On the night of March 19th, Mr. Sacco,  AP U.S. History 1 and AP Macroeconomics teacher, let his volume get the best of him when he began grading DBQs. His screams caused seismic waves to ripple around the township from his home in the heart of Woodbridge..

The morning prior to the seismic activity, his students handed in their first essay of the semester. Mr. Sacco warned them of his intense and rambunctious yells he has when grading DBQs, but most took that as an exaggeration.

Junior Catherine Catipay lives less than a block away from the him and reports, “I was just at home doing some school work for precalc when the earthquake hit and knocked my books off my desk,” said Catipay.

She also allegedly heard a voice similar to Mr. Sacco’s in the breeze coming from her window. “During the earthquake, I heard a tiny voice say, ‘You’re killing me!’”

However, Catipay wasn’t the only one in the area at the time. Evan Chan, a senior, was driving in the vicinity when the earthquake struck. “My car almost tipped over,” he said. “I was just delivering for my job and, out of nowhere, everything started to move. I also heard a small, recognizable voice in the breeze saying ‘Oh, boy!’”

Sophomore Marcello Borrani, a student in Mr. Sacco’s AP U.S. History class, was studying at the library when books began flying off the shelves. “When I handed in my DBQ, he told us that if we hear a little breeze in the wind later today, it would be him grading,” he said. “I thought he was kidding, but I heard a tiny voice saying ‘Sokath, his eyes uncovered!’ during the earthquake.”

The following day, Mr. Sacco made an apology to all those affected on the loudspeaker after the morning announcements. “Good morning, students and faculty. As you may already know, I was the cause for the minor earthquake last night. I sincerely apologize to all those affected.”  

Since the day of the incident, Mr. Sacco has been taking volume management classes three times a week in order to appear more approachable and friendly towards his students.