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Chris Embry Mohr

Olympia High School7832 N 100 East RoadStanford, IL 61774309-379-5911 x9334chrisembry.mohr@olympia.org

Chris Embry Mohr is a high school science and agriculture teacher at Olympia High School (OHS) in rural Stanford, Illinois. She has been a classroom teacher for 30 years, teaching a variety of classes including Agricultural Science, Biology, Advanced Placement Biology, STEM Research & Design, Environmental Science, and Biological Science Applications in Agriculture. She has also taught introduction to the agriculture industry, agriculture science, agribusiness management, welding, small engines, horticulture science, and physical science.
Mrs. Mohr has a true passion for curriculum development and works hard to ensure that students learn. Over the past three decades, she has served on numerous state and national education committees/projects focusing on curriculum development and assessment, supervised the building of a large greenhouse/learning laboratory, written and been awarded dozens of grants, co-authored a high school livestock science textbook, supervised seven student teachers, and taught workshops throughout the United States. She was a member of the Next Generation Science Standards Life Science Writing Team from 2010-2013 and continues to work on various curriculum and assessment projects at the national level.
Her proudest accomplishments as a teacher include having several past students become teachers, seeing her FFA chapter earn many gold stars for their program of activities and other awards, having numerous State and American FFA degree recipients, and the satisfaction of knowing that students have learned something about not only science, but life.
Mrs. Mohr has also served her community as a youth group leader for the community junior high and high school youth groups and has taken youth on mission trips. She also served as a leader for her children’s 4-H club and helped run the county beef show.
Mrs. Mohr earned a B.S. in Animal Science and Agricultural Education and a M.S. in Agricultural Education from the University of Illinois.
She lives with her husband and three children on a livestock farm near Carlock, Illinois.

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