By Tate W. and Marlowe H.

We interviewed Mr. Kilgariff about him being new here. First, we asked him why he came to Hackley. He responded, “When I first came to visit Hackley, I met so many great people who talked a lot about the Hackley community. I have worked at many schools that don’t have the same sense of community that Hackley has and I wanted to be part of it.” Then we asked him, “Why do you like working at Hackley?” He said, “I enjoy coming to work and seeing so many smiling faces and working with students who are happy to learn every time they come into the classroom.” Next, we asked him why he came to America. He responded, “I have worked in different international schools for about 15 years. My wife is from Oregon and she has family in Boston so we always planned to move back to the US. Working around the world made it very difficult to get home and be close to family, especially around the holidays, so it is nice to be in a place that is a direct flight away to visit my family in England, or see family in Oregon.” Then we asked him, “How long have you been teaching?” He said, “I started teaching in 2010. When I finished college, I moved to South Korea to teach English and lived there for 4 years. After Korea, I moved to Brazil where I taught as a teaching assistant in Grade 1 and lived for 2 years before moving to Bangladesh, teaching Design and Technology for 5 years.”