God has given me the ultimate gift of going to Holy Mass and Communion every day, so I come to school super-energized and filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit.

My family lives in Rocky Hill. My beautiful wife is the love of my life. Our daughter, who studied at Saint Paul for 11 years, is off to her first year of college in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our teachers gave her an outstanding education, and it showed all the way through high school.

And then there is Jamal, the little bear who spends most of his time in our classroom. He is much loved by our students, but his academic achievements are few and far between. We hope that his grades improve this year.

I love the outdoors, gardening, landscaping, cutting wood, hiking, and exploring. And lastly, pun intended, I like the Red Sox!

The thing that I most want my students to do is to THINK - deeply, inquiringly, analytically, probingly, honestly. The second most important thing that I want my students to do is to LISTEN better. My main goal in all my subjects is to help my students become closer friends with our Lord Jesus!

May God bless our school family in all that we do this year!

Mr. Grant