Mr. Conger-Kallas is originally from Asheville, NC and enjoys living in the mountains. He graduated as an NC Teaching Fellow and has worked with BCS public schools & districts across the state and country as well as participating in educational study abroad in Hamburg, Germany.

Teaching Latin & ELA is a lifelong dream and goal. Carpe diem, pro humanitate!

About Classes:

I teach classes such as Latin I-II, III/IV Honors, English 1, English 3, Mythology Honors and sponsor JCL Latin, Chess, & Mythology Clubs plus meetings & convention trips at A.C. Reynolds High School.

Courses involve daily engaging activities aligned with NC Standards as well as multicultural, interdisciplinary and hands-on project based learning, presentations and novellas to help everyone succeed and create.

We use Google Classroom and Drive for lessons and resources.

Mythology Honors Recommended Summer Reading

• Mythology, Edith Hamilton

• Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman

• Metamorphoses, Ovid (excerpts)

• Homeric Epics (The Iliad +The Odyssey) or Vergil's Aeneid

• Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology, Arthur Cotterell

• Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming (online)

Optional Extra Credit Books List

Education:

Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Secondary Social Studies Education, k-12 Specialties

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

History, Classics & Education Minors

Licensure & Certifications:

• 9-12 Social Studies

• 9-12 English Language Arts

• 9-12 Latin

• Certificates of National Service (AmeriCorps)