John Baker

• Position

  Principal

• Reason for Being at USA

  Creating a unique educational environment for Adventist education.

• One Paragraph Life Story

  After Graduation from college I began teaching math and chemistry at Garden State Academy. Later I became the Boys Dean and physics teacher. With this 15 years of experience I spent the next 4 years as principal of Weimar Academy. With a beginning family I moved to a 1 room country elementary school in Vermont for 5 years. From there I moved to Maine to teach grades 9 & 10 for 4 years. With my children now older I chose to come to Union Springs Academy at the math teacher. After two years I became the principal of USA to develop the new educational plan for the school with the guidelines of the Vision Committee. I have enjoyed 20 years of marriage and the raising of my 3 children, Jodi 16, Carrie, 11 and Jonathan 9.

• High School

  Battle Creek Academy

• College

  Andrews University

• Degrees

  B.A. in Mathematics w/Chemistry M.M. in Teaching Mathematics from Montclair University in New Jersey

• Hobbies

  Gardening, playing games, reading

• Food

  Sweet and sour vegetables on rice

• Status

  Married