Often times our students don’t fully understand the lasting impression this school’s unique experience has on their lives, until they graduate from St. Barnabas. Not only does it positively shape their lives, but molds them into the individual they go off to become in the world. Cal Thompson is no exception to this phenomena, and carries his memories and the valuable lessons he has learned from St. Barnabas wherever life takes him, especially within his insurance business.

Cal graduated in 2005 and attended from kindergarten all the way through eighth grade. He is an avid reader of our Alumni blog and describes his time at the school as “key in my development.” In his own words: “Not many people get this experience in middle school, there’s just something different at St. Barnabas.” He specifically attributes this to the teachers he had throughout his nine years and one in particular, Mr. Davies. Moving with the students throughout all three middle school science classes, Mr. Davies was known for making his students believe. He taught his classes high school level material and encouraged them to think and feel like adults. He wasn’t so keen on simply distributing information, but rather teaching the meaning of the process behind things. He inspired everyone to think outside the box and greatly impacted Cal as he recalls: “Mr. Davies was the best teacher I ever had in my life. The student-teacher relationship I had with him is my most fond memory of St. Barnabas.”