Several Somerville teachers and science supervisors were on hand for this historic occasion. Joe was surprised by the recognition, though he kept graceful composure throughout as a number of Joe's past and present leaders and students spoke personally about his impact on their lives and the students who were fortunate enough to take his courses.
Joe Tarello has been teaching at Somerville High School for 50 years. Joe graduated from SHS and then stared his long teaching career in September of 1964. In the years that followed, Joe has had students who have gone on to become congressmen, pilots, surgeons, and even fellow teachers at SHS. Joe has been an instrumental figure in the proliferation of Science Fair in Massachusetts. He started hosting the Region IV Science Fair at Somerville High School in 1976 and the Regional Fair is still held there each March. Joe also brought students to the International Science Fair for more than 10 years. Joe brought the very first AP class (AP Chemistry) to Somerville in 1978 and has been teaching chemistry at Bunker Hill Community College since that time. During the summers, Joe has trained teachers all over the country. In all his years of teaching, he has never grown tired of working with the students. Seeing his students succeed is what gives Joe the energy to keep coming back year after year. Joe has touched the lives of well over 5,000 students and he has no plans of retiring and for that, we are thankful. -Karen Woods, Science Department Chair
The NSSSA congratulates Mr. Tarello on his incredible achievements as a science educator over his illustrious tenure and look forward to hearing more about his future achievements, for Joe has yet to indicate when he intends to retire!
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