"When I graduated from Delphi there was never any doubt in my mind that the decision to study there was the best one I had ever made. And I still feel that way. I had a great foundation in terms of my education and had truly gained the ability to educate myself for the rest of my life," recounts Jem Schofield, 1990 graduate of The Delphian School.

Using his combined aptitude for art, business and technology, Jem launched a website development business focused on branding solutions. Ten years later, it has become a full-service creative company focusing on a wide range of multimedia solutions. In addition to doing graphic and web design, Jem's company now produces and edits videos, designs and authors DVDs, and provides motion graphics for film trailers. Among his current clients are Apple® Computer and Rutgers University.

In addition to this, Jem has become a teacher of sorts. Specifically, he became trained and certified with Apple to teach classes on several of their professional video production and post-production applications. As an Apple Master Trainer, he not only teaches end users how to use these programs, but also teaches others to become Apple Certified Trainers. Going a step further, he is writing a book for a major computer book publisher on one of Apple's multimedia applications.

Jem feels his fondness for teaching traces back to a project he did while a student at Delphi. When he was sixteen, Jem taught English-as-a-Second Language during a summer school program in Oregon. He found that he really loved teaching, and that the experience planted the seed for a life-long desire to teach and help others. "A lot of people don't put real importance on education, and it's probably one of the biggest faults of our society," he says. "Education really lays the groundwork for a person to be able to do what he or she really wants in life—and that's what Delphi gave me."