Anthony Arno successfully bicycled across America as a college student with the support of Calvin Klein while drawing attention towards the plight of cancer patients.  

Anthony began his teaching career in Brooklyn and has received many awards and grants, including being named a 2003 Fulbright Memorial recipient to Japan, participating in an Earthwatch study of the spotted owl in the Sierra-Nevada, NASA’s Space Camp, and presenting at area conferences on STEM education.

In the 1990’s Arno used the schools only computer connected to the Internet to learn about historic Route 66 while his students bicycled 2000 miles aboard an exercise bicycle in the back of the classroom. During the year-long teaching journey students corresponded with people living and working along the famed highway, including Chicago Mayor Daley and the songwriter Bobby Troup, who wrote the famous tune for Nat King Cole in 1946.

Anthony has taught primarily 5th grade in New Jersey. During the pandemic, Anthony went back to school for certification in Technology Education (STEM). In addition to coaching Science Olympiad, Arno also taught summer enrichment classes, including Soda Bottle Rockets, Microwave Cooking, The Lindbergh Trial, and History of Magic in America. After becoming STEM certified, Arno has once again returned back to the classroom, teaching STEM classes in Pennsylvania, where he currently lives. Anthony also advises the school’s Morning Show on WDTV, as well as the video club.

Anthony has hosted a number of podcasts, including The New Teacher Podcast, The STEM Class Podcast, and The Route 66 Podcast.  Past guests have included

  • June Scobee Rogers, widow of Challenger Space Shuttle Commander Dick Scobee.  June talks candidly with Anthony about working with Teacher in Space Christa McAuliffe, and life after Challenger disaster
  • Miss America, Camille Shrier, who during the talent portion of the pageant conducted a STEM demonstration instead of a traditional dance, singing, or instrumental segment.
  • Dr. Frances Carter, who at the age of 97, tells of her time working as a real Rosie the Riveter in a Birmingham B-29 factory during the war years.
Challenger Shuttle Crew
Dr. Frances Carter
Camille Schrier, Miss America

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