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Additional Information |
| Adjunct Duties |
| To help promote the academic, social, emotional, behavioral, and mental health of the learning community @ OVHS and to do whatever is necessary to best serve the students and families in the community. |
| Awards |
| Teacher of the year 2003-2004. |
| Academic Background |
| B.A. @ University of San Diego; M.A. @ Pepperdine University;
PPS Credential @ California State University at San Bernardino |
| Family |
| I have a gorgeous wife named Tecla; two awesome sons named Robbie (8) and Matthew (6), a beautiful daughter named Katie (3) and a loyal chocolate lab named Hapa. |
| Why did you become a teacher? |
| I wanted to help give kids the opportunity to find the happiness and good fortune that I had growing up and still have as an adult. |
| Years teaching? |
| Began my career as a substitute teacher in 1990 here in the HBUHSD. Taught English in Japan for 1 year. Taught at the Adult School (in H.B.) for 3 years and taught in the Santa Ana Unified School District for 13 years. |
| Personal Comments/Quotes |
| "People are as happy as they make their minds up to be!" Abraham Lincoln
"The only person's behavior you can control is your own!" William Glasser |
| Interests & Hobbies |
| Spending time with my family. Traveling (mostly Maui where my wife grew up). Fishing, surfing (anything to do with the ocean), Landscaping (plants). |
| Most memorable moment |
| My wedding and witnessing the birth of my 3 kids! |
