I am the seventh grade teacher at St. Matthew's Lutheran School and serve as the Technology Director. I also coach several of our athletic teams.

I am married to Amy (Hennig) Paulsen and we have two ambitious boys named Michael and Ian and one precocious daughter named Lauren. Life has taken on quite a few more dimensions with these three wild ones about. It is hard to remember what it was like when it was just Amy and myself.

I am an avid outdoorsman, when I can find the time, and enjoy a wide range of activities such as gun hunting, bow hunting for deer, wakeboarding, and motorcycling. However, with the birth of our first son, my wife and I decided that the motorcycle was a thing of the past. Now we take a trip every couple of years on a rented Harley. We have instead purchased a boat. Our family spends many enjoyable hours together on the lake.

School Computer Information

Our school has thirty-five networked Macintosh computers running OS X. Our faculty has computer inservice sessions as needed. We cover topics ranging from application usage to incorporation into the curriculum. I run the inservice sessions and welcome any feedback from others who also run their school's inservice.

We added T1 Internet access to our school's network in 1995. We've since switched to a higher bandwidth cable connection. We run several Linux variants in connection with our OS X servers to provide all our network services. I have to run one Windows server for our church's management software, ACS.

School Athletic Information

I have been coaching since I've been here and find it to be one of the most rewarding aspects of teaching. I have coached flag football, basketball for boys and girls, and track. I also coach various YMCA teams as our kids progressed through the grades. The last eight years I've been coaching tackle football for the city of Oconomowoc.