About

John Zamojski rejoined The Park School in 2019 to teach physics, engineering, and middle school physical science.  He previously taught chemistry in the Upper School and coached cross country from 2014-2016 and served as the school’s STEAM Coordinator during the 2015-2016 school year.  He currently teaches physical science in the Middle School and physics and engineering in the Upper School.

John earned his Bachelor of the Arts in Adolescence Education with a concentration in chemistry from Canisius College in Buffalo, NY and his Master of Science in Education from SUNY Buffalo State.  He has New York State professional teaching certifications in Chemistry, Physics, and General Science.  Since 2014 John has been a member of the American Modeling Teachers Association (AMTA) and uses the organization’s curricula for teaching physics.  He is also a member of Western New York Physics Teachers Association (WNYPTA), which is sponsored by the physics department at SUNY Buffalo State and the Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS).

Incorporating engineering and technology into his students’ academic experience has been central to his teaching.  Since 2014 he has been incorporating data entry and analysis using Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel in his science classes.  During the 2015-2016 school year he and now-retired Park School art teacher Dave O’Malley started an engineering club for Upper School students and with the help of Park alumnus and parent and professionally certified engineer Collin Cook ‘93 had students participate in the Kenneth T. Rybarczyk Memorial Model Bridge Contest hosted by the Western New York Association of Bridge Construction and Design (WNY ABCD).  During the 2019-2020 school year he had his eighth-grade physical science students prepare for and compete in this balsa wood bridge contest with the help of Collin Cook ’93 again as part of their unit on forces and motion.  Also, during that same school year, he was the assistant coach for Park’s inaugural FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Upper School Robotics team, which built a 30-pound robot, competed in a regional qualifier in Sauquoit, NY, and finished in 12th place out of 28 teams.  In the summer of 2020, he completed two coding courses from Dr. Chris Orban from The Ohio State State University that focused incorporating p5.js (Javascript) coding activities into high school physics and engineering courses.

In between his two stints at The Park School of Buffalo John worked at North Tonawanda High School from 2016-2018 and taught Regents physics for the students of the Academy of Engineering and Architecture (AOEA) and Regents chemistry.  He was a member of the AOEA Board, which selected students to be admitted into this academic academy within the high school and organized professional experiences and social activities for students in the academy.  He was also co-coach of North Tonawanda’s two Science Olympiad teams, which competed annually in a 25-event competition that involved content tests, laboratory practicals, and engineering challenges.  While at North Tonawanda High School, John also created a chemistry laboratory program on his YouTube channel ZamJ713 that allowed students to access and execute the in-person laboratory requirement at their own pace.  Many of the videos in this lab program still get hundreds of views each year from students and teachers around the country.

Since 2010 John has been involved as a staff member or as a volunteer with the Double H Ranch, a summer camp in the SeriousFun network located in the Adirondacks in Lake Luzerne, New York and co-founded by the late actor Paul Newman for children with terminal and life-threatening illnesses.  The camp has left such a mark on John that he loves going back to volunteer as a cabin counselor every summer and as a family pal for adaptive ski weekends whenever possible.