Cris Davis: 5th/6th Grade

Cris Davis is our 5^th/6^th Social Studies and Language Arts teacher. After growing up in the shadow of Mt. Ranier, Cris moved to Portland in 2000 to attend college in the shadow of Mt. Hood. Studying French and Spanish gave Cris a great excuse to travel, and he studied in Spain and Senegal before graduating in 2004 with a BA in Foreign Language from Lewis and Clark College. Cris decided to become a “for real” teacher while working at the Portland French School as an Assistant Teacher, but not before moving to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to teach English and volunteer in orphanages. In 2011 Cris received a Masters in Teaching from Concordia University. He worked as a substitute teacher in Portland and Beaverton before joining the Southwest Charter School staff in 2012. In his free time, Cris plays indoor soccer and futsal, cares for his garden and chickens, and volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters.