My name is Toby Pinkerman.  I teach Physical Education and Intramural Sports at
Compass.  I graduated from Northwest Nazarene College with a BA in Kinesiology. I live in Meridian with my Wife, eight year old daughter, and four year old son.  My wife teaches 5th grade in the Boise District.  My daughter is in the third grade and my son is in preschool.
     My hobbies include all sports, coaching my son's soccer team, and golfing with my kids.  I also like to ride my  four-wheeler on the weekends. My professional goals include earning a master's degree and continuing to assist in the building of a strong physical education program at Compass Public Charter school.  I am eager and excited as Compass increases in size and is able to
continue offering classes such as Intramural Sports to our student body.  I am an advocate of overall good health--mentally and physically.  Students need to learn how exercise, of any type, is an excellent resource for improving self-confidence, managing stress and emotions, promoting teamwork, encouraging a healthy amount of competitiveness, and offers opportunities for pure fun.  It has been proven that exercise is also an excellent resource for students who are kinesthetic learners to maintain appropriate behavior in the classroom when
kinesthetic learning isn't always an option.

I am grateful and fortunate to be a teacher at Compass Charter along with all of the highly talented and qualified teachers who work with your children.  Compass Charter provides opportunities like no other, and I am excited to be part of such a program.