Veteran Truman Teacher Retiring
As part of his final year, Lou Volpe's students will be performing "Gruesome Playground Injuries" Thursday and Friday.
Harry S. Truman High School drama teacher Lou Volpe has seen a lot of changes since he started as an English teacher at the school when he was 21 in 1969; one thing he says that has not changed is the kids. “Kids will be kids,” he said Tuesday. Around him students set up the auditorium for Thursday and Friday’s performances of "Gruesome Playground Injuries." The performances are some of the last Volpe will be overseeing, as he is set to retire in June. The 44-year educator, who grew up in Philadelphia, has made Truman’s theater program one of the most respected in the nation. His career has been marked by a series of firsts. In 2002, Volpe and his students were tasked with staging “Les Misérables.” It was the first time the play had ever …
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Denise
11:05 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Lou Volpe is an amazing person that inspired the lives of so many students. He gave us an opportunity to shine from within and even showed us how to laugh at ourselves. I owe some of my fondest high school memories to Mr.Volpe. I know I'm fortunate to have learned from him and to have been affected by his creative spirit. I hope he realizes how influential his work at Truman has been. What an … more ›