Mr. Dermody

My Family – The Most Important Thing in My Life…

Megan – works for CHI Health and performs CT scans, native of Neola, Iowa, Tri-Center Grad, loves volleyball, movies, popcorn, dogs, photography and all things Hawkeye, among other things.

Easton – 11^th grade at LC, activities include basketball and baseball, works at Fox Fun golf course, he is a phone extraordinaire, loves his phone, The Office, Qdoba, is a good student – especially if he would prepare better for tests and is a quiet, giving person.

JC – 9^th grade at LC, activities include basketball and baseball, loves Duke Basketball, is also a phone extraordinaire, loves Fortnite, played on a baseball team that was ranked #1 in the country at one time, watches basketball videos on YouTube endlessly, is a good student but overthinks most things.

Before my career in education…

· Grew up in Neola, Iowa and graduated from Tri-Center High School in 1990.

· Played all sports in high school – basketball was my favorite sport. Played basketball briefly in college and continued to play baseball during the summers. My passion for baseball grow as I got older.

· Three biggest influences in my life outside my family were Mr. Ratigan, Coach Cochran, Coach Schelling and Mr. Nanninga.

· Was the youngest of five kids in my family – two older brothers and two older sisters

· Drove a 1986 Cutlass in high school – drove around town for hours at a time and always with one hand on the wheel and a slight lean to the right. Cool was cool.

· Struggled to figure out what I wanted to do – started out majoring in accounting and then political science. Bad choices – wasn’t for me. Knew I wanted to be around people, loved to write and wanted to coach – next thing I knew I was a Language Arts teacher and a coach.