As we look ahead to Giving Day 2022, on February 17th, we are celebrating all the ways that we Show Our Love for
Maclay. These special connections are part of what makes this campus such a special place. We have many members
of our community who come to work each day with their own Maclay “Sweethearts.” We hope you will enjoy hearing
their sweet stories about their favorite memories with their sweethearts.
Will (Upper School Physics Teacher) & Emma (Middle School Latin Teacher) Perry
Emma:
What do you love most about Maclay?
My co-workers and students.
What is your favorite part about having your sweetheart on campus with you?
During teacher planning days, we get to have “lunch dates”. I also love that we can carpool to work. and now that our daughter goes here, we all have the same schedules.
What is your favorite memory with your sweetheart at Maclay?
Starting and running the Pep Band together.
What brought you to Maclay?
Will and I were engaged. I had finished my master’s degree, but he was still finishing his PhD, so I needed to find a job in Tallahassee. Maclay sent out an email to FSU graduate students that they were looking for a part-time Latin teacher, so I applied.
Will:
What do you love most about Maclay?
The community. I have some of the best colleagues around who can truly inspire their students to follow their passions and make a difference. My wife included.
What is your favorite part about having your sweetheart on campus with you?
Walking from the parking lot to class every morning. It is nice to have that moment of joking around with each other before the day actually begins.
What is your favorite memory with your sweetheart at Maclay?
For Valentine’s Day one year, the French club was selling valentine hearts with French messages written on them for a fundraiser. Emma bought like 10 of them and had them sent to my classroom as a surprise. To this day I still have them in my desk and put them up for decoration every February.
What brought you to Maclay?
Emma was working here first. The summer I graduated from FSU she frantically texted me saying the high school was desperate for a precalculus teacher. She assured me that it was a great place to work, and I would fit in well, and I have been here ever since.