Boston Day and Evening Academy

Craig Ruiter

 

Craig joined BDEA in 2006. Previously, he taught Physics and Math at Boston Latin Academy and Dorchester High School. He also worked in the Biotechnology field producing the Tetanus vaccine. Craig's partnership with Zoo New England, to create a project in which students made raptor boxes to house predatory birds such as owls and hawks, led to the school's eventual transformation of an abandoned lot into an organic garden. The boxes were installed in various parts of the city to cultivate birds that feed on vermin, as an alternative to using pesticides. After being awarded a grant from the Boston Fund for Teachers, he traveled to Indonesia during the summer of 2010 where he worked at the Marine Research Center studying coral reef ecology. He used this experience to develop a unit on reef ecology. Craig holds a B.S. in Biology and an M.Ed. both from the University of Massachusetts in Boston. Email