Oak Hall School, Gainesville, FL.
By Aiden Wacksman A little more than 30 years ago, math and English teacher Jim Margerum arrived at Oak Hall School, and has been here ever since. Margerum was raised in Miami, Fla., and attended Miami Carol City High School. In his high school years, he played wide receiver on the football team and was a member of the wrestling
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By Jenna Poppell Math Olympiad, founded in 1977, is an organization that aims to foster a passion for and competency in mathematics and problem-solving through team-based competitions. Oak Hall’s Lower School Math Olympiad team has been competing for the past 12 years and usually place in the top 10 percent of all the teams in the world. Just last year,
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By Jasmine Chen Oak Hall’s Upper School welcomed another new face this year. Dr. Ugur Baslanti has joined the Upper School mathematics department and is teaching Algebra I, Geometry, and Geometry Honors. Having worked at public schools and charter schools, Baslanti finds teaching at Oak Hall quite different from his past experiences. “I like the school culture, students are respectful…administration
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By Grace Bernstein A new year at Oak Hall has begun, and with it, new faculty has arrived. The Upper School math department gained two teachers, both from Turkey, Ugur Baslanti and Paul McInerney. Although McInerney was born in America, he taught in Turkey for seven of the past eight years, with teaching one year in China. Currently, McInerney teaches
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By Emily Youngblood Sixth graders are experiencing a change in the Middle School curriculum, which now includes science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). After sixth grade, Middle School students have the option of taking STEM as an elective. Oak Hall administration had been working on adding STEM for the past several years, with its induction occurring this school year. “Our
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