- The Pottsville Area High School hired two new teachers for the 2023-2024 school year. One of the two is Mr. Detrick Borden. Borden is a new history teacher here at PAHS and is located in room 006.
“He is dual certified in social studies and special education and we thought that would be very helpful to support our students,” Mrs. Hummel says. “His references during student teaching praised him highly. He came across as very genuine and positive in the interview.”
Borden attended Tamaqua Area High School and his favorite subject was history. He then went to Kutztown University to have a dual major in special education pre k-12 and social studies education 7-12. This is his first official teaching job. Previously, he was a substitute teacher.
PAHS is structurally different from the other schools he has taught at. “The school has this old school look that actually dates back to the depression,” Borden said. “Pottsville was my number one pick.”