Mary Troy

There are not many teachers that can make a sixth-grader like math, and Mary Troy was one of them, but now she's gone. She was 52.

From the MetroWest Daily:

"She fought a tough fight and went quickly from melanoma," said Mary McNamara, who worked with Troy. Kim Bedard expects it to be difficult for the students today." She died Friday evening," said Bedard. "I don't know if they all found out. Counselors will be available to support the children. It won't be easy."

Troy wanted the best of her students. When passing back a test, if a student didn't do well, Troy sang "Rip it Up," and the student could take the test over. Troy taught Jason Bedard this year, and like many of her students, he remembers the song and how she made class challenging and fun. "When she sang the song, she made the students do the paper over," said Bedard, a sixth-grader. "It was kind of funny and then everybody did it right the next day. She got the message across in a cool way. I really like math because of her."