02/02/06

Welcome to my Web site!

     My name is Mark Rasmussen.  I've grown up in Sunny Southern California most of my life.  I took a 2 year break to live in New Jersey while I went on a mission for my church.  I married my wife back in 1999 while we were going through college.  She graduated with a bachelors degree from Cal Poly Pomona in Agriculture Business.  I graduated from Cal State San Bernardino with a degree in Liberal Studies.  We are both qualified to raise blooming idiots.  (that is one of my grandpa's jokes)  We have 3 boys who are a lot of fun.  In 2004 I finished my Master Degree in Instructional Technology.  My Masters Project was a website about the Battle of Gettysburg.

     In the year of 2002 I was hired to work at Villegas Middle School as a technology teacher.  I've been there ever since.  I enjoy working with middle school students and my fellow teachers.  I work at a great school.  Beginning with the 2009 - 2010 school year I was given the opportunity to teach Social Science and Reading Language Arts to sixth graders. 

     In the year of 2005 I began another venture of teaching senior citizens computer literacy.  It has been a rewarding experience.

     Outside of school I'm involved with the Boy Scouts of America as a Scoutmaster of Troop 295.  I've been a Scoutmaster since 2004.  During the summer of 2007 I competed in my first Triathlon.  I enjoyed the experience although a triathlon cannot be called fun. In the fall of 2008 I took up the sport of BMX racing with my son.

Some of my accomplishments that I am proud of:

High School Diploma
Eagle Scout
Bachelors Degree
Masters Degree
Climbing Mt. Whitney in a Day
Climbing Mt. San Jacinto
First Place in a BMX race
Finishing a Triathlon twice
Riding 100 miles on a bike
Swimming the Colorado River
Traveled to 38 states
Father of 3
Married for 10 years