"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
-- Albert Einstein

Mr Warner is a
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ONHS Band
Pack 3316
Troop 315

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BIOGRAPHY
Mr. Warner graduated from Kansas State University in 1987 with Dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Psychology and Secondary Education, with psychology, biology and general science teaching licenses. He began teaching science in Olathe in the fall of 1987 at Oregon Trail Junior High, and moved to Frontier Trail Junior High in 1992. He was added to the 7th grade teams in 1995. In 1999 Mr. Warner moved to California Trail Junior High to continue teaching 7th and 9th science. In May of 2001 Mr. Warner completed a Master of Arts Degree in Education Technology Leadership through the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. He continued to lead in curriculum development, in-service presentation, and was a district-level science facilitator until 2005. That summer Mr Warner was named the new director of the eAcademy for the Olathe District. Mr Warner's wife teaches art at Prairie Trail, sponsors pep club, and is the yearbook sponsor. He has two sons, a tenth grader and a junior at K-State.

When there's time for hobbies, Mr. Warner's interests include camping, fishing, hunting (remember it's vital to balancing ecosystems), Native American loom beading and leatherwork, and website management. He learned raw HTML code in the summer of 1996, and the first one-page version of this site was loaded January 1997. It's grown considerably since then and the site at one time included over six dozen pages with well over 1000 links. Mr Warner manages several webs including a few for teachers. He also used to DJ many of his school's dances just for fun!

In his spare time Mr Warner is very involved in Scouting. He is a former Scoutmaster of Troop 315 - Aldersgate United Methodist Church. He is an Honorary Warrior in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say and a Vigil Member in the Order of the Arrow. Mr Warner is also a former Webelos Leader and Assistant Cubmaster in Pack 3316. For the Red-Tailed Hawk District he is District Camping Chair, is a trainer, and is a member of the Merit Badge Forum Committee. In September of 2002 Mr Warner completed Wood Badge Training and was beaded in June of 2003. He has received the District Award of Merit.

ULTIMATE BRAVERY :-)
Terminal velocity is more than just a text lesson or lab exercise, however; it's skydiving! And recently Mr. Warner did just that. Falling out of a plane from 10,500 feet was awesome. The small chute attached to the Tandem Master slowed us from 180 to 120 mph, until the main chute deployed. When the main chute opened, the surface area under the 'chute captured air and an upward force of air resistance that almost matches the downward force of gravity, was created. The descent slowed to 5 mph and the chute was flown almost like a hang glider to the ground. If you're good, a stand-up landing is possible (and we did it!). It's great fun, but not for the weak of heart! That's Mr. Warner there on the bottom looking calm! :-)

RESUM`E
Mr. Warner was named a Kansas Master Teacher of the Year by Emporia State University in March 1997, and was a William A. Black Master Teacher Endowed Chair at ESU in February 1998. He is a May 1997 Teachers and Technology Masters Degree Scholarship winner by Knowledge TV and Jones Intercable via George Washington University, and in September 1997 his anti-smoking lesson was chosen a Best Classroom Practices Bright Ideas curriculum award winner by Chevron. In the spring of 1998 he was named a Kansas state finalist in Secondary Science for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, and is a member of the Kansas Exemplary Educators Network (KEEN). In the spring of 1999 Mr. Warner was named the 1998 Awardee of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching in Secondary Science for the State of Kansas, and in June 1999 traveled to Washington, DC for recognition. A 1997 Bright Lights Grant from the Olathe Public Schools Foundation purchased a digital camera for this site's development, and provided funds for a classroom network connection at Frontier Trail. Two additional Bright Lights Grants and an Olathe District Action Research Technology Grant have funded curriculum projects.