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WINTER 2018
A NEIGHBORHOOD
TO CALL HOME
Students join math and computer science teacher Michael Thibodeaux
in the Neighborhood Club
“The Neighborhood Club is a great place to explore new concepts and to participate in fun math competitions.” —Jonathan Lutch ’21
Cover photo by Pete Zivkov
WINTER 2O18
What’s Inside
6 Why I Teach
Members of Menlo’s faculty talk about their inspiration and paths to a career in teaching
20 Engineering for a Better World
24 Dear My Freshman Self
Grads from 2017 write letters to their past selves about what they’d wish they’d known as ninth graders
38 Athletics News 48 Alumnus Pro le
Matt Wilsey ’96: Rethinking Cures for Rare Diseases
50 Class Notes
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