Mr.+Davis'+Personal+Statement

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Hello my name is John W. Davis, Jr. was born to John and Peggy Davis in November of 1965. In 1970 my parents my brothers and I moved from Indiana to Barrow, Alaska. My parents were teachers in Barrow for 18 years. I am the oldest of 4 children. I have two brothers and one sister. In high school I enjoy playing the saxophone, wood shop classes, cross country running, wrestling, student council, yearbook, National Honor Society, and Basketball. As a sophomore in High School I was elected Student Council President. I was the Prom King my Senior year. That was fun! I graduated from Barrow High School in 1984, as salutatorian. I attended Harding University, a small Christian University in Arkansas, beginning in the Fall of 1984. My parents attending Harding University and met there. My grandmother and several of my great aunts attended there as well. I graduated with a BA degree in General Science in May of 1989. The same month I graduated from Harding University I married Jennifer Audrey Degnan of Unalakleet. We have now been married over 20 years. I taught science in Arkansas, for just over a year. After Jennifer graduated from Harding University with a Elementary Teaching Degree we returned to Alaska to teach. I taught in the Bering Strait School District for 13 years and the Anchorage School District for 4 years. I am currently teaching Science, Math and Computers at Mt. Edgecumbe High School. This is my 20th year of teaching, and this is my second year to teach here. I received my Masters in School Administration from the University of Alaska Anchorage in May of 2009. Jennifer and I now have 4 children; John 15, Joy 13, Joanna 11 and Jessica is 9 years old. I enjoy listening to music and managing my iTunes account. I enjoy taking digital photographs with my Canon 40D Digital SLR camera. I mostly shoot actions shots and now and then nature and portrait photography.I enjoy fixing motors and vehicles. I have built and improved several buildings. This past summer I helped put a new roof on my in-laws home in Unalakleet. I enjoy cooking over the holidays. My cooking jobs are to make the mashed potatoes and the traditional “Jeff Davis Pie." I have been a commercial salmon and herring fisherman for 3 seasons. Two seasons were in the Norton Sound, out in Western Alaska, and one was in the Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska. I worked in small crews usually just two to three people. I am a private airplane pilot and am currently a member of Civil Air Patrol. I am working toward becoming a pilot for the local Squadron. I have been a runner since 8th grade. I ran cross country and track in High school. I ran on my own to stay in shape during my college years. I have coached Cross Country Running for 12 years in the Bering Strait School District. I have also coached wrestling for 13 years. I enjoy getting out in the country. I enjoy snowmobiling in the winter and hiking in the summer.