Introducing Palmer Trinity’s Newest Math Faculty Member Laura Morin
Monday, September 21, 2015 at 9:26AM By HANNAH ASPINWALL '16
PTS Falconer Staff
Dynamic, vivacious, and focused, Laura Morin is among Palmer Trinity’s newest members of the math department. This year, she is teaching both College Prep Precalculus and AP Calculus BC, the most rigorous math course at PTS. Morin, however, is up to the challenge, having taught these courses and others at both Ransom Everglades and Felix Varela High School.
While some of the more competitive members of the Palmer Trinity School community may rejoice to hear that such a decorated teacher has defected to the Home of the Falcons, Morin says the switch was a matter of convenience. “My commute was a bear. I just couldn't do it anymore,” says Morin.
Morin says that despite her initial worries, the switch to Palmer Trinity has been a “good move.” She describes Palmer as a “really good community” and says the students and faculty are “incredibly nice.” Most recently, she was struck by the thoughtfulness of the faculty to give her movie tickets for her birthday.
Though Morin is new, she has wasted no time in getting involved in Falcon life. She is the faculty sponsor for Mu Alpha Theta, the math honor society. This year she hopes to expand Mu Alpha Theta beyond the math tutoring it currently offers and begin entering math competitions.
Morin is also sponsoring a new club which focuses on diabetes awareness, an issue “near and dear” to her heart as one of her two daughters has type one. The club plans on doing campus education about type one diabetes and getting a team together for the JDRF One Walk for type one diabetes in April.
Coincidentally, Morin encountered a group of Palmer Trinity students at the JDRF walk last year, and was pleasantly surprised to see a school supporting “such an important cause.” Hopefully, Morin will continue to be impressed by the Palmer Trinity School community; we are certainly impressed by the level of dedication and involvement she has already displayed in her first weeks here.
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