Bishop Garrigan High School

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Mr. Burrow teaches mathematics at Bishop Garrigan High School in Algona, Iowa. 2007-2008 marked his twenty-fifth year at the school, so as the school celebrates its golden anniversary in 2008-2009, he has been there for half of its history.  He actually started in the middle of the year (November 21, 1983), replacing a teacher who was asked to resign.

His schedule includes Algebra I, Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry, Continuous and Discrete Mathematics (also called Math V), Statistics (a dual-credit college course), and Specialized Technology Topics (Web Design). He also serves as the school's gifted and talented coordinator. He was originally hired to teach Spanish (his minor in college), and in the past he has taught every other math course the school offers--including Geometry (his favorite class), Math Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Introduction to Algebra and Geometry, General Math, and Calculus. For three years he also tutored a student in Russian, and he has tutored students in French.

Mr. Burrow's extra-curricular responsibilities include the school's award-winning quiz bowl team (which will make its tenth trip to the National Academic Championships in 2009), the student council (which includes organizing Homecoming and the intramural basketball program), group and individual speech, and the weekly "Bear Facts" radio show. The "Bear Facts" airs each Saturday at 8:45am on KLGA Radio (FM 92.7) in Algona, Iowa.

For more than a decade Mr. Burrow has also been the "Voice of the Bears", the public address announcer for football games at the BGHS Conway Field. He has also occasionally announced baseball games, and he often introduces teams in all sports at pep rallies.

Each fall Mr. Burrow serves as the tournament manager for the state's largest quiz bowl tournament, the Bishop Garrigan Invitational. Now in its nineteenth year, the tournament normally welcomes around sixty teams.

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BGHS Room 23 Mr. Burrow Teaching
Scenes of Mr. Burrow's classroom at BGHS

Teaching in Rm. 23 Football Announcer
LEFT: Mr. Burrow in his classroom
RIGHT: Announcing a Golden Bear football game

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Cartoon of Mr. Burrow
A caricature of Mr. Burrow drawn by former student
Jenny Lind for "A Day in the Life of Garrigan" -- 1993

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Teacher Appreciation Week Gala
Left: Mr. Burrow posing by a poster for Teacher Appreciation Week
Right: Mr. Burrow and a student working at Gala, 2003

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Math Rules Beloit Snappers Big Head
Left and Right: Drawings of Mr. Burrow by students
Center: Homecoming 2002

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New Teacher Photo
Mr. Burrow's first school picture
as a teacher at Garrigan

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Tyler & me
Mr. Burrow and a student in Room 23 at Bishop Garrigan High School

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Graph Paper
A picture of Mr. Burrow drawn by former student
and friend James White as an Algebra I assignment

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***** Links to other sites on the Web

* NEXT PAGE (Iowa Lakes Community College)
* Golden Bear Quiz Bowl
* BGHS Intramural Basketball: All-Intramural Team
* BGHS Student Council
* National Catholic Education Association
* Sioux City Diocese Department of Education
* Bishop Garrigan High School (Website produced by BGHS TAG students)
* Questions Unlimited (National Quiz Bowl Sponsor)
* "Bear Facts" Radio Show
* Iowa High School Speech Association
* HOME

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The background music on this page is the rock anthem "We Are the Champions," by Queen. It seemed a fitting choice for the BGHS page.

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