Welcome to Mr. Durspek's class!
Welcome to Mr. Durspek's 4th grade ELA class website! I look forward to working with you to make sure your child has a great 4th grade school year.
A little about myself: I was born in St. Petersburg and graduated from Dixie Hollins High School. After that, I graduated from Florida State University (go Noles!). I began my teaching career in January of 2000 at Lowry Elementary in Hillsborough County teaching 4th grade, then taught for four years at Sulphur Springs Elementary,the first two years in fourth grade, the last two in 3rd grade. Sulphur Springs was also in Tampa. After that, I moved to Hernando County, and taught at Deltona Elementary School for nine years. While at Deltona, I spent the first four years teaching 4th grade, then for the next three years I served as the school's writing resource teacher. During this time period, Deltona Elementary achieved their highest writing scores ever, and in my third year, we had the second best scores in the county. During these three years, I also started and ran the school newspaper, directed the morning news show, produced the school yearbook, and was runner-up for Teacher of the Year three straight years. Sadly, I never won. Politics. After that, I moved back to 4th grade, and in my final year, I taught 5th grade. I then moved to Pinellas County, where I taught 4th grade at Melrose Elementary, and the next year 5th grade at Blanton Elementary. I began at Plato Academy last year, and am thrilled to be back teaching 4th grade ELA here again this year. Personally, I have been married to my beautiful wife Sarah since 2005, and we have two children: a soon to be nine year old daughter, Reagan, and a soon to be seven year old son, Brady. We also have a three year old Golden Retriever named Gracie. My wife teaches first grade at Skyview Elementary, my son is an avid baseball player, and my daughter is heavy into Girl Scouts and volleyball. I hope you enjoyed my mini-bio. There will be a quiz later on. |