Deborah Springhorn

Deb Springhorn is a retired History/English teacher. The bulk of her 40 year teacher career has been in the Upper Valley, first at Lebanon High School and then at KUA. In the spring of 2013, Deb was awarded the Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical sponsored by the NH Charitable Foundation. During the year she wrote an interdisciplinary contemporary history course titled "Global Issues Since the Fall of the Wall," which she taught at both LHS & KUA.

Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice (Spring Term 2025)

Participant Testimonials:

Deb clearly knew the play inside out from teaching it for so many years. Her knowledge, enthusiasm, and openness to our views and reactions made for a rich learning environment. We discovered something new about the text each week.

My experience of reading Shakespeare is minimal, at best, and I was a bit leery of taking this class. It was a great class. Amazing discussions, insight from all involved. Deb made the class very low key, and provided excellent issues/questions for discussion.

The reading aloud of the play--one Act per class meeting--allowed everyone to participate and to look more deeply into passages & scenes that troubled, confused or delighted us. I enjoyed how reading the play together helped me catch things I missed reading it on my own