Welcome to your first year of high school! I am excited to be one of your first teachers here at Leland! This course is a nice introduction to high school Social Studies! We will be learning some digital technology skills as well as geography, culture, and history over the course of the school year. I am passionate about history and expect you to do your best while you are in this class. If you put in the work and effort you should have no problem in this class as well as your others. Let's start the year off strong! I look forward to meeting you all on August 15th!
Live long and prosper,
Mr. Marchetti
A little about me:
I have been a history aficionado since I was young. Starting with a love of dinosaurs and then transitioning into a passion for the 19th century American West. I decided to become a teacher when I was in 7th grade and knew that I would one day teach history. I went to Notre Dame de Namur University and triple majored in History, Political Science, and Religious Studies. I immediately proceeded to work on and earn my teaching credential and started teaching in 2008. This will be my 11th year teaching and 10th at Leland! I am currently working on my Masters in American Military History and writing my thesis on Zachary Taylor's Army of Occupation during the Mexican-American War. I am looking forward to finishing my thesis and completing my Masters. I hope that you are all ready to learn some history with me!
I am also a man of many interests! If you peruse my classroom I am sure that you will be able to figure out my interests. I am an avid comic book reader and still go every Wednesday for New Comic Book Day. Feel free to check out any of the comic books in the classroom and read them when you have a free moment. I also love to play board games when I get free time with my buddies. One of my favorites is Betrayal at House on the Hill, it has two different parts with a traitor mechanic. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes board games! I still play video games, although I don't have a lot of time to do so. I recently got a Nintendo Switch and this is by far one of my favorite gaming systems ever! There are a few games upcoming that I am looking forward to. I am a movie nerd and go to see new movies as often as I can. Finally I am a big fan of Science Fiction. I have written a Military Science Fiction novel that I one day would like to publish. I LOVE Star Trek and will share it with you all when I can.
That's just a bit about me. I look forward to meeting you all on August 15th!
