Andrew Scott, longtime social studies teacher at PMHS, has died

By Greg Farrell • July 13, 2025

Andrew Scott, who taught social studies at Pelham Memorial High School for more than two decades, died on Friday, according to a memo from Pelham School Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ. He was 54.

“We are deeply saddened to share that Mr. Andrew Scott, our longtime and beloved Pelham Memorial High School Social Studies Teacher, passed away Friday following a long illness,” Champ wrote in an email to the Pelham school community. “Mr. Scott was a fixture in our high school for many years, having impacted a generation of students, families and colleagues. He will be remembered for his passion for his craft, dedication to students and incredible relationships that he shared with his colleagues.”

Scott joined the Pelham Public Schools in 2004, Champ wrote, following an eight-year stint at the Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Still River, Massachusetts. With a Master’s degree in History from C.W. Post College, he taught AP courses in U.S. History and Government, as well as a seminar on politics. Scott served as an advisor to the PMHS Military History Club and the Latin Club. He also advised the Youth-in-Action club, and served as a Teacher Mentor, according to Champ.

“His commitment to Pelham was deep, as was the impression he made on his students, parents and colleagues,” Champ wrote. “For the past several years, Mr. Scott also served as a member of the Pelham Regional Pipe Band, where he played the bagpipes. Throughout his teaching career, Mr. Scott received considerable praise from those whose lives he touched. He was lauded by parents for being a role model, inspiring their children and helping them discover their passions. In 2008, Mr. Scott was nominated by one of his former students for the University of Chicago Outstanding Teacher Award and was recently honored as the recipient of the annual PMHS Faculty Service Award presented by the Class of 2023.

“This is a difficult time for the Pelham Public Schools community, especially for our staff and students who knew him the best. Please join us in keeping Mr. Scott, his wife Bridget and their four children in your thoughts and prayers,” Champ wrote.

More information is available at the Edwin L. Bennett Funeral Home website.

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Greg Farrell, Executive Director

Greg Farrell became executive director of the Pelham Examiner in June 2025, following the retirement of Rich Zahradnik, who cofounded the Examiner in 2018 alongside 24 Pelham students. Farrell began his journalism career more than 40 years ago at the Swampscott Reporter, a Massachusetts weekly. He reported on town meetings, profiled residents and covered controversial development projects. He subsequently served as a bureau chief at Adweek magazine, a white-collar crime reporter at USA Today, a Wall Street correspondent at the Financial Times and a senior reporter at Bloomberg News. He wrote “Crash of the Titans,” a book about the collapse of Merrill Lynch and its sale to Bank of America during the financial crisis of 2008. He taught high school earlier in his career and currently teaches CCD to middle schoolers at St. Catharine’s. He and his wife Cathy Taylor moved to Pelham in 2000 and raised two children here.

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