Mr. LaMear's ELA Class

I'm so glad to be teaching in my home state! I was born in Missouri but spent the majority of my life elsewhere, and I'm excited to be back for the 2017-2018 school year. After growing up in Tucson, Arizona and attending St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I moved out of the Southwest to Chicago to teach math. While there, I decided to change course and become an English teacher, and moved to Boston to pursue a Master's Degree in Education at Harvard University. Though we both loved our work, my wife and I felt restless on the east coast, and were excited to move to Missouri, where we love to bike, fish, and camp.