Class of 2027

Mr. Raymond Ott

Mr. Ott grew up in Northeast Philadelphia and is the son of all-world parents who always gave him menu choices at meal time:  take it or leave it!  Mr. Ott is a graduate of Our Lady of Calvary, Archbishop Ryan High School for Boys, and Chalfont Playground.  Mr. Ott attended Wilkes University where he studied English, Communications, Journalism and Education.  While at Wilkes, he was a member of the basketball team and an editor on the student newspaper.  He holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from Temple University, a Principal’s Certification, and a Superintendent’s Letter of Eligibility. 

Mr. Ott worked at Misericordia University as a public communications writer and as a coach in the athletic department.  He then taught English and served as a middle school and high school assistant principal in the Delaware Valley School District in Milford, PA before coming to Pennridge in July of 2002.  Mr. Ott has won several boogie boarding/body surfing competitions and is good at Quizno due to his knowledge of music, books, and movie trivia.

“No written word, no spoken plea, can teach our youth what they should be, nor all the books on the shelves, it is what the teachers are themselves.”

-John Wooden