Danny Rosvold (Mr. Roz) has been teaching History, Government and Economics at Northwestern High School for eight years and is an Advanced Professional Certificate Teacher. He has studied history and political economy with some of the most influential scholars of our time. He also brings to the classroom a lifetime of paying attention. He has pursued systematic studies of philosophy, religion, natural history, and musicology. He has worked as a steelworker, a truck driver, an ironworker, and a wide variety of other jobs from field hand to Transportation Manager. He has traveled the whole country and some of the world. Mr. Roz lives with his wife Barbara and two dogs, Frank and Ziggy at his home in the woods halfway up South Mountain in Frederick County. He has three grown children. He has developed and communicates a strong sense of place, having lived in the same place for 32 years. Mr. Roz is also a convinced Quaker, and has been an active proponent of peace and justice since 1967. Mr. Roz will be teaching everything he knows to the students at Independence in the classroom, on the streets of Baltimore, and on the road in the nearby countryside. He writes and orates poetry, sings old time music, walks the woods, has a deep and wide interest in Maryland in all its glory. He continues to learn something new everyday.