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Anatoliy Gulimovskiy was a senior math teacher for 10 years at the Vinnitsa State Pedagogical University, and a vice-principal for nine years at Vinnitsa High School in Ukraine. In all, Mr. Gulimovskiy has more than 50 years of experience teaching middle and high school math in the U.S., Ukraine, and Zambia, where he was also the head of the Kambule Secondary School’s math department. He has an M.S. in mathematics with a minor in physics from the Vinnitsa State Pedagogical University, and he has also completed his requirements for a doctorate. Anatoliy joined the Black Pine Circle School faculty in 1996. In 2008, he was chosen by the Mathematical Association of America as a winner of the Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished Junior High School Mathematics Teaching. He enjoys reading books, playing soccer, and being a fan of the Oakland A’s and San Jose Sharks.
Teaching Since
1996
Pronouns
he/him
Contact
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Why I Work with Children
I love helping each student to find their own individual way and program of learning mathematics. This year, personal and individual differentiation helped 12 students to complete not only an advanced algebra 1 course, but also an Honors-level Geometry course.
A Favorite Book
Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era by Daniel J. Levitin. It made me really understand the media information that bombards us every day, especially how to not be fooled and misled by numbers and logic which is based on misinformation in everyday life.
Quick Fact
Played soccer on a Zambian teacher team
Eighth Grade Spanish Teacher
I speak several languages.
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Upper School Physical Education Teacher and Upper School Athletic Director
Seventh and Eighth Grade Music Teacher, Band Director
Performed music in South Africa during the end of legal apartheid.
Sixth & Seventh Grade Math Teacher
Seventh Grade History Teacher
Upper School Assistant Teacher
Fluent Russian speaker
BPC String Orchestra Leader
Creates musical arrangements for fun
Seventh Grade Science Teacher
Kissed a shark once!
Sixth Grade Spanish Teacher
My birthday is April 1st, no joke!
Seventh Grade English Teacher
Obsessed with the Salem witchcraft trials
Upper School Mandarin Teacher
Once ate deep-fried silkworms
Seventh Grade Math Assistant, Math Team Coach