BORIS OVETSKY

Math Teacher

 

Boris is a native Russian speaker from Kiev, Ukraine. He began his teaching career in Moscow after receiving his MA from the Moscow Teachers Training State University in physics and astronomy. He has more than 40 years of experience teaching math and science to students in many different settings both in Russia and the United States. Before he emigrated to the United States in 1992, he was one of the coordinators of the advanced math and physics program at secondary school #235 in Moscow. In the US, Boris worked as a computer programmer, but continued conducting math circles for his daughters, Yulia and Sasha (both Golden Key Enrichment teachers), and their friends before returning back to teaching high school in 2003.

 

Recently, Boris retired after 23 years of teaching AP Physics, AP Calculus and IB Astronomy at Central High School in Philadelphia - a top public high school in the state - where he has been the Head of the Science department for the last three years.  Boris is a true enthusiast of math and science. In addition to teaching the most challenging math and science classes at Central and achieving exceptional test results, he also sponsored the math club and physics club and involved Central’s gifted math students in many state and national level math competitions. He will join the Golden Key Enrichment staff this coming fall in teaching math.

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