Mack Lewis has a degree in English from Southern Oregon University. He’s also one of just four teachers in the Central Point School District to have achieved National Board Certification, an honor extended to only a small percentage of the nation’s teaching force. He is a member of the Teacher Advisory Board to Scholastic’s Storyworks Magazine, and a frequent contributor to both Storyworks and Scope, where dozens of his classroom plays have been featured. He has also contributed articles to Instructor Magazine, and has published three educational books through Scholastic Professional including Read Aloud Plays: Symbols of America (2003), Read-Aloud Plays: Classic Short Stories (2010), and Super Sentences and Perfect Paragraphs (2009), which is the basis of much of CPE’s intermediate writing program. His work also appears on TeachersPasTeachers.com, Scribd, and Currclick. You can visit www.macklewis.com for more on Mack’s writing.
Mack taught for 15 years at Sams Valley Elementary prior to moving to CPE beginning with the 2008-09 school year. Sams Valley’s Sportsmanship Floor Hockey Tourney and the 5th Grade Baby Picture Program are two long-standing annual events he created. In 2007 he also collaborated with Brock Rowley, Mark Elias, and fellow SVE teacher Charles Hadley to bring back the Sams Valley Mini-Marathon. At CPE he’s spearheaded the Campus Tree Project and the 5th Grade Baby Picture Program.
In his spare time Mack plays basketball (which explains the athletic tape often covering his jammed fingers), snowboards, and pesters kids. Since 1994 he’s also been a baseball coach at Crater High School, the 2007 Oregon 5A State Champions. His 2007 JV team went 23-2 and was undefeated in league play. His 2006 American Legion team was a state semi-finalist, and all his teams are consistent twenty-game winners. After a two year leave of absence, he may be returning to the field for the 2012 season.
Mack is married to Cathy Lewis, an aspiring textile artist. Their two children, Darryl and Dain, are both students. Dain is studying media arts and animation at the Art Institute of Portland, and Darryl lives in Ashland and attends RCC. Contact Mr. Lewis at mack.lewis@district6.org.