Middle School Teachers

Jeff Magnuson   Language Arts
6th Grade Home Room
 
Childhood Ambition
  To play professional basketball and be a great novelist
     
Favorite Place
  Jerusalem, Israel
     
Passions
  Community; clear, concise communication; and alliteration
     
Phobia
  High places and chaos
     
Favorite Book
  James Joyce's Ulysses
     
Favorite Music
  My favorite musician is Bob Dylan; I also love jazz, and my recent favorites are the drummer Jack DeJohnette and the saxophonist Joshua Redman; in the classical genre I am continually amazed and invigorated by the music of Bach.
     
Birthplace
  Fort Knox, Kentucky
     
     

  Rachel Ogard   Science & Computer
7th Grade Home Room
Childhood Ambition
  To be a teacher
   
Favorite Place
Little Boy Lake
   
Passion
Recycling!
   
Phobia
 
   
Favorite Book
Amazing Grace
   
Favorite Music
Bluegrass
   
Birthplace
Oregon City, Oregon
   
   

Jien Lindholm   Math & Social Studies
8th Grade Home Room
 
Childhood Ambition
  To be an archaeologist
     
Favorite Place
  Grand Marias, MN
     
Passion
  Christmas
     
Phobia
  I am afraid of nothing
     
Favorite Book
  The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
     
Favorite Music
  Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Areosmith
     
Birthplace
  Minneapolis, Minnesota
     
     

  Dan Ruble   Religion
Childhood Ambition
  To be a baseball player/policeman
   
Favorite Place
Parker Pond, Maine
   
Passions
Reading and home projects
   
Phobia
Solo canoe, big water, big wind
   
Favorite Book
Stars in Their Courses by Shelby Foote
   
Favorite Music
Gordon Lightfoot, Robert Schumann's Symphony #1
   
Birthplace
Fort Wayne, Indiana