Interact at Pen Hi

Peninsula High School AP physics teacher Mike Spaulding is the campus adviser to the school's revived Interact club sponsored by PVP Rotary.    Raised in a Rotary family,  Mike is the son of John Spalding, M.D., who was a charter member of our club.  Interact is a Rotary sponsored youth organization for students between 12 and 18 years old.  Interact involves as many as 200,000 youth through more than 10,000 clubs in 109 countries and geographical areas. Interact clubs focus on developing leadership skills and humanitarian projects, 

Mike is a graduate of LMU (B.S., biochemistry). As an educator, Mike is pioneering a teaching format called "The Flip Side."  Popularized by Khan Academy, the concept of "flipping the classroom" is to have students learn at home, with a video lecture, and then work on homework problems in the class while the teacher guides students who are stuck on a problem. A benefit of flipping the classroom is that some misunderstandings may occur while working on homework, and without an experienced teacher to guide through.

Mike will introduce several of his energetic students at our meeting.  He will be introduced by Greg O'Brien.