{"id":2,"date":"2025-08-28T18:31:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-08-28T20:18:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T20:18:18","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About ME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With over 25 years in Christian education, I\u2019ve been blessed to serve both in the classroom and in leadership roles. I hold a Master\u2019s degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from Bob Jones University, but I believe the best learning happens daily\u2014through working alongside students, staff, and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My teaching career began at Faith Mennonite High School, where I taught for more than two decades before stepping into the principal role in 2020. In 2025, I was humbled to begin a new chapter at Ephrata Mennonite School, where I\u2019m committed to collaboration, listening, and continued growth in a Christ-centered environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of academics, one of my greatest joys is photography. I especially enjoy the art and discipline of black-and-white photography and the traditional darkroom process. As something of a purist, I appreciate capturing moments as they are\u2014without digital editing\u2014believing that the challenge and beauty of the craft lies in thoughtful composition, light, and timing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look forward to sharing both the technical skills and the creative joy of photography with students, while encouraging them to see the world through a lens of curiosity and gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to listen to one of my favorite songs&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: They&amp;apos;ll Know We Are Christians\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/40pibGLiHZLYqh28XffhmV?si=f825ea4c4a444b12&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With over 25 years in Christian education, I\u2019ve been blessed to serve both in the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/about-me\/\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About ME<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","excerpt","zoom","full-without-featured","even","excerpt-0"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31,"href":"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}