Terry Rowe

Terry Rowe is an Alternative Choices in Education math teacher who has previously taught in the Arlington and Watertown school systems. In his free time, he coaches different volleyball teams. He likes to travel, loves to be outdoors, and enjoys skiing and white-water rafting.

How have your first two weeks been here?

Fabulous! The culture here is unlike any other school culture that I’ve ever worked in. I’ve been in the Arlington school system and Watertown school systems, and just the vibe that the teachers give off is just so positive. On our first two days back, before the students showed up, when Mr. Meyer was like, “Welcome back to the 2016-2017 school year,” the place erupted! These people are stoked, they’re pumped, they really like being here, and that’s just such a good vibe. It’s positive. Everyone has got each other’s backs. People just want to do right by the students. It’s just fantastic, it really is.

What would you say is the most interesting thing about yourself?

I’m a big outdoorsman. I spent three years after college as a ski instructor, and in the summer I was a white water rafting guide out in Utah. It was awesome. I love to be outdoors. Skiing is my favorite thing in the world to do. I’m well travelled, I love to get out and see the world; I think I’ve been to 52 countries. And that’s important to me, to see how other people live.

Where’s your favorite place that you’ve traveled to?

I think it would be Denmark. I spent 10 days in Copenhagen and the countryside around Denmark, and that is the first place in Europe I’ve ever been where I wasn’t ashamed to be American. I sometimes travel with a Canadian flag on my bag, because the stigma surrounding Americans in Europe is very negative. So I throw that Canadian flag patch on my bag so when they hear my accent, they can at least see the Canadian flag and not have those negative assumptions. I don’t tell people I’m Canadian, I just wear it so there isn’t such a negative stigma.

What are your hobbies and how do you like to spend your free time?

Coaching is where my heart is. I love sports in general, and when I’m not here at school, I’m in the gym coaching volleyball. I coach a high school team during the fall, over in Weston at the Rivers School. I coach a boys club team in the winter and a girls club team in the spring, then all summer is volleyball, volleyball, volleyball. So, I like to teach and I like to coach. If I’m not doing that, I’m probably sleeping.