About Mr. Knapp

I was born and raised here in Eastern Oregon and graduated from Ontario High School in 1997.  My parents Randy and Shelley are retired Kaleidoscope artists and my younger brother, Joe, and his family are serving as missionaries in Ecuador.  

I attended Southwestern Oregon Community College before transferring to Western Oregon University where I earned my Bachelors in Education.  I taught 7th grade science at Ontario Middle School for seven years and earned my Masters Degree from Walden University before taking an educational consulting job with a company based out of Indiana.  After one year, I was ready to be back in the classroom and took a job teaching 3rd and 4th grade at Willowcreek Elementary.  I completed courses through Lewis and Clark  School of Education and Counseling to earn an Initial Administrative License, and have been teaching at Vale Middle School for a number of years. I taught 6th grade at Vale Elementary School during the 20/21 school year and am happy to be back at VMS once again teaching CTE.  I have a deep passion for helping students learn about and explore various career opportunities, and really enjoy helping them begin to develop plans for the transition to VHS, and the life that is waiting for them after. 

Outside of teaching, I enjoy spending time with my wife and family, traveling, coaching and participating in various athletic events, hunting and fishing, and pretty much anything that has to do with outdoor recreation. I love being in my garden.  We have a little piece of land outside of town where I enjoy raising rabbits, chickens, and as much food as I can grow in my garden.  We also have a few farm cats, who always seem to have kittens.