VOTE 4
PAT WRY

Dedicated to the community

Pat is presently on the SHSD Board of Education for her second three-year term. She was the previous chair of Facilities and Operations and currently serves on the Curriculum and Student Services committees.

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Dedicated to serving others, she is a poll worker, a member of the Bernardsville Board of Health and US Selective Service, a communicant and lector at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, and a former Library Foundation member.

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The first woman in her family to attend college, Mrs. Wry earned a bachelor's degree in English from Rutgers College and a master's degree from the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. She spent 42 years teaching language arts, public speaking, and drama in New Jersey public schools. Additionally, she spent 28 years at Rutgers College as a part-time lecturer. In 2023, she retired. Due to her broad educational experience, she is an asset to the curriculum committee.

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Since 2004, Mrs. Wry and her husband, Paul, have lived on Anderson Hill Road. Paul drives an ambulance for the Bernardsville First Aid Squad. Their son Liam, a K–12 graduate of the district, is a combat medic in the US Army currently stationed in Cuba. 

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"As a child, I was taught to respect the value of education and guided by the admonition that, ‘From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.’ My community relationships have grown stronger as a result of my service to the SHSD, and my tenure on the Board has allowed me to maintain connections to education after retirement,” shared Mrs. Wry. “Building a prosperous citizenry requires high-quality public education, and I am grateful and proud to serve our community in my role as a member.”