Name:
Dr. Gary Awkerman
School:
Bishop England High School
CLASS:
Chemistry instructor
Cell Phone:
843-830-2634
Dr. Awkerman is starting his 8th year at Bishop England. Prior to BE, he
served as an area school
superintendent in Charleston, college professor in the graduate program at the
Citadel, director of
science for Charleston schools, college chemistry professor in Florida, and
high school chemistry
teacher in new York.
He has published several books in chemistry, oceanography, management science,
and education as
well as about 30 professional papers/journal articles. His recent interest has
been in the design and
renovation of his last two homes--taking old dilapidated houses and giving
them back their pride.
His wife Andi is a high school technology educator in Charleston. Their older
daughter is leaving the
corporate world to become a teacher in Baltimore this year--another educator
in the family, and their
younger daughter, presently completing her master degree in Medicine in
Tennessee, plans to be a
Certified Physician Assistant. Their old Chesapeake Bay Retriever is
currently unemployed but looking.
Dr. Awkerman takes a balanced approach to chemistry instruction, bringing
together scientific literacy
with solid content. Students who complete the course should possess an
emotional and social
framework for chemistry in their world, while grasping chemistry content at a
level such that they can
favorably compete with all other college chemistry students.