Meet Mr. Carlton-3rd Grade Teacher

Mr. Carlton with two silly students

When Eddy and I were first married, he was trying to decide what career he wanted to go into and what to major in for college. His two interests were teaching or police officer.  I was really against him becoming police officer because we lived in not a very nice neighborhood in the Phoenix Metro area and I thought it was way to dangerous. So that left teaching. He got his degree in Elementary Education at Arizona State University and got his first job right out of college just after Declan was born. His first year teaching he taught 5th grade and it was a really stressful one as he adjusted to life as a full-time teacher.

When Eddy and I were dating, he worked as a driver for super shuttle ferrying people to and from the Sky harbor airport in Phoenix.  With his driving experience he decided he wanted to get his CDL so he could be a school bus driver which would work better with taking college classes.  He still has kept up his CDL and still drives the bus when they are short bus drivers.  He also drives to all the third grade field trips to save the third grade money since they don't have to pay him.

Eddy as Bus Driver to a Mesa, Az museum (3 hours each way!) 

and he still functions as a teacher between driving

In his class with a student flashing ASU sign and he loves Rubik's Cube

One of his favorite birthday traditions that he is well known for is smashing a cupcake in the birthday persons face.  The parents usually make extra just for that purpose and if you don't want a smashed cupcake face you just don't bring cupcakes. Suprisingly, most do and they love it.

He finally has a student with the same birthday and 

so he gets a cupcake in the face too!

Special effect pic with Cupcake face

Mr.Carlton has been teaching for ten years (nine in 3rd grade) and is a really fun teacher.  He enjoys the aha moments when students get what he is teaching them. He also serves as the tech guy for the other teachers helping them with equipment and computer programs.  He is such a natural teacher!