Fall 1986-Spr. 1992 Jr/Sr. High School Band Director at Mt. Ayr School in Mt. Ayr, Iowa
Fall 1992-Spr. 1997 HS Band Director at Shenandoah Schools in Shenandoah, Iowa
Fall 1997-Spr. 2003 HS Band Director at Clarinda Schools in Clarinda, Iowa
Fall 2003-Spr. 2018 HS Band Director at Clarinda Schools in Clarinda, Iowa
Fall 2018- Lewis Central HS Assist. Band/8th Grade Band Director
Bachelors of Music Education: Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa
Masters of Music: University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
I love to play my trumpet and do fixer up projects at home. I collect toy farm machinery. But my favorite thing to do is hang out with my family.
My wife, Cindy, and I have been happily married for 29 years. She has been a band director, guidance councilor, and district leadership coach during her 34 years as an educator. She now works as a student teacher supervisor for Northwest Missouri State University.
Cindy and I have two sets of twins. We are empty nesters. But very proud of them.
Our daughter Katie and her husband Ike live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Katie is a music therapist at the Salt Lake City Children's Hospital. Ike works in for a sporting goods store in Salt Lake City. They enjoy music concerts and hiking.
Our son Kory Aldrich is a 7th Grade Math Teacher here at LCMS. He enjoys fishing and anything that involves baseball.
Our son Trent Aldrich is in the United States Air Force. He is part of a USAF Red Horse Civil Engineering Unit stationed in the Middle East. His hobbies are woodworking, watching college football, and fishing.
This is Holly our family pet. She's a boxer mix. Her hobbies are looking cute, chasing squirrels and playing with her chew toys.
Our son Troy is a journalism major at the University of Iowa. He also works for Spiral Moving Company. His Hobbies are disc golf, listening to music and attending concerts.