Our Mentors
Our appreciation for these people is ever growing
Physics Teacher
Chris Martin
When Chris Martin was born, he was just a baby. Since then he has developed into an (almost) fully-grown man of (almost) average height. He grew up in Waynesboro, VA, where he was heavily involved in community theater, choir, and band. He went to Virginia Tech, where he received his Bachelor's Degree in Physics and Master's Degree in Education. He is now teaching Physics and AP Physics at the Shenandoah Valley Governor's School, an institution he used to haunt as a student. He lives in Staunton with his wife, daughter, and wicked cat.
Engineering teacher
Vincent Daw
Mr. Daw is a well rounded dedicated engineer who commits his focus on expanding his students knowledge. Each of his classes explore new challenges from engineering 1 &2 all the way to environmental chemistry. Additionally he is also the head instructor to the electric car club.
Calculus Teacher
Erik Nylander
Mr. Nylander has a degree in mathematics and has spent many of his years teaching at nearby schools. He has shifted gears from purely mathematics to, DE Calculus, Machine Learning and Intro to Computer Science.
Motivation behind being a mentor
Martin
When I was in graduate school, I had the opportunity to serve as a mentor for Team 401 (now named Copperhead Robotics). I learned a lot and had a blast. Upon being hired to teach at SVGS, I was informed they had recently rebooted their FIRST robotics team here and asked if I wanted to help out. I agreed, and have loved helping the team continuously grow and improve over the years. I stay involved because this program does a better job simulating what it's like to be an engineer than any class could. Students have a huge open-ended project with multiple solutions, constrained by time, budget, and design requirements. Getting to work with students on creative solutions to difficult problems is a pure delight.
Daw
With Daw having a large passion for creativity and building projects from scratch, he naturally joined the robotics team and has become a key mentor for our club
Nylander
Nylander is a person who keeps up with the newest tech and engineering projects. This has led him to help our team in many ways and become a dedicated mentor to our students.
These mentors have done a lot for our team, and we greatly appreciate their help. If your interested to join as a mentor please reach out to Mr.Matrin.
Contact
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123-456-7890