ILWACO Scot Klohe comes to Ilwaco High School from Piner High School in Santa Rosa, Calif. and Washington State University. He will teach business English, American literature, pre-AP American literature, and AP English this year at IHS.

    My goals are to produce effective citizens, critical thinkers, lifelong learners, and college-level readers and writers, Klohe said. He graduated from high school in 1993 in the top 5 percent of his class, earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history with a minor in English in 2005 and his masters degree from WSU in secondary education in 2009. In 2012 he added a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, graduating cum laude from WSU on each occasion.

    Klohes hobbies include being an electronics enthusiast, playing poker, strategy games, movies and his favorite sports teams are the San Francisco 49ers, the Portland Trailblazers, and of course WSU Cougar football.

    He enjoys interdisciplinary research, using technology to improve student learning and performance, and using technology to improve teacher professional learning communication and performance. He has played football, baseball and golf.

    Im a big fan of constructivist educational philosophy and John Deweys Experience and Education. My key word to live by is smile, Klohe relates. I enjoy being a part of a small community where I can contribute positively I have fond memories of visiting Long Beach regularly for vacations when I was growing up. During my adolescence I lived less than 20 minutes from the northern California coast. I prefer to live by the ocean so this seems like home.

    Klohe is happily committed in a three year relationship and he plans to marry within the next two or three years. We have two spoiled cats that are currently on a diet. Both my partner and I have felt very warmly welcomed, he said.

    I am looking forward to meeting my new students and forming a community of learners that foster the growth of each student as an individual learner, Klohe concluded.