Paris Junior High

This is my fifth year teaching in Paris at Paris Junior High.

I will be teaching 8^th US History. My first year here I taught 7^th Texas History

I will be coaching 7^th grade football and track.

I am a retired teacher from Oklahoma. My 1^st year as a teacher was the 1990-91 school year. I taught for 3 years in Oklahoma City Schools, followed by 10 years at Hugo Middle School and 15 years at Hugo High School.

This is my 5^th year at Paris Junior High.

In the past I have taught Geography, Civics, US History, AP US History, Oklahoma History, Government, and Current Issues.

I have coached football, basketball, track, soccer, tennis, & powerlifting.

My wife is Sydney Carol Groat. We were married on November 23, 2004 in Miami, OK.

Between us we have 6 children, 3 boys and 3 girls ages 27-38. None of them live in Paris.

We have 15 grandchildren (ages 6-19) and 2 great-grandchildren (ages 3 & 5)

We currently have 5 dogs, 7 cats, 21 chickens and 4 beehives.

I have a large book collection and love to read. I try to read 1-3 hours per day.

I love to do research. I am on the Board of Directors for the Choctaw County Genealogical Society. We do ancestry research, Veterans research, and we photograph, catalog, and upload to three websites cemetery photos.

I am a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. One of my ancestors was an army scout in North Carolina during the American Revolution. He later moved to Boonesboro and was a trusted friend of Daniel Boone.

One of my grandfathers served in the US Army during World War 1. My father served in the Navy during World War 2.

I played on my college soccer team in the 1981 & 1982 seasons. I was team captain and was named to the all-district team in 1981.

I could sit and watch episodes of Jeopardy for hours at a time.

I like to travel. So far I’ve been to 42 US states, 2 Canadian Provinces, 1 state in Mexico & 2 islands of the Bahamas.

I also collect comic books & action figures.