--- title: St. Luke's School Blog | Joshua Schneider, Upper School Science Teacher description: Joshua Schneider is an Upper School Science Teacher at St. Luke's School, teaching Physics, Advanced Physics, and Geoscience. He brings more than twenty years of experience to the classroom and is in his fourth year of teaching at St. Luke's. 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He brings more than twenty years of experience to the classroom and is in his fourth year of teaching at St. Luke's. 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