Christina Atkinson<\/p>\n
Mr.Manari<\/em><\/p>\n Mr. Manari is one of the quirkiest, funniest additions to the NT staff roll. With a Masters in Fine\u00a0Arts from NYU, he pursued a career in marketing,\u00a0while volunteering and writing on the side. His distinctions include a rare internship at the celebrated New Yorker magazine, which he completed when living in NYC. \u00a0In Toronto, he was the Communications Manager for a large architecture firm, and a PR rep for a boutique entertainment PR agency. \u00a0Mr. Manari also made use of his talent with words by having some of his original work published in literary journals in Canada and the US. \u00a0He is also incredibly passionate about his volunteer work with LGBTQ youth through MyGSA.ca and the Triangle Program. Besides his well-rounded roster of volunteering, educating, marketing, and writing, he also adores traveling. If you haven\u2019t had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Manari, come to the debate team meetings Thursdays at lunch in room 221 to soak up his exuberant experiences.<\/p>\n Ahron Seeman<\/p>\n Mr.Chan<\/em><\/p>\n Our new Economics and Business teacher has brought one question to the mind of many confused NT students and staff: Isn\u2019t Dr. Chan the head of the Math Department? When informed that our new economics teacher, although fiercely educated, is in fact not a doctor, NT responds with yet another question: Well doesn\u2019t Mr. Chen already teach math here? If you are already thoroughly bewildered trying to differentiate Mr. Chen and Dr. Chan, please brace yourself as we welcome Mr. Chan to the North Toronto Staff Team. Well, what sets Mr. Chan apart, you might ask. Luckily, lots. Among his favourite pastimes are badminton, volleyball, lesson planning and partying, which makes obvious sense \u2013 economics is always a party. Don\u2019t worry though, he knows what he\u2019s saying. He graduated in the top 5% of his undergraduate class at Carlton and received a Masters degree in economics from UofT.\u00a0 Mr. Chan is excited to join us here for his first teaching job, but he has one question for NT students: \u201cWhy do you leave class to go to the bathroom so much?\u201d Perhaps it\u2019s habit. Anyone can imagine how difficult it must be to take over for the teaching legend Mr. Kruzynsky, but I think Mr. Chan is up for the challenge.<\/p>\n Emily Dyer<\/p>\n Ms. Doucet<\/em><\/p>\n Ms. Doucet is the new Canadian History and West and the World teacher at North Toronto this year. The last school she taught at was Avondale Alternative Secondary School, near the Sheppard Subway Station.<\/p>\n Because Ms. Doucet is a history teacher, I asked her a few questions about her favorite moments and figures in history.<\/p>\n If Ms. Doucet had a time machine, she would visit Socrates\u2019 Greece. Ms. Doucet does not have a time machine, though, so the last place she travelled was not Ancient Greece, but New Brunswick.\u00a0<\/p>\n In addition, if she could have a dinner party with 5 historical figures, she would invite former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, education reformer Adelaide Hoodless, Greek philosopher Socrates (notice a pattern?), Ancient Greek King Alexander the Great, and Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Now that would be an interesting meal!<\/p>\n And just as a bonus, I asked one more question: if you had a superpower, what would it be? Her answer: invisibility, so she can sneak up on students.<\/p>\n \u00a0Anna Crombie<\/p>\n Ms. Ciarrocchi<\/em><\/p>\n Ms. Ciarrocchi teaches economics and careers this year at North Toronto. She recently transferred from Leaside High School and prior to that she taught at Birchmount Collegiate. She was looking forward to working at North Toronto because she had heard good things about the school and now that she is here she says she loves the \u201cbuzz\u201d the school has due to the positive attitude of all the students and staff and the school\u2019s fun environment. Ms. Ciarrocchi attended high school at Cardinal Carder Academy for the Arts, studying strings and vocals. Today, if Ms. Ciarrocchi wasn\u2019t teaching economics, she would be teaching yoga. In January of 2011 she moved to India to study yoga for several months and is now a certified yoga instructor. Ms. Ciarrocchi is head of the wellness club at North Toronto this year and is looking forward to bringing wellness to North Toronto throughout the year!<\/p>\n \u00a0Chloe Li<\/p>\n Ms. Policarpo<\/em><\/p>\n While most of us consider a trip to France exotic, new NT math teacher Ms. Policarpo wouldn\u2019t agree. She spent her summer trekking in Thailand. Her adventurous spirit lives on in Canada, too\u2014she loves to read, and she especially loves to read about new ventures in science in the Science Daily News. \u201cScience journals are like the Globe and Mail for me,\u201d she adds. She loves lemon sorbet, The Notebook, <\/em>and, the school spirit at North Toronto. \u201cEveryone\u2019s so friendly and spirited here! I love that just being in the same physical space is enough for everyone to feel school spirit,\u201d she says, with a big smile.<\/p>\n And her one complaint about NT? \u201c\u2026Well, the math department could think about an espresso machine,\u201d she suggests jokingly. But this writer thinks her smile reveals that she already loves NT as much as we do, espresso machine or no.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Christina Atkinson Mr.Manari Mr. Manari is one of the quirkiest, funniest additions to the NT staff roll. With a Masters in Fine\u00a0Arts from NYU, he pursued a career in marketing,\u00a0while volunteering and writing on the side. His distinctions include a … Continue reading