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for his administrators and teachers,
those Friday nights spent playing drums
in the bleachers. But he most cherishes
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ating at his school. Whether it’s playing
on at the Firebird Palace, or mediating
educational environment akin to Jesuit’s
brotherhood.
, a Latin phrase
that translates to Go Forth, and Set
the World on Fire, is an order that St.
Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the
Society of Jesus, told his Jesuit missionaries.
It’s an opportunity Sherin is giving
his Firebirds at the School of the Future.
but I’ve spread my message in Massa-
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Matthew Hoff ’00:
Hillsborough’s Czar of
Virtual Learning
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has become used
to having his plate
of students are on free or
Bay area, including serving as
principal of Cannella Elemen-
This summer, amidst the
segued from one all-consum-
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borough County’s Director of
After having a little over
brick-and-mortar schools and virtual instruction programs.
The virtual program Hoff is operating this fall is much different than
the makeshift eLearning environment that public school students
experienced in the spring. In virtual classrooms, students have the
of assignments at once rather than learning on the schedule of their
teachers.
Hoff said.
said.
During his Jesuit years, Hoff served as a student athletic trainer for the
football and basketball teams for four years. And the career educator
admitted to being a bit of a troublemaker inside the classroom from
teacher,
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