Daniel and his wife, Marissa, welcomed Luke Richard Weller to the family on 12 June 2014. He weighed seven pounds and fourteen ounces, and measured twenty inches long. Everyone is healthy and doing fine. Congratulations to the family!

Daniel comes to us from across the river where he has been teaching science and health at Montclair Kimberley Academy for the last eight years. He recently completed his MA in Teaching degree at Montclair State University and was inducted into the national academic honorary society, Alpha Epsilon Lambda, for his achievement and leadership. In 2010, Daniel completed a life dream to become an eclipse chaser, as the recipient of a PAMKA Faculty Trust Grant to study total solar eclipses in Tahiti, French Polynesia. In the future, he plans to complete two more dreams by taking a weightless flight and by traveling to the Arctic Circle to see the aurora borealis, or “northern lights.”

Daniel has coached football, wrestling, shot put, javelin, and discus for years, and continues to train in grappling to this day. He is an avid reader in his spare time, especially in the genres of historical fiction and fantasy. His other interests include martial arts, movies, weight lifting, and cooking.