Welcome to Science!

I have been with St. Thomas More for 3 years now and really enjoy my work. It all started with an invitation from 3-B to do a Halloween presentation with my snakes and spider collection. That was 3 years ago! A small presentation turned into a 2 year Teaching Assistant position where I learned what it was like to teach a class of precocious 8 and 9 year olds about Science. Recently, I took over the Science Lab at the lower school from Aerin Benavides who returned to school to pursue her Master’s Degree.
I grew up in rural Florida around horses and chickens and other exotic pets. I started collecting snakes when I was 8 years old. That passion for wild things led me to pursue the Biological sciences in college. Some of my early inspirations were from watching Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom on Sunday nights, not to mention National Geographic and The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. Later my enthusiasm would be mirrored by the late Steve Erwin, ("Crikey!") and the equally enthusiastic Jeff Corwin, ("Look at this, look at this, look at this!").
 
I can’t say that I ever have a bad day at school as long as there are kids that continue to wonder at the marvels of the creatures that we share this planet with and they ask, “Mr. Steve, why do….?” It’s always a surprise.
 
 
 
Mr. Steve