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Folsom, CA 95630

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                        Mr. Burgess

8th grade P.E. teacher!

  Mr. Burgess hobbies are:

• Golf
• Work around the house
• Watch his favorite sports on TV, such as football, basketball, and golf

restaurant: Any restaurant with good food

music: Any kind of Christian music

sports team: College football- Nebraska & USC. College Basketball- UCLA

Dream car: working on getting one

Book: The Bible & Once a Eagle

Mr. Burgess childhood:

Mr. burgess was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana.  It was right down the street from the University Of Notre Dame. then his family moved to Burlington, Iowa, from Iowa to South Dakota, and lived on a cattle ranch. Soon after he moved back to Iowa and then to, Folsom, California.

        

Map of where Mr.. Burgess grew up

Mr. Burgess always wanted to be a professional athlete. When he was in middle school, he liked it because he to compete on the athletic teams. He also didn't like middle school because he was teased for his size.  He started college at American River Junior College and earned his AA there, from there went to Sac State for a semester, then went to work for seven years, and then went back to school to finish his college and get his Teaching Credential at Azusa Pacific University.

Mr. Burgess have three adult children, one girl and two boys. His daughter is 27 and his two sons are 25 and 20. He has no pets! None, zip, nada. He loves to travel with his wife to historical sites. It's something that they always do together.

Mr. Burgess knew that he wanted to teach P.E. since he was a senior in high school. He started to teach at Folsom high school and then at Mitchell JR. High, then to Folsom Middle the finally to Sutter Middle school. He has been teaching for 21 years. this year he is teaching 8th grade. He started teaching because it was his passion. His favorite memory about teaching is when several students came back and said he was a wonderful teacher. He says that if he could teach anything else it would be History, because he has taught it before.