Mr. Miller is our Physical Education/Health teacher and the Varsity Softball Head Coach.
Mr. Miller’s claim-to-fame is that he has backpacked part of the Appalachian Trail. He hiked 218 miles over 3 summers.
If Mr. Miller were to time travel, he would choose to go back to pioneer times because he likes primitive living and especially living off the land.
Mr. Miller traveled last summer with the school group to Italy. In the future he wants to go to Ireland because of the scenery; the green rolling hills, the countryside, historic landmarks, and castles.
Mr. Miller enjoys going to Sprint car races. He has watched five different sprint car races. He enjoys the speed, drifting, and wrecks during sprint car races.
He also enjoys playing softball. His rec softball team has won the tournament multiple times.
As for hunting, another hobby, the biggest deer he has shot was an 8 point buck.
Mr. Miller loves spending time with his family which includes his wife Emily, his three stepchildren Kate, Zach, and Andrew, his daughter Anna, and five grandchildren. Mr. Miller’s oldest daughter Laura was born with the rare genetic disease.
Galloway Mowat Syndrome which has less than a thousand known cases. Most children with Galloway Mowat Syndrome don’t survive through teenage years. Laura died when she was 8 but the family has many good memories of her. Mr. Miller’s favorite memory is when Laura would play with his younger daughter. Their family went to the Smoky Mountains. They had wheelchair accessible trails.
Mr. Miller likes going on vacation with his family. One of Mr. Miller’s favorite vacations was when his family went out west. They saw Mt Rushmore, the Badlands, and Bear Butte.They had fun camping at different spots along the way. At one campsite they saw a Bison herd at Custer State Park.
Mr. Miller was a teacher at Mohican Youth Academy, a school that helped boys who have been through the Juvenile Detention System.
Mr. Miller’s favorite memory is when a former student from the Mohican Youth Academy called back to the school and told him that his student was able to earn his GED, and if it wasn’t for Mr. Miller’s help and the help of the other teachers, the student would not have passed.
If teaching did not work out, Miller would’ve been an Athletic Trainer. He enjoyed working with athletes, especially evaluating injuries. He enjoyed his athletic training class where they learned how to tape different types of injuries.
Mr. Miller wants teachers to know that there will always be hard days, but continue to work hard to make a difference in the lives of students, because one never knows when that might change a young person’s life.
