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The 2025-2026 school year will be my 19th in education. This year is my seventh year teaching at DeWitt High School. My wife is also a teacher in DeWitt Public Schools (Schavey Elementary). We are both Hope College graduates.

• Years Teaching: 19

• Education: BA History & Chemistry Education - Hope College (2007); Masters in Curriculum & Instruction - Western Governors University (2013)

• School Districts: 4 (Traverse City Christian, Holt, Dansville, & DeWitt)

Children: Isabelle (9th grade); Will (7th grade); Abe (2nd grade)

Favorite Historian(s): Eric Foner & Fred Johnson III

Hometown: Hemlock, MI 

Words to live by: "Be curious, not judgmental" 

Favorite Vacation Location: Washington D.C.