About

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My name is Olivia Wheeler and I am the theatre instructor at Heritage Middle School.  This is my 14th year teaching and I am so excited to be back in this building again!  For my first three years of teaching I taught at Leavenworth High School in Kansas.  At Leavenworth I taught the introductory theatre classes as well as the debate and forensics classes.  I also assisted with play and musical productions and was the head debate and forensics coach.  For the last 11 years I have taught the theatre, debate and speech classes here at Heritage formerly known as Liberty Junior High.  This year I will be teaching Speech and Theatre 6-8 here at Heritage.  I also direct both the play and musical here. 

I am originally from Blue Springs and graduated from Blue Springs South High School.  I received by Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Central Missouri in Speech Communication and Theatre.  I completed my Master's Degree in Teacher Leadership from Park University.

I have been married for the last thirteen years to my high school sweetheart, Joe.  Joe is also a teacher in the Liberty School District.  He teaches automotive technology at Liberty High School and builds the sets for the Heritage play and musical productions.  I have two amazing children, Stella who is nine and Sebastian who is seven.  They are super happy, spunky kids!  I also have two dogs named Max and Roxy.

I absolutely love acting and theatre!  My personal favorite style of acting is classical.  I love nothing more than acting in some kind of Shakespearean play or comedy of manners!  I also love anything crafty - especially DIY decorating projects.  I currently volunteer at KC Pet Project where I walk dogs. Two of my other favorite things to do are to cook and go hiking.  I also LOVE to travel!!

Email:  olivia.wheeler@lps53.org