Energy and excitement abound in the classroom of Jonathan Ring, October’s Teacher of the Month. Mr. Ring is a brilliant math teacher who works hard to create a warm environment in his classroom, before, during, and after school! Jonathan teaches advanced level math as well as students who are catching up at Galileo Academy in San Francisco. Read what some of his students and colleagues have to say about him:

“When you enter Jonathan’s classroom during lunch or after school you may have trouble finding him because of the 30-40 students playing Mahjong, doing their homework or getting tutored by Jonathan. I don’t think rock stars get as much adoration as Mr. Ring does. He doesn’t seem to get tired or frustrated, just constantly energized. The man loves math and young people.”-Joel Arguillos, teacher

“His door is always open for questions or simply for a chat. He unconditionally sacrificed all his time and energy for us, his students, for any problems that we may have in learning or in life. When a student has a problem, it will become his problem too, and he will try his best to help solve it.”-Cathine Lam, former student