About Mr. Henry

Hello Dana Families

Originally a Northern California Bay Area native, I made San Diego my permanent home when I attended UCSD. I majored in Psychology and minored in Science, as well as completing three years of an electrical engineering major.  I am proud to be a teacher and grateful to work with the most dedicated professionals and fun people who are also crazy enough to do this for a living.  

In 2004 I began my teaching career and have been with San Diego Unified ever since. I am credentialed in  Science Single Subject, K-6 Multiple Subjects, Industrial and Technical Education, and I earned a Master's in Education. I taught 2nd, 4th, and 5th grades, then I moved up to middle school.  I discovered my niche was with this age range, and I taught 6-8th graders over the past 13 years.  Now I am back at Dana again to teach 5th and 6th-grade science!

The bottom line is that I love to teach science and technology. These are subjects through which I view the world with passion, wonder, and clarity.  My goal is to feed the students' curiosity and teach them to explore through inquiry. Hands on, minds on.  I want to get them to make connections, create solutions, and to try and take risks.  Lack of failure, to some extent in our activities, is a lack of genuine learning opportunities.