English 3 Introduction - Mr. Frye

My name is James Frye. I was born and raised in the mountains of Western North Carolina, and I am proud to call the mountain area just outside of Asheville, NC my home.  There is nothing quite like the Appalachian mountains, and I love spending time out among them.  In fact, I was married on October 5^th to the love of my life in those very mountains, and I could not be happier!  We both also love to travel and have been all over together. 

My wife and I at our wedding in October. 

I attended High School and Community College in McDowell County, NC, and I earned my Associate’s Degree just shortly after I graduated High School.  Fast-forward through a countless lot of informative, fruitful and sometimes crazy experiences in High School and college, and you will find me here: a recent college graduate from Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, NC and graduate student studying Curriculum and Educational Technology at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI, while teaching English at Newton-Conover High School in Newton, NC. 

I hold a Bachelor of Arts in both English Literature and English Education.  I graduated college at the top of my class where I was gifted with the opportunity to give the graduation speech.  I graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne as a North Carolina Teaching Fellow, which afforded me a slew of experiences.  I spent time studying abroad in Germany at the University of Magdeburg-Stendal, where I completed study at the Comenius Schule.  

Me performing several years ago with my old band. 

As far as hobbies go, I obviously love reading. I like to be outside--hiking, mountain climbing, sitting under trees, playing sports, etc. I also greatly enjoy working with music (I write and record songs), and I love computers and information technology (that's what my first degree is in).  The simplest things in life are my favorite things. 

Me in Magdeburg, Germany.

As you might assume, teaching English is one of my passions, particularly because of the subject’s infinitive applications across the curriculum and applicability to self.  Simply put, twenty-six letters in varied combinations can be taken by those skilled in the art of their manipulation, and molded into pictures and scenarios that neither man nor machine could ever before visualize.  Language and literature are the ships that guide our world through both its advances, and its pitfalls.  As each day passes, I strive to become as skilled a teacher of these skills as those who paint these pictures. I am thrilled to be able to do that in such an incredible district as Newton-Conover City Schools, one which is committed to advancing forward with a universally-technological pedagogy, tying the knot between content and pedagogy and increasing its emphasis on student-centered learning.  I am proud to be a part of the current paradigm shift in education.