I was saddened as I saw the email yesterday morning about Mr. Smith's passing. I chatted with him in 2007 at my 25 year reunion. We briefly discussed my doing some mentor talks or such as the school, and of course he asked what I was doing these days (he never stopped caring about his students). I thought about him occassionally--whenever discussing high school or when passing what used to be the Jumpers Cinema on Jumpers Hole Road, that they've torn down now (I still remember him letting my friend John Bolton and I in to watch movies for free). Like all of us with our busy lives, we want to stay in touch or reconnect, but we never make that moment happen. Mr. Smith will always be remembered as the teacher that didn't worry about teaching us what the text books said, but rather he tried teaching us about life. I always looked forward to his class. He connected with us, not as students, but as people soon going out into the world. He tried to his best to prepare us for that world. He was a true friend to all students. He was a great teacher. He was a great mentor. And he left a wonderfully indelible mark on many of us. He will be truly missed.