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Seth Denoncour is a New Hampshire Native who grew up hiking and camping in the North Country. The TRRE program seemed like a natural fit to Denoncour and he entered the program especially excited about participating in a community internship in order to engage fully with the school community. Denoncour is now mid-way through his residency and pursuit of a secondary science teaching certification at White Mountains Regional High School with his mentor Bill Klein.   Helping others has always been a passion of Denoncour’s, but he did not always plan on becoming a teacher. In high school, Denoncour often sacrificed his own study time to assist his classmates in their learning. After high school he toured around the world with the United States Navy for six years, during which time he experienced many new cultures and communities and acted as a mentor to incoming shipmates by managing training programs. Upon leaving the Navy, Seth returned to school with the int...

Bill Klein’s goal (right above) in the classroom is to shape young minds to be truly passionate about science. From an inner-city in New Jersey to Vermont then to rural New Hampshire, Klein is a veteran educator with 24 years of experience teaching high school science in private, public, and parochial schools. This year Klein entered his third year teaching science at the White Mountains Regional High School and truly believes that the strength of the WMRHS community lies in their small size, friendly faculty, and acknowledgement of all students as individuals. As teaching mentor to Seth Denoncour, Klein enjoys engaging in shared planning and reflection on lessons. As Denoncour gained confidence in the classroom this fall, Klein gave his mentee the lead on implementing lessons on genetics with a high honors biology class.  Klein did not always imagine he would end up a science teacher. His passion for environmental education i...