Personal Info

Jim Baroody

Mathematics Teacher, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School

Background

The 2009-2010 school year will be my tenth full year of teaching and my eigth as the Mathematics Department Chair at DSHS.  Before starting my career in teaching, I spent a year (1999-2000) getting a masters degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and thirteen years before that doing various things in the business/technology world.  For my last job prior to teaching, I was a director at a company called Eggrock Partners with responsibility for leading software implementation projects for many clients.  Prior to Eggrock, I worked in marketing at Open Market, Inc. (now FatWire) - one of the early e-commerce software developers.  Before that, I managed a number of financial operations at Allmerica Financial, and led numerous systems implementations for six years at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).

Education

Masters Degree in Education from The Harvard Graduate School of Education (1999-2000)

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Economics from St. Lawrence University (1982-1986)

Personal Info...

I am a resident of Sherborn and have a wonderful wife (Karen), two sons (Dylan and Alex), a daughter (Persie) and a family dog (Shasta)!  Check out some recent pics of my family by clicking here and checking out any of the galleries from this past summer (some older ones are here, here, here, here and here).

Outside of school, my major interests are:

• Playing competitive ultimate frisbee - something I've been doing for more than 25 years, the last 20+ in the Boston area.  To find out more about this fantastic sport, check out the Boston Ultimate Disc Alliance web site or ask me!

• Cycling -  I love to ride both on the roads and on the trails...if you do either, you might see me around town at least a couple of times a week!

• Backpacking - my wife and I have backpacked in many of the continent's national parks, including in Alaska and Canada...as you can see from our pictures, we're getting our kids into it too!

• Playing tennis - another sport I've been playing for years, but not so much of late.  However, I do coach the boy's tennis team here at DSHS in the spring.