Mr. Eilmes
Dedicated to helping your child progress in wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
Please feel free to contact me by phone, or come in before or after school. My contact number at school is (509) 464-8351. My email address is eric.eilmes@rsdmail.org
About Me
I was born in the late 60's, in a small town about an hour and a half south of Spokane, WA and moved to Spokane soon after. At the age of three, my father, who was also a teacher, was offered a high school teaching position in the town of Palouse. When I was six, our family moved back to Spokane, where I have enjoyed living ever since.
After high school I attended Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) where I played on their "hall of fame" championship baseball team. Later on I was recruited to play baseball at Whitworth University in Spokane.
I graduated from Whitworth after double majoring in Business Management and Accounting. During my final year in college I also worked for Coopers & Lybrand, a "Big Six" accounting firm.
Surprisingly, I didn't enjoy sitting at a desk all day funneling through tax information, so I moved on and started my own contracting business. After a few years, I realized that I didn't want to stay in the business world until retirement.
So my path in teaching all began one nice, summer, morning, heading to Montana on a fishing trip with a friend of mine, who is a professor of educators. We were discussing our jobs and I told him that I was considering changing careers. I mentioned that in my early college days, I considered becoming a teacher. He encouraged me to consider entering his Masters in Teaching program. Being a Christian, I prayed about this career move, and felt it was a move in the right direction.
So in 1999, I received my Masters In Teaching degree from Whitworth University.
This was a very blessed decision. I'm experiencing the adage, "If you love what you do, you'll never have to work a day in your life!"
I'm happily married, and have a daughter who married in 2008. I also have two lovely granddaughters.
I enjoy fishing, hiking and biking, and get out to do them whenever the season permits!
Teaching Style
All of my students are treated equally. If you visit our classroom, you will see students enjoying their learning. Happy kids love to learn. My job as the teacher is to equip the students with the necessary knowledge through learning, then help them put this knowledge into useful daily practice. So you will see me introduce topics, ideas and content, then allow the children to explore with my continued support.
I hear and I forget
I see and I remember
I do and I understand