MR. FREDDY MORENO Middle School Mathematics

Mr. Moreno has been a teacher at SA since 1998 and says “there is nothing better than spending your work day with 12-14 year olds and interacting with them both socially and academically.” He grew up in Morningside, an eastern Pittsburgh neighborhood, and now resides in the South Hills. He and his wife of 20 years, Tina, have three children –Alessia is a sophomore at Penn State, Anthony is about to graduate from high school, and Joey is a freshman. Why did you choose to be a teacher?

Very simple – my love of kids. Originally I was an accountant – that was the degree I graduated with, and I had a job right out of college with an accounting firm. However, the business world was not for me, and, because I have always loved kids, I went back to school and earned my teaching degree.

What is your teaching style or philosophy?

I believe you have to let the kids know you care about their learning and have them understand what you are teaching them will help them succeed not only in their higher education but also in life. I also believe you need to set very clear expectations for students, both academically and socially, and hold them accountable for these expectations. This helps them grow not only in my classroom but in the real world as well.

Where is your favorite location on campus?

My classroom! It has quite literally been my second home, as I have been the only teacher to ever teach in my classroom (having been hired the year the Middle School was finished being built).

What is your favorite SA story or memory?

One of my favorite SA memories is sleeping under a gazebo under the starry

I believe you have to let the kids know you care about their learning and have them understand what you are teaching them will help them succeed not only in their higher education but also in life.”

Lake Erie skies with Roy Parker, my principal at the time, while we were on a Grade 6 field trip to a small research island on Lake Erie.

What do you hope to learn in 2023?

How to juggle!