Mr. Mulvehill is the most inquisitive teacher at LHS. With a teaching history of 31 years, Mulvehill is nothing short of an icon. Even after all these years, his excitement for teaching has never died.

B114 Is filled with the joy and enthusiasm Mr. Mulvehill possesses, and radiates into his students. Although his homework can seem tough and daunting to incoming students, the class in itself is very enjoyable—because of Mulvehill’s exciting personality. From dropping books to throwing baseballs, you can never expect what will happen next.

Before LHS

Underneath all of Mr. Mulvehill’s iconicness, is a New York City boy. If you’ve paid attention during his class, you will know that Mr. Mulvehill grew up in NYC. What you might not know is that he also went to multiple New York colleges: Binghamton University, Cortland College, and Queen’s College. He also taught for seven years on Long Island, teaching the same thing he does here: ninth and tenth grade world history and honors world history.

But what would Mulveill be doing if he wasn’t a teacher? This was a tough question, his first response was “I don’t know because I’ve been doing this for so long and so when I started what I might have wanted to have done is different than I might want to do now.” But, as many of us know, he loves pizza, which can be seen in his answer. If Mr. Mulvehill followed a different career path; he would probably be doing something with food. Whether that be in a restaurant or bakery, that is unknown.

I had to pose the question: What is your favorite type of pizza? What he likes to do at a place he’s never tried before, is go basic—plain cheese. If it’s a place he likes, his favorite combo is sausage and onions.

At LHS

Mr. Mulvehill has taught at LHS for 24 years and loves what he teaches with an amazing passion. His all time favorite lesson to teach is the Renaissance and the  Enlightenment, but he really enjoys starting a new lesson: “I like whenever I start to teach a new lesson, even though I’ve taught them for all those years, that’s what I get excited about.” The Enlightenment is his favorite era because he loves talking about political philosophy, and his love for it is apparent in his answer to the question “who is the most valuable humanist?”

For those who don’t know, the most valuable humanist project is something each student participates in by choosing a humanist and debating why who they picked is the most valuable. The winner gets the esteemed prize of having their name displayed on his wall on the winner list.

After lots of thought, Mulvehill’s most valuable humanist is John Locke, precisely for his argument about The Social Contract. He emphasized, “Not everything about John Locke, but his argument about the social contract. I think it is really important”

Mr. Mulvehill is very passionate about what he teaches, and works hard to make sure his students understand. He never doubts his students and pushes them to do their best.

When asked about her experience with Mulvehill, sophomore Vivian Lonczak, a former student, recalls “he’s very passionate about the material and his teaching really reflects that. I felt like I learned how to search for deeper understanding in that class.”

Freshman Aroush Atif has also had a wonderful experience with Mr. Mulvehill. She states “His work is hard and the quizzes are a lot, but he explains things really well and he is a great person. I hope that everyone can have Mr. Mulvehill once in their life.”

Mulvehill does sometimes get a bad reputation for the work he gives, but beneath the work is a teacher who puts their all into class.

After LHS

With plans for retirement in the near future, I was curious about what Mr. Mulvehill plans on doing. He wants to stay busy and will definitely keep working. Where he’ll work will probably be a place with food, like a coffee shop, pizzeria, or bakery. He wants to “talk to people, deal with food, but at the same time, when I’m done, I’m done”

He’ll also fill his time with lots of reading and traveling. Mulvehill loves traveling in his free time and especially loves to visit Ireland and London.