Ken Haney is the new fulltime 7-8 Math Teacher at Stargate. Before becoming a teacher, he obtained a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia and worked over twenty years as an engineer for both large and small organizations in the private and public sectors. After raising two sons with his wife (both of whom are gifted) he embarked on a second career as a teacher to follow his passion of working with young people. To prepare for teaching he obtained a Masters in Education degree from Southwest Baptist University. He has a Colorado Professional Teacher’s License with a Secondary Mathematics endorsement. In his seventh year of teaching, he has taught Jr. High math and computers for two years, High School math for three years in Missouri, and taught eighth Grade math last year at Prairie View Middle School in the Brighton 27J school district. His experience includes teaching an Algebra 1 class for gifted eighth grade students.