Wakati Mathayo
Q: How do you feel about not having Swahili speakers here at Derby, when you had a large portion of people who spoke Swahili, at your old school (Southeast)?
A: “I feel so lonely. At lunch, I used to si...
On July 25, 2020, Teacher Dylan Brown, formerly known as Harris, decided to tie the knot. Lots of stress can be caused on the days leading up to one's big day. But imagine getting married in the middle of a pandemic.
“G...
Junior Keagen Kawahara moved over 6,000 miles from his hometown in Japan in order to “experience a new culture and meet new people” in the summer of 2019.
Kawahara at Derby in August.
He was shocked by the many cul...
“Mrs. Phi is really helpful, she helps a lot of kids with their work and she’s so funny,” sophomore Uta Sawamura said.
Uy Phi is not only a teacher at Derby High School -- she is also a Vietnamese immigrant, whose jou...
How does CyberPatriot teach national security?
“It shows young people how to sort through some of the vulnerabilities that may be in a computer or in a network, so that it will be easier to spot. It introduces them to th...
Q: How do you like being a teacher at the same school as two of your kids?
A: “I feel like working at the school and having children at the school is really good because you get to know a lot of the kids, you get to know y...
