BAHS English Department

Reading is fundamental.

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY

Jennifer Bowersox

Room 209

Student Council Advisor

Years of Experience:	16
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	5.5
Prior Teaching Experience:	Boyertown Junior High and Senior High VisionQuest Juvenile Detention Upper Dauphin Area High School
Current Teaching Assignment:	English 11CP, English 11
Degree:	BA in English
High School Attended:	Owen J. Roberts
Hobbies or other interests:	Going to the beach, spending time with my family, watching Steelers' Football

Ray Gephart

Room 222

Years of Experience:	34
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	33.5
Prior Teaching Experience:	1/2 year as a substitute at Clinton & Centre County Schools
Current Teaching Assignment:	Video Productions
Degree:	B.A. in Communications
High School Attended:	Penns Valley Area High School
Hobbies or other interests:	Volleyball, Singing & Music, Home Improvements, Watching College Football, Grilling Foods
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Brenda Gorman

Room 125

Years of Experience:	34
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	7
Prior Teaching Experience:	Instructor at Penn State University; Reading tutor instructor at Midstate Literacy Council; teacher at State College Area School District, Eastern Lebanon County School District, Emory H. Markle Intermediate School, Hanover Junior High School, and at Orangefield Boys' School in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Current Teaching Assignment:	Reading Instructor and tutor
Degree:	Master of Education (Reading specialist); BA in French-English Education
High School Attended:	South West High School (Hanover, PA)
Hobbies or other interests:	Swimming, aquasize, Scottish dance, reading, travel
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David Hermenau

Room 135

Ananda Advisor

Years of Experience:	2
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	2
Prior Teaching Experience:	none
Current Teaching Assignment:	English 11; English 11CP; Honors English 11, Creative Writing
Degree:	Masters in Curriculum and Instruction
High School Attended:	Torrington High School (Connecticut)
Hobbies or other interests:	Music, reading, outdoors
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Regina Kilburn

Room 228

Class of 2011 Advisor

Years of Experience:	13
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	5
Prior Teaching Experience:	State College Area H.S.; London, England. I was Head of Media Studies at The Douay Martyrs School in Ickenham,West London for five years and taught English at Heathfield School in Pinner, Northwest London for one year
Current Teaching Assignment:	English 12CP, English 12; AP English
Degree:	BA English Kutztown University; PGCE English Education, Middlesex University England
High School Attended:	Immaculate Heart High School, Ashland PA (now Cardinal Brennan)
Hobbies or other interests:	Theatre, reading, classic movies, ballet, music, travel, home decorating
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Marilyn Knoffsinger

Room 225/132

Department Chair

Drama Club Advisor

Years of Experience:	23
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	20
Prior Teaching Experience:	Hurricane High School (Utah)
Current Teaching Assignment:	English 11CP, English 12 CP, Technical Theatre 1-4, Dramatic Arts I and II
Degree:	B.A. in Theatre Arts and B.A. in English (So. Utah U.)
High School Attended:	Cedar City H.S. (Utah)
Hobbies or other interests:	Travel, Amusement Parks, Livin' Large, and Theatre
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Gregg Kohlhepp

Room 122

Softball Head Coach

Mock Trial Co-advisor

Technology Trainer

Years of Experience:	11
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	11
Current Teaching Assignment:	English 9, Honors English 9, Transitional English 9-10, Public Speaking
Degree:	B.A. in Communications (Penn State); Sec. Certification - English (Lock Haven)
High School Attended:	North Hills High School (Pittsburgh)
Hobbies or other interests:	Extreme chipmunk hunting, killer snowmen, celebrity Depp-impersonator
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Neil Cronin

Room 138

Class of 2012 Advisor

Years of Experience:	9
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	3
Prior Teaching Experience:	Chapel Hill Chauncy Hall
Current Teaching Assignment:	English 9, English 10CP, AEP English
Degree:	B. A. in English
High School Attended:	Catholic Memorial High School
Hobbies or other interests:	competitive walking; dribbling
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Tara Myers

Room 120

Class of 2012 Advisor

Years of Experience:	4
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	4
Current Teaching Assignment:	English 9, Honors English 9; English 10CP; English 12
Degree:	B.S. in Education (Lock Haven)
High School Attended:	Bald Eagle Nittany
Hobbies or other interests:	reading; drawing; latch-hooking; yodeling
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Erich May

Room 233

Red and White Advisor

Years of Experience:	4
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	3
Current Teaching Assignment:	Journalism; Senior Institute; English 12CP; English 12
Degree:	Masters in English (UGA) B.A. in English (Penn State)
High School Attended:	DuBois Area High School
Hobbies or other interests:	songwriting; bow-hunting; woodworking
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Louis Siwert

Room 127

Years of Experience:	31
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	31
Current Teaching Assignment:	English 10, English 10CP, Honors English 10
Degree:	B.S. in Secondary Education, Minor in English
High School Attended:	Pennridge High School
Hobbies or other interests:	volleyball and ultimate frisbee
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Adam Moffa

Room 227

Years of Experience:	3
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	3
Prior Teaching Experience:	none
Current Teaching Assignment:	English 10, English 10CP, Honors English 10, Philosophy
Degree:	B.A. in English and Secondary Education (Juniata)
High School Attended:	Manito
Hobbies or other interests:	Dragon-slaying and Jumbles
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Randy Trutt

Room 231

Enrichment Coordinator

Key Club Advisor

Class of 2009 Advisor

Years of Experience:	4
Number of Years Teaching at Bellefonte:	4
Prior Teaching Experience:	Somewhere in Carolinas
Current Teaching Assignment:	English 12, English 12CP, Transitional English 11-12, Enrichment
Degree:	B.A. in English (Lock Haven University)
High School Attended:
Hobbies or other interests:	Fundraising
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Walden Pond

"I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society." - Thoreau

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We bid a hardy farewell to the ever-popular and wildly funny Mrs. Packer. She has taken over as the high school librarian. We will honor her with name recognition on this site until the day she dies - and then for 412 days following that as a period of mourning and re-adjustment.