Hello, we will have regular Zoom classes on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday of this week.  Anime Club will also meet this week on Thurs, April 15, 2021, from 4:15-5:15 p.m. The Zoom link for Anime Club can be found under my Zoom Links tab, on the bottom left side of my web page.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Mr. Tomjack

Hello, my name is Mr. Tomjack.  I am a Literacy / CLD (ESL) Teacher at Ranum Middle School who is temporarily working with the Westminster Virtual Academy for the 2020-2021 school year.  I have been teaching for 22 years, and this is my seventh year in the district.  Prior to this, I taught Language Arts, Social Studies, and Drama in Jefferson County for 10 years.  Before that I also taught ESL in Hamamatsu, Japan, from 1998-2003, where I met my Japanese wife, who is also now a teacher in Colorado as well.  My hobbies include taekwondo (I am currently a brown belt); juggling; playing video games; cartooning; book, CD, and DVD collecting; and studying history.  I enjoy reading comics books of all kinds and watching Japanese anime, as well as science fiction and horror movies.  Prior to becoming a teacher I also worked as an amateur stage actor, a newspaper reporter, and a radio DJ in the Fort Collins area during the 1990s.  Some of my other former jobs have included being a toy store manager, a table waiter, and an Arby's manager.  I was born in Nebraska and I turned 50 just last November.  I have also lived in Emporia, Kansas; San Angelo, Texas; and Grenoble, France; but have spent most of my life in Westminster, Golden, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Englewood, Idaho Springs, and Arvada, Colorado.  I look forward to working with you all online in class this year.