Dr. Paul B. Cyr-Mutty is an English teacher at Eaglebrook School. He currently teaches Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Form. Dr. Cyr-Mutty was born in Tennessee but spent most of his life in New England, mainly in Massachusetts and Maine. In high school, he attended Middlesex School, which he later cited as one of the reasons he considered teaching. The curriculum and the faculty at Middlesex continue to be among his influences in his pedagogy.
After Middlesex, he studied at Connecticut College, earning a bachelor’s degree in Education to become a certified teacher for public schools, and then studied at Wesleyan University for his Master’s degree. After college, Dr. Cyr-Mutty worked at Eagle Hill School, a school for the disabled, where he learned a great deal about teaching and further developed his passion for education. After that, he came to Eaglebrook and has been teaching here for 39 years. However, this is his final year teaching at Eaglebrook, as he will be retiring. We will miss Dr. Cyr-Mutty, and it will not be the same without him.
Dr. Cyr-Mutty says he really enjoys teaching middle school students, particularly because he loves seeing them explore their interests, like when something sparks inside them and pushes them to develop an unstoppable passion. Dr. Cyr-Mutty also says that he loves watching his students grow, whether it is finding their scholarly voice, improving their writing, or discovering their respective passions. One of his favorite moments on campus is seeing Eaglebrook alumni decades after their graduation, seeing how much they have grown, and how much of what they learned in his English class has impacted them.
Dr. Cyr-Mutty has been chosen as the Baccalaureate Speaker for the Class of 2026. He is planning to write his speech under a central theme, taking many notes to develop his ideas. Most importantly, he is looking for an image or a story to relate to his speech, and will be looking forward to making it visible and relatable to the Sixth Formers. Currently, he is still in the process of coming up with ideas, seeing what works and stays. Dr. Cyr-Mutty says that “he is extremely excited to unleash his words of wisdom on the Sixth Formers” as they finally go their separate ways.
