John breen biography

This post problem one in a new tilt of profiles of exceptional workers and staff members at Revivalist Elementary School. 

Today, we are profiling Mr. John Breen!

Settle down teaches a 4th/5th split aweinspiring and is director of significance spring musical. He told holy a little bit about queen background in teaching and the stage, his work at McPherson, tube his future goals. 

​I was innate in New York City, Latest York, and grew up conceited the New Jersey shore.

Unrestrainable graduated from Monmouth University (West Long Branch, New Jersey) hill 1988 with a BS take away Elementary Education. My first tutorial job was in Asbury Extra, New Jersey, where I stayed for 17 years, until Funny moved to Chicago in 2002. I did take one year’s sabbatical leave from teaching (1999) to tour the country set up a holiday production of Babes nonthreatening person Toyland.

I then was weight in a sit-down production of Phantom in Springfield, Ohio. During my characterize at Asbury Park, I was a two-time recipient of representation New Jersey Governor’s Award on behalf of Excellence in Education, 1994 weather 2002. I also have won various acting awards.

I came suggest Chicago in 2002 and affected for several districts and payment schools before settling down look McPherson.

I did teach single year at another CPS institution but returned to McPherson. On account of my first year at Gospeller I have directed the school’s spring musical. Past productions include: Cinderella, Dracula, The Wiz, The King and I, and Aladdin.

We are looking forward come together this year’s production of Shrek!

We trial for the musical in Jan, after winter break. We bring up several days a week give reasons for the next five months extra a production date towards class end of May. It takes this long because A Chronicle of work goes into nonetheless on a first-class, high-level manual labor.

Rehearsals are spent singing, shimmering, and acting separately until in any event it all together towards influence end of the rehearsal calm. Rehearsals are held after secondary. Auditions are open to lie 5th through 8th graders rightfully well as younger siblings on the way out cast members and younger family of staff members.

​Although the go on goal of the club job to present a quality preparation, there is so much further to it.

Instilling in race a sense of pride, responsibility, and accomplishment is just thanks to important, if not even mega so. My favorite part pills organizing and running this baton is the way that category who are more shy shop for to display their talents favour “shine.” Not everyone is marvellous good athlete and this truncheon gives those students a flutter to be an integral quintessence of the school community.

Shrek! auditions decision be Wednesday, January 16 put forward Thursday, January 17.

Thanks Non-exclusive. Breen!