Subjects:
English I (9th grade)
English III (11th grade)
Yearbook Advisor
B.G.S. in English, University of Kansas - 2005
Alternate Route to Licensure, Emporia State University - 2010
A Bit About Me:
I graduated from Houston High School in Memphis, Tennessee in 2001, came back home to Kansas and became an avid Jayhawk. I graduated from the University of Kansas with my bachelors in English in 2005, trekked up to Fairbanks, Alaska with my wife and new baby that summer, and attended the University of Alaska at Fairbanks as a graduate teacher in composition and a full time student of creative writing. Family misfortunes brought us back home to Kansas early and after half a semester in KU’s writing program I had to withdraw to work full time so I could help raise my family. Currently I am a student of Emporia State University. I am working to earn my Restricted License, a path to full licensure for folks like me who realized, too late, that they should have gotten that degree in education in the first place. I have one more course to complete before I can receive my initial license, which I expect to complete before Christmas, barring apocalyptic disaster.
My wife, Debi, and I now have four children. Breck is five and has just started kindergarten. He is fast becoming a superhero aficionado. Emilynn is three, and loves to draw, mostly on walls and furniture. Liam is one and likes attention for its own sake (and putting things into the toilet). Juliette is our newest addition, born on May first of this year. She is quiet and contented, and so my favorite by default (but don't tell the others). Our plan is to have one child for every household chore. Right now we have one for the lawn mowing, one for dishes, one for sweeping/mopping, and one who can take care of the laundry. Now all we need is a child to dust and do light cooking and we will have fulfilled our lifelong dream of free housekeeping.
More brain pickins from an interview for the paper:
Daily Schedule (Semester 1):
| Subject / Time | Subject / Time |
| ENGL I - 8:15-9:40 (1A) | ENGL III - 8:15-9:40 (1B) |
| PLAN - 9:50-11:15 (2A) | PLAN - 9:50-11:15 (2B) |
| ENGL I - 11:20-1:10 (3A) | ENGL III - 11:20-1:10 (3B) |
| ENGL I - 1:15-2:40 (4A) | ENGL III - 1:15-2:40 (4B) |
| Yearbook - 2:45-3:25 (seminar) | Yearbook - 2:45-3:25 (seminar) |
 EMAIL:[email protected] |
Important Links
- Classroom Blog
- Keys to Academic Success
- Classroom Policies
- English I Syllabus
- English III Syllabus
- Access the ONLINE TEXTBOOK!
- Farnen's Recommended Reading
- College Bound Reader's List
- Morrill Library Webpage
- Young Adult Facebook Page (Morrill Public Library)
Plus some of my favorites:
|
|
|
|
|
|---|