Josh Greenberg
Mr. Josh Greenberg
7th and 8th Grade Math
Room 212
What I really enjoy about teaching is the feeling that I get when one of my students finally understands a concept that they have been struggling with for a long time. The feeling is indescribable and makes all of the long days worth it.
I was raised in Mercer Island, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, and came to the Midwest when I was eighteen to attend Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri. After graduating with a degree in psychology, I came to Chicago to pursue a career in sales. While working in the sales department of a freight brokerage firm, I realized that something was missing and that I needed to work with kids. I attended classes in the evenings and earned my Masters in Education from DePaul University. I accepted a position teaching math at Oscar Mayer Elementary School, where I worked for four years before coming to Newberry.
Newberry is a special school where students from all over the city come to learn and grow together. My classroom is a place where students can be free to make mistakes because the best learning comes from trial and error. I believe that every child has the capacity to succeed and it is my mission to make sure that all of my students achieve success.
Besides teaching math at Newberry, I also coach the Newberry girls track and field teams and am head of the girls basketball program at Walter Payton High School.
I live in Chicago with my wife, who is also a teacher, my two cats, Jade and Namaste, and my rabbit, Bailey.
