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Henrico's Top Teachers - Joshua Aldrich, Deep Run High School, physical education and driver's education

As a student himself, Joshua Aldrich had so many stand-out teachers and coaches that he says it would be impossible to name them all. But he has no trouble naming his primary inspiration to become a teacher: Father Brennan Eagan. "Forty years ago," Aldrich says, "I watched Father Brennan inspire people to do the right thing and to choose paths wisely by making good choices." From then on, Aldrich could not imagine anything he wanted more than to become a role model like Father Brennan, and to inspire that same love of learning in youth. Today, Father Brennan's belief that...

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