Teacher Feature: Mr. Crone is in the zone!
By Kayla Perez
El Rodeo Staff Writer
El Rodeo Staff Writer
He’s serious, philosophical, independent, hungry, and sleepy. Who is it? Why it’s John Crone! The talented and technically skilled AP CSP and Digital Imaging teacher/Yearbook advisor has brought an inquisitive spirit to EL Rancho High School for the past 27 years!
From running the Don Page to taking fabulous football game pictures, it is clear that nothing can stop Mr. Crone from capturing the nostalgia of El Rancho. However, there is more than what meets the eye for this blue-eyed beauty.
Being a teacher was never a part of the plan for this UCLA Graduate. “Growing up, I wanted to be an airline pilot. I planned to join the Air Force after high school to get free flight training, but I didn’t get in,” says Crone. Till this day, he has a kept a very positive outlook his teaching experience, “I love it today and feel very fortunate to be doing it, but finding it? That was just luck.”
Another thing that appears to be luck is Mr. Crone’s strong STEM background.“I was always pretty good in science & math,” reveals Crone. “My high school unveiled a rudimentary computer programming class while I was there, and with my math/science reputation, they chose me as one of the students in the inaugural class.”
However, growing up in Lakewood, California with his mom and two sisters was more than honors and programming classes for Mr. Crone.
“ I played baseball in elementary years and had lots of skateboarding (and related injuries) in Junior High, when I got to High School I worked at an auto parts store after school, and I ran JV Cross Country in the fall, JV Track in the spring” says Crone, “I also worked for the CIA but I’m not allowed to talk about that, so forget I ever mentioned it!”
When it comes to teaching, Crone tries his very best to listen to his students and support their educational goals. “Get as much schooling as you can! Education gives you choices. Then you can make them of your own free will, not by necessity because the rent is coming due,” encourages Crone.
When he is not busy helping students develop apps or taking pictures of El Rancho, Mr. Crone spends his free-time watching drama, comedy, and action movies. His deepest secrets reveal quirky surprises that no one would guess upon. “My formal degrees are in English lit, “ admits Crone, “I could live happily just eating pepperoni pizza and carne asada tacos. That’s not a secret!”
At the moment, his main goal is to be teaching at least three periods of AP CSP and one period of AP CSA in the next five years. A man of extreme imagination and fierce ambition, Mr. Crone is a force to be reckoned with!
From running the Don Page to taking fabulous football game pictures, it is clear that nothing can stop Mr. Crone from capturing the nostalgia of El Rancho. However, there is more than what meets the eye for this blue-eyed beauty.
Being a teacher was never a part of the plan for this UCLA Graduate. “Growing up, I wanted to be an airline pilot. I planned to join the Air Force after high school to get free flight training, but I didn’t get in,” says Crone. Till this day, he has a kept a very positive outlook his teaching experience, “I love it today and feel very fortunate to be doing it, but finding it? That was just luck.”
Another thing that appears to be luck is Mr. Crone’s strong STEM background.“I was always pretty good in science & math,” reveals Crone. “My high school unveiled a rudimentary computer programming class while I was there, and with my math/science reputation, they chose me as one of the students in the inaugural class.”
However, growing up in Lakewood, California with his mom and two sisters was more than honors and programming classes for Mr. Crone.
“ I played baseball in elementary years and had lots of skateboarding (and related injuries) in Junior High, when I got to High School I worked at an auto parts store after school, and I ran JV Cross Country in the fall, JV Track in the spring” says Crone, “I also worked for the CIA but I’m not allowed to talk about that, so forget I ever mentioned it!”
When it comes to teaching, Crone tries his very best to listen to his students and support their educational goals. “Get as much schooling as you can! Education gives you choices. Then you can make them of your own free will, not by necessity because the rent is coming due,” encourages Crone.
When he is not busy helping students develop apps or taking pictures of El Rancho, Mr. Crone spends his free-time watching drama, comedy, and action movies. His deepest secrets reveal quirky surprises that no one would guess upon. “My formal degrees are in English lit, “ admits Crone, “I could live happily just eating pepperoni pizza and carne asada tacos. That’s not a secret!”
At the moment, his main goal is to be teaching at least three periods of AP CSP and one period of AP CSA in the next five years. A man of extreme imagination and fierce ambition, Mr. Crone is a force to be reckoned with!