
Rick Peters
Advanced Class Humanities, Debate
rpeters@novaschool.org"Navigating the middle school years is difficult and I create a fun, challenging environment where each student can use their voice in the way that is most comfortable to them. NOVA is that rare space where you can be 100% your authentic true self. My goal is to nurture that authenticity in all aspects of the learning experience."
Fun Fact #1 — My memory for theme songs from 70s Saturday kids’ shows borders on the ridiculous.
Fun Fact #2 — I was featured in a 2011 Sunday NY Times front page article about a case here in Thurston County that I was working on. It’s still on their website in the archives.
Fun Fact #3 — I have a French bulldog named Gus who is my joy and surrogate grandchild. I love him to pieces and yet he’d throw me over for a moldy chicken nugget.
I choose to work at NOVA because this is the only place I’ve ever wanted to teach. After sending our middle child here during a critical time in their social development/self discovery, it is without question the best education money my wife and I ever spent. It is a privilege to pay that back doing something I love.