Instructor Bios

Craig Foreman - Director and Co-founder
History Teacher

B.S. Education, Ohio University (1999)
Masters of Arts in Teaching, Marygrove College (2002)
U.S. Presidential Scholars Ohio Teacher of Year Award (2006)
Varsity Girls Basketball Head Coach (2005-present)

Quote: "Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view" - Kenobi

Jake Ferlito
Health Education

Quote: "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" Nelson Mandela

Jason Slack
Outdoor Coordinator

B.S. Education, Bowling Green State University (1999)

M.A. Education, University of Findlay (2002)

Quote: "The impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes."

Jeff Harr
English

B.S. in Secondary Education, University of Akron (1991)
M. A. in Literature, University of Akron (1998)
Assistant Drama Director, TRHS (2005-2019)
Assistant Director, The National Writing Project at KSU (2012-Present)

Quote: "If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone" Shakespeare

Mark Hayhurst
Physical Education

B.S. Education, Kent State University (2010)
USAPL Powerlifting Coach (2017-Present)
Middle School Football Coach (2016-Present)
OHSAA Official (2018-Present)

Quote: "Make each day your masterpiece." John Wooden

Audrey Coyne
Outdoor Adventure Staff

B.S. Education, Ohio University (2017)

"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt." - John Muir

Jim Zagray
Outdoor Adventure Staff/Biology

Kent State University, B.S. Zoology, 1991 Kent State University, M.A. Biology, M.A. Teaching, 1994

Linda Ferlito
Founding Physical Education/Health Teacher 1999-2010

Undergraduate degree in health and physical education, Ohio State University
All-American in Synchronized Swimming, Ohio State University
Masters in Sociology of Sports, Kent State University
Special Olympics coach

Dale Bernaciak
Founding Outdoor Coordinator 1999-2010

Undergraduate degree in social studies, Kent State University (1965)
Masters in special education and hearing impaired, Kent State University (1968)
Post-graduate work at New Mexico State University (1972)
Special Education Supervisor, Kent City Schools 1976-1984
Head Wrestling Coach, Kent City Schools 1978-1981

Quote: "Do not pray for easy times; pray to be stronger. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks." - John F. Kennedy

Ted Cowan
Founder

Bachelor of Arts in English, Miami University (1991)
Masters of Arts in Teaching, Kent State University (1995)
Masters of Arts in Painting, Kent State, 2004

National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) - Outdoor Educator Course (1995)
Outward Bound Teacher's Seminar (1998)
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship recipient (2000)

Quote: "Panta Rei" - Heraclitus