By Ashley Stracco, ’24

Staff Writer

Ms. Shayle Emerson teaches college prep Biology, Marine Biology, and honors Anatomy and Physiology at Hanover High School. Her favorite class to teach is Marine Biology because she loves to take students on field trips to explore the beaches and to see the aquarium in Boston. You can find her in room 215!

Born in Salem, NH, Ms. Emerson graduated from the University of New Hampshire. She played intramural sports including field hockey. One summer, she was able to take a scientific diver course at the Isle of Shoals for two weeks, and it was an amazing experience.  She became a teacher because she wanted to teach students about the ocean and the animals that live in it.

Her favorite television show is currently “WandaVision,” but she also likes to watch YouTube. Her favorite book is The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger, a true story about a swordfishing boat that gets trapped in the storm of the century.

Ms. Emerson’s favorite memory from high school is playing the trumpet in the band because it was huge and she had a lot of friends in it. They participated in many marching competitions, and tons of parades. Her band marched in the Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl, and also went to Disney!

She loves to travel, and has been to Paris and, recently, the Dominican Republic. She also visits Anchorage, Alaska, frequently because her twin sister lives there. She has three daughters, ages 11, 8, and 3.

In February 2020, Ms. Emerson launched a school trip to the Dominican Republic – and she’ll be doing it again next year! On the trip, students work with local organizations to clean beaches and restore coral reef. Each day begins around 7am, and you will not go to bed until after 11pm. The people in the DR were very kind and caring and the country was perfectly safe, she said. There is music playing everywhere you go there. It was an amazing experience, so stop by to see her or send her an email if you’d like to learn more.