Name:    Alan Townsend

Subject(s) taught:     7th Grade Homeroom

                                6 - 8 Science

                                6 - 8 Social Studies

Education:    B A in Geography/Geology minor - 1987 - Buffalo State College

                    Masters Degree in Secondary Education - 2003 - D'Youville College

                    Additional studies - Geography/Geology - University of Manitoba

                    Additional Graduate Studies - University of Buffalo - 30+ credit hours in graduate Geography and Geology

Years as teacher:    5 years

Years at St Barnabas School:    4 years

Hobbies outside of school:    Coaching football, family, planetary science, computer mapping and surfing the web

Other information:    I wanted to be an Astronaut when I was growing up.  I have ten years of professional work in Computer Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).