he had been an engineer. He became a teacher because he liked it more. At that time I'm sure engineering paid more than teaching, so his choice was from the heart. I was in the class of '65. As I recall, it was the class of '64 who bought him a lovely dark wood rocking chair for his classroom! George had a definite appeal to the nerd population. Without mentioning any names, of course, one or more individuals from the class of '64 mixed up some potassium iodine crystals and sprinkled them on the floor so they would pop and explode when walked on. Same folks, now that I think of it who put double backed sticky tape (a new invention at that time) on his chair. The dear man stood up and the (presumably) riiiiiiipppping sound was impressive. Then there was the Playboy bunny tucked into the pull down graph grid. He was a good sport. He made learning exciting and fun. And he was one of the best teachers I ever had.
Amy Melton (1967)
George Saltarelli was, hands down, the best teacher I ever had the pleasure of experiencing. He always made learning fun and exciting. In fact, I took an extra year of math during my final year of high school to just be in his class again. During that year, Fridays were "current events" days where we talked about what was going on in the world. He may be physically gone from this world, but there are so many who carry a bit of him with us.