Welcome to the 2024-25 school year! Let's start with the academics, seventh grade will pick up with the Fall of Rome, go through the Middle Ages in China, Japan, Africa, and Europe, then finish with the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, and the Age of Exploration.
Now a little about me...I have been teaching since 1998 in the Social Studies and Health Education fields. My experience has been with all grades seventh through twelfth. I currently hold a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Florida with many credits in several different disciplines. I am originally from Key West, Florida, and moved to Chattanooga with my wife, Jennifer, in 2006. We have one daughter, Stella, entering 9th grade this year at CCA. My family and I have a deep love for travel and I have been to 17 different countries. In 2012, I was awarded a Fund For Teachers Fellowship, which paid for me to travel to France and the Netherlands to research Human-Environment Interaction throughout history. That knowledge has become an important part of my teaching in the years since. I am also the sponsor for #NPMMTravels. In 2018, I took 12 students to Paris, Avignon, and Barcelona. In 2019, I led a group of 24 to Munich, Germany, Innsbruck, Austria, and Lucerne, Switzerland. The trips have been amazing and I truly feel that international travel changed the lives of the students who went with me. Our 2020 and 2021 trips were cancelled due to the pandemic. We resumed travel in 2022 with a trip to Berlin, Prague, and Munich. In 2023 we spent spring break traveling to Paris and Madrid. 2024 was a whirlwind tour of Greece. During Spring break of this year we are planning to spend a week in traveling through Amsterdam, the Rhine Valley, and Lucerne, Switzerland! If you have any interest in your child (and you?) participating in these adventures, please contact me at [email protected]. I am also a coach, coaching volleyball for over 25 years at every level from middle school through the collegiate level. Currently I am starting my 4th year as the rock climbing coach. I am looking forward to my 16th year at Normal Park and all of the fun adventures the seventh grade has planned!