Will Gavin

• B.A. Mathematics Education: University of Iowa
• Hometown: Johnston, IA
• Email: Will.gavin@sacredheartwdm.org
• Years at Sacred Heart: 1

August 2022

    Hello! My name is Will Gavin and this will be my second year working at Sacred Heart. Over the course of last year, I learned a lot about Sacred Heart, Sacred Heart students, and the greater community that supports this school. Altogether, I'm very excited to begin my second year of teaching middle school; it'll be great to see all of the many familiar faces as well as welcome all of the new faces into our building!

    I’ll be teaching mathematics for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, both core and advanced classes. Going through primary school, I had always seen math as a purely utilitarian subject: it was a subject that was essentially useful but nothing beyond that. At some point soon after graduating, however, I began to recognize math for its deep, mysterious, and sometimes profound beauty. Before I knew it I was watching math videos for fun and changing my major from language arts to mathematics. So thus, alongside teaching those essential math skills that are required for general life and higher education, it is my goal as a teacher to show students a side of math that will leave them with that same sense of wonder that drove me to this profession. 

    If you have any questions, concerns, or anything in between, please feel free to contact me at any time!