May 31: Generational teachers

In 2024, we lost some inspirational teachers to retirement. Both Dan Northcut ’81 and Marietta Johnson left the school after decades of service both in and out of the classroom. Northcut’s 37 years began just after his graduation from the school and never faltered in commitment. In his time here, Northcut led the greenhouse and helped develop the environmental science curriculum, as well as running the gardening club and being an earth science instructor for the Middle School. Similarly, Johnson contributed to the school community most recently as a substitute teacher in multiple departments and CML club, after serving as a math instructor for a number of years over her half-century career at the school.