Faculty Friday: Sarah Gouge
Sarah grew up in Oregon in the United States and always knew she wanted to be a teacher. She has taught students from preschool through fifth grade in the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Sarah joined the Dwight School Seoul community from Dwight New York two years ago. What is your role at Dwight […]
In Memoriam Paul Marshall
Paul Marshall, originally from Vancouver, Canada, left an indelible mark at Dwight School Seoul. During his seven-year tenure at DSS, Paul epitomized what it meant to be a math teacher in his remarkable way of engaging with his students and the community. Jason Hayter, Head of School, acknowledged “Paul’s dedication and commitment to his students, […]
Faculty Friday: Samuel Peyton
Sam is originally from Ipswich, Suffolk in the UK where most of my family still live. I went to University in the UK after taking a gap year to work and travel around the World. After University I again travelled, this time to Japan to work as an EAL teacher, before returning to the UK, […]
Faculty Friday: Dee Peyton
Dee is originally from London in the U.K. where she launched her teaching career. She left London to work abroad in Cairo, Egypt, and Switzerland, before moving to Seoul. In her previous schools, she was a Primary Years class teacher and also held a number of positions, including Head of Year, and Subject Coordinators for […]
Faculty Friday: Greg Walasek
Greg is originally from Racine, Wisconsin, born and raised. He received Bachelor of Arts and Visual Art teaching certification from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside where he received All-American honors as a member of the Men’s Soccer Team. He decided to take a chance and get into internal teaching right after he graduated from college and […]
Faculty Friday: Xiaoping Liu
Joining Dwight School Seoul family is an exciting step closer to home for Xiaoping who is originally from Leshan City, Sichuan Province, China. She lived in the US for almost ten years where she earned her Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Before joining Dwight, Xiaoping taught at […]
Faculty Friday: James Jang
James (Hojin) Jang was raised and educated in Canada, but still Korean at heart. He is a Toronto-based educator, multi-instrumentalist, and a Jazz specialist. What is your role at Dwight School Seoul? As a Whole School Music teacher, I teach Music from Grade 3 to 10. What made you decide to work in an education […]
Faculty Friday: Wilbert Kwakkel
Wilbert was born and raised in a tiny village in the Netherlands. He has always been international minded, which led him to take a year off after high school to travel the world with a backpack. Wilbert majored in Physical Education at a university in the Netherlands and during his senior year of university he […]
Faculty Friday: Mary-Michael Kilgallon
Mary-Michael is originally from the USA. This is her 20th year teaching and third year overseas. Dwight is her first international experience as a family. What is your role at Dwight School Seoul? Grade 1 teacher What made you decide to work in an education setting? And what is your philosophy? My educational philosophy is […]
Faculty Friday: Margaret McKellar
What is your role at Dwight School Seoul? Head of Design, teaching Design and Computer Science What made you decide to work in an education setting? And what is your philosophy? I love to learn something new everyday, whether it is through my job, reading or other people. I wanted to impart my love of […]
Faculty Friday: Duarte Carreiro
Duarte is originally from the Azores, Portugal. This is a small archipelago of islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. He moved to the United States at a young age where his interest in science and mathematics was able to grow. After graduating with a Physics degree and traveling the world, Duarte decided to […]
Faculty Friday: David Gagnier
Dave’s experience and passion in libraries, literature, education and theatre performance & production in Canada came with him to Korea where he has been living and working since 2007. Dave has taught through all K-12 divisions of Korean education across schools in Suwon, Seoul and Jeju, and he is happy to be teaching now at […]