Friday, January 19, 2007

Friday Spotlight on Mr. Napoleon




Mark Napoleon

Assistant Principal

Woodbury Jr.-Sr. High School




•Name:
Mark Napoleon

• College(s) and degrees(s):
Bachelor’s Degree – Glassboro State College
Master’s Degree – Student Personnel Services – Rowan University
Master’s Degree – School Leadership – Wilmington College

• Work experience:
Social Studies Teacher – St. James High School
Social Studies Teacher – Sterling High School
Guidance Counselor – Woodbury High School

• Favorite books
o fiction: Of Mice and Men
o nonfiction: A Coach’s Life, by Dean Smith

• Favorite television show:
Anything on the Discovery Channel

• Last movie I loved:
Invincible

• Music CD that I have almost worn out from repeated playing:
All my Tony Bennett CDs

• Person (living or not) that I’d like to have lunch with:
Ben Franklin

• Visiting this place makes me peaceful:
Sea Isle City, NJ

• One item on my “to do” list that I can’t seem to get to:
Clean my car

• Favorite animal (domestic or wild):
Gold fish

• Favorite sports team:

EAGLES

• Destination of my fantasy vacation trip:
Venice, Rome and Tuscany

• Details about the teacher I will never forget who inspired me to enter the profession:
I had a high school social studies teacher and basketball coach who connected with me early in high school. I was amazed how he could make history so interesting and fun. He was able to make learning about the past realistic -- video, pictures or portraits were not needed. He painted his own picture through great lessons.

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