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Welcome to the 2024-2025 School Year!

I am excited for my first year at BOYCP, and 32nd year in education!  This year, I will be teaching Chemistry and Honors Chemistry.

About Me

I am a lifelong learner and continue to learn something new every day.  When I am not teaching I love to grill and be outside.  I have a passion for talking with strangers that stop and ask questions about the Urban Homestead that my wife and I have built at our home.  We grow most of our own food including honey from our bee hives and eggs from our chickens. I love traveling and have been to over 10 countries with my favorite being Croatia. This summer we traveled to Alaska! 

Education and Professional Experience

Bachelor of General Studies - Northern Illinois University

M.S. in Science Education - jIllinois Institute of Technology

I started teaching science in 1993, at Clissold Elementary in Morgan Park. After 9 years I taught science at Morgan Park High School for 3 years. I then taught Chemistry at a small school called New Millennium which is now part of Bowen (in South Chicago).  That's where I met Dr. Brekke, and I spent 5 years there before moving on to a year at Foreman, 2 years at Vanderpoel, 1 year at Charter School of the Dunes and 10 years at Thomas A Edison in Lake Station, Indiana.  This is my first year at BOYCP - can't wait to get started!