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Mr. Ingersoll teaches 7th and 8th grade science
Mr. Ingersoll was recently featured in an article for the Lorain Morning Journal. You can read this article here, or watch a video by clicking on the play button below.
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What is your favorite thing about VCS? I enjoy working from home, the flexibility that our students have, and the fact that our students learn more about technology than they would in a traditional school, because we use it every day!!!
What do you want students to accomplish while they attend VCS? VCS gives students even more great opportunities than they would have in regular schools. I hope that each one of my students works hard to achieve his/her "personal best", and I try to do whatever I can to help them along the way!
What advice do you want to pass on to students? Don't procrastinate!!! (That means don't wait until the last minute to do stuff.) School work is so much easier when you don't get behind. Also, remember to ASK FOR HELP when you need it! That's what your teachers are here for, and we love to help our students. But, we aren't mind-readers! We don't know that you need our help if you don't tell us!!!
Favorites
Color: Blue
Food: Pizza (Deep-Dish Sausage and Mushroom, specifically... but any kind of pizza will do!!!)
Animal: Moose (Besides the VCS Wolf... Wolfie, you're still my favorite!!!)
Sport: Baseball & Kenpo Karate
Hobby/Interest: Aviation & Flying Airplanes
Season: Spring
Vacation Destination: Alaska & Northern Canada
School subject: Mathematics
Childhood memory: Being read my favorite bedstime story, "The Enormous Crocodile" (my mom did the voices perfectly!)
Anything else interesting that you want people to know? Besides working for VCS full-time, I am also a martial arts instructor part-time (I have a 3rd degree black-belt in Chinese Kenpo Karate). I also served in the U.S. Air Force, both active-duty and reserve, and am currently serving with the Civil Air Patrol, which operates an Air Force youth (cadet) program for kids ages 12-18.
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At VCS, we're always adding new, exciting programs and courses! Next year, high school students will be able to take Sociology. Sociology is a full-credit course that offers high-school appropriate content illustrating current theories and allowing students to discover the meaning behind behavior, as well as society's impact on the individual. Students will manipulate data and create models. Students will also work with case studies, current research in sociology as well as project-based activities to promote analysis and critical thinking skills. If you're interested in this course, speak with the guidance counselor when you schedule for next year.
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