Mr. Hanson                                                                              

Greetings!  I am excited for the opportunity to tell you a bit about myself.  At MRLH this year I am teaching Geometry, PE, Theater and Computer.  It has been and continues to be a very exciting year for me in that I have returned to MRLH and resumed doing what I love, namely teaching!  This year marks my sixth year of teaching and my second year at MRLH.  As a coach of the Debate and Forensics Team, I stay very busy from September through February, but teaching the art of public speaking in a challenging, competitive environment is a true joy to me and very beneficial to all of the competitors.

I grew up in the southern suburbs of Kansas City, Kansas.  After high school I attended Concordia University in Seward Nebraska.  During my time at Concordia I competed in Parlimentary Debate, founded and helped lead a campus worship team that still exists today, and studied in both Belize and India.  After graduating Mrs. Hanson and I got married and moved to Bukit Sentul, Indonesia to begin our teaching careers.  We taught at a school which used the International Baccalaureate curriculum.  After four years, we decided it was time to be closer to our families and Mrs. Hanson accepted a call to MRLH.  Last year we were blessed with a daughter named Grace Annalouise Hanson.  She's a beautiful little handful!

When I'm not at school I enjoy doing just about anything outside.  Rock climbing, ice climbing, mountaineering and cycling are my favorites.  Washington truly is an amazing place to experience the diversity of God's creation.