Gracias, Profe Boyle

At the start of the 2022-2023 school year, the Harvey community was fortunate to gain many outstanding new teachers. One fantastic new teacher, in particular, is Spanish teacher Erinn Boyle, or how her students refer to her, Profe Boyle.

This year, I have had the privilege of taking Profe Boyle’s Spanish 4 class and have learned much more about the Spanish language and culture. In preparation for this article, The Pulse had the opportunity to interview Profe Boyle in order to get to know her further.

Profe Boyle grew up in many different parts of the country, including Chicago, where she was born, Arizona, Colorado, and other states throughout the country. While in college, Profe Boyle studied abroad in England, where she met her husband and moved to Spain, his home country, for six years. Profe Boyle attended the University of Northern Colorado, where she studied Biology and Education. She stated, “The school was known for teaching, and I always wanted to be a teacher.”

Outside of her life at Harvey, Profe Boyle has two sons, one being in college and the other a senior at the French American School in Mamaroneck. The family also owns a dog that they fostered while living in Houston.

When asked what interested her in becoming a Spanish teacher, Profe Boyle stated, “I learned Latin in high school, so I didn’t know what it was like to learn a language you can use… In college, when I started taking

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Spanish, I couldn’t believe how useful it was… It was also about how I could understand news that came from different points of view. That made me more interested in the benefits of learning a language.”

Before joining Harvey, Profe Boyle worked for various different schools, including River Oaks Baptist Grade School in Houston, Texas.

One experience in particular that Profe Boyle specifically enjoyed was when she studied abroad. She stated that the idea of going abroad was introduced to her when she was working as a camp counselor and met college students from Australia who were studying in the United States. Profe Boyle attended the University of Plymouth in England for an entire year, stating, “It was fantastic!”

After moving back to Westchester County, Profe Boyle took a year off from teaching before accepting a position at The Harvey School. Although she was grateful to have time to help her younger son acclimatize to his new environment and get her house in order, she soon became anxious. “You can only clean the house and go grocery shopping so many times,” she stated.

When she was ready to return to teaching, Profe Boyle found Harvey on the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) website and applied for a spot as a Spanish teacher.

Outside of teaching Spanish, Profe Boyle has a passion for ceramics, which is something she has been doing since high school. In addition, she stated that she enjoys cooking and taking care of her family and house.

When asked what types of cuisines she likes to cook, Profe Boyle stated, “I like to cook Spanish food. I became a good cook when I lived in Spain…I would go to the fruit market two or three times a week and make fresh orange juice everyday… I learned how to make a lot of the foods that my husband’s family makes.”

Profe Boyle stated that her favorite thing about Harvey so far is the students and community feeling that the school has. The Harvey School has been very fortunate to gain Profe Boyle this year, and we wish her nothing but the best for the remainder of her first year (and years to come!) at The Harvey School.