By Cyntia Santos – Staff Reporter

In a short time, Ms. Laise has already made an impact on the Jonathan Law community.

Laise began teaching at Law last year and is a proud member of the Math Department. She teaches Statistics, Algebra 2, and Geometry.

“She is a great teacher who is willing to go the extra mile to help her students out. She really makes math look easy and teaches us really well,” sophomore Ryan Lawless said.

Laise attended Fairfield University for five years. She majored in mathematics as an undergraduate and secondary education in graduate school.

“Ms. Laise’s positive energy has been the perfect addition to our math department,” math teacher Mrs. DiPrimio said. “She is a team player who always contributes new ideas and strives to do all she can to make her students’ succeed.”

Laise loves that math is very structured. There is always a step by step process to get to the answer.

“Ms. Laise is a fantastic teacher and is very kind and easy to talk to,” senior Thomas Marchitto said. “She’ll take time out of her free periods to help students who need extra help and will stay after school for however long the students needs.”

She also likes that math is a universal language. For example, her family lives in different country and speaks a different language, but she can help them solve math problems the same way.

Laise was inspired to become a math teacher because she enjoys helping others understand math. During her freshmen year of college, she was convinced to be a math major by Calculus professor.

“The final step that helped me decide I wanted to be a teacher was when I tutored Calculus on campus my sophomore year at Fairfield,” Laise said. “I decided I love to help others with math so I minored in education to be on the path of becoming a teacher.”

Laise likes that high school students keep her on her toes and she loves how honest they are. She believes that every student that comes into her classroom with a different story, a different way of learning, and a different attitude towards math.

“I like that Ms. Laise has your best interest at heart and she makes sure you don’t slip up during class and she’s always trying to make sure you get whatever material that were doing,” junior Larissa Santos said.

Laise said that if it was not for the great school environment at Law, her first year of teaching would not have run as smoothly as it did.

“I must shout out the math department for being so supportive and helpful; it makes being a new teacher not so scary,” Laise said.