David P. Wood

Mr. Wood was my favorite teacher senior year (2004-2005), and the words above are a perfect description of how I felt about him as a teacher. He challenged me not only to show up for myself, but for my future. Despite senioritis, his class was the one I enjoyed going to and put a full hour of attention to. I loved English class, because of him. Because of his teaching style - fierce, enticing and captivating his students to think way outside the box. His class was hard but at the end, I knew...

Love has no boundary and for that we can be grateful knowing that our hearts will be filled with memories. Keeping all of you in my prayers. Love Lisa

My daughter was in Mr. Wood´s AP English class in 1985-86. She adored him, though she was equally scared of him. He remains in her memory as the best teacher she ever had. I hope that "the man with a scar for a heart" rests in peace, having fulfilled his mission to teach critical thinking as well as spelling and literature.

what a great man he was. I was very shy and he was just not going to have it! He was an incredible guy. God bless his family.