Meet the new teachers at Lynbrook!

Elizabeth Slaughter is one of Lynbrook’s new Pre-Calculus Honors and AP Calculus AB teachers, but she is also a familiar face to students and teachers on campus. Known for her cheerful and encouraging personality, Slaughter is elated to be teaching at Lynbrook after working as a student teacher with math teacher Vivian Frazita. After graduating from college with a degree in math, Slaughter worked at UC ...

As the school year kicks off, the Lynbrook guidance team welcomes their newest member, Susie Taylor, who will be working with students in the English Learner and Engage Program as well as with the student body as a whole.  Taylor has been a guidance counselor for five years, previously working at Leigh High School in the Campbell School District. After a friend notified her of the job oppor...

After working in university laboratories, Connie Leung discovered she enjoyed collaborating with undergraduate students. To work more with young learners, she took on a job as a tutor at Elite Test Prep, which further solidified her desire to become a teacher. Now, Leung is the newest addition to Lynbrook’s chemistry department.  Leung looks forward to trying the labs used in chemistry teacher...

Lynbrook alumnus Luca Signore’s passion for teaching was sparked during his high school years. Nine years later, Signore has returned to Lynbrook as a history teacher as well as the cross country and track coach. “Lynbrook is a little bit different than I remember it,” Signore said. “The new stadium is really cool to see as we use it a lot in cross country and track and field. It is als...

Larry Laskowksi welcomes the 2019-2020 school year with his arms wide open, ready to embark on an adventurous journey with his Physics Honors students. Originally an engineer, Laskowski didn’t quite expect this change in his career, but after the 2001 recession, he began to search for a new job. Meanwhile, he began volunteering to train adult leaders in his son’s Boy Scouts program and found th...

Following the retirement of long-time art teacher Paul Willson, new art teacher Haviland Hage is ready to draw from her unique life experiences and make her mark on Lynbrook’s art program.  Before teaching at Lynbrook, Hage lived abroad and worked in Paris as an Au Pair, a stay-at-home nanny. A year later, she moved to Los Angeles where she tutored children in her spare time and reconnect...

As Pre-Calculus teacher Anshul Agarwal reaches her one month milestone in teaching at Lynbrook, she reflects on her experience so far and goals for the school year. Before teaching, Agarwal was a renowned researcher at Stanford, where she specialized in Carbon Storage Research and focused on finding ways to reduce the effect of greenhouse gases on the environment. She transitioned to teaching when s...