Before you begin the Class Overview, I wanted to share a little about myself with you.

 

I have been in my position here at FRMS since the 2000-2001 school year and loving every minute of it. Besides teaching and exploring the world of Physical Science with my students, I am also one of the coaches for our the Middle School Science Olympiad team. Our team has advanced to the State level competition every year since I have been a coach constantly falling into the top 15 schools of the state with our best finish coming in 2016 &2017 with back to back 5th places.

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I have also been the sponsor of the Middle School Ski and Board Club since the 2003-2004 school year, the president of the $500 Joseph C. Leftwich Memorial Middle School Scholarship Fund (It is available to 8th graders – If interested, check out the website above), I am the current board president of the Franklin Schools Federal Credit Union, I have coached several of my daughters soccer teams and boys baseball teams, I am an active member of Mt. Hope Presbyterian Community Church in Penn Hills (currently an active session member), I have also been the manager of the Mt. Hope softball team since 2011 (and have been playing on the team since 1991), and as a true Pittsburgh sports fan my favorite teams wear Black & Gold!

 

 I am a 1994 Penn Hills Graduate and earned my Bachelor degree from IUP double majoring in Earth & Space Science Education and General Secondary Science Education. I have been happily married to my wife Heather since 2001 and have three amazing kids that keep me busy. Mario and Lexi are both current students in the Plum Borough School District (12th grade, and 9th grade) and my oldest son, Giustino, is starting his Sophomore  year at Penn State - Main Campus! 

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Besides teaching and all the other things that I have listed above, I enjoy exploring the world around us with my family. There are so many amazing places in this world, and my hope is to experience as many of them as possible.