About

Hello! My name is Justin "Mr. K" Klyczek. I am a former teacher- yes, that's right. I hung it up to become a Software Support technician at Five Star Technology Solutions. Five Star is a company that works with schools to make the lives of teachers and administrators easier so I'm not entirely away from education. As I continue my journey, I wanted a place where people could catch up with me.

Teaching Career

• Starting teaching in August 2006 at Rossville Consolidated School District

• Also taught a Tecumseh Junior High School, Harrison High School, Indiana Digital Learning School, and Ivy Tech Community College

• For the majority of my time as a teacher, I taught Math at the middle school level (Grades 6-8)

• I also taught some Computer Science, mixed curriculum (Math + CS), and even a little Reading

• At some point in my near 15 year career, I had students from each grades 6-12 and college Freshman & Sophomores

• My youngest student was 11 years old while my oldest was 62 years old

• Left the classroom in December of 2020

Family

• I have been married to my wife, Kelli, since 7/7/7 (though we've been dating since October 2003)

  • We met in college (St. Joe's) and have been together ever since

  • She's also a teacher but she teaches elementary (mostly Kindergarten)

• My daughter, Jocelyn, was born on 1/1/11

  • She skipped 1st grade and is in advanced/Honors classes

  • Dancing since she was barely out of diapers, Jocelyn is at the dance studio 4-5 times a week

  • In addition to dancing, she loves singing, doing her make-up, and recording videos

• We have two cats, Smudge and Mr. Kitty. We had to put down our other cat, Smore, in early 2022.