About+Mr.+Schwarz



Mr. Timothy Schwarz is the Chair of the English Department at PHS and has been teaching HS English since 1994. He also teaches summer cyber school at the HS. A 1985 PHS graduate, Schwarz lettered for two years each in baseball and football, played Captain von Trapp in the PHS 1985 Spring Musical, //The Sound of Music//, with future opera star, Patricia Risley, served as class treasurer (and still does), and was a member in many Parkland clubs. He won the Trojan Alumni Varsity Club Scholarship for Outstanding Senior Athlete in June of 1985. Schwarz attended the University of Delaware and West Chester University. He subsequently earned M. A. degrees from WCU in English in 1996 and in Holocaust/Genocide Studies in 2004. Schwarz has played in two bands over the course of his life, Silent e in college, and The Board of Education presently. He is widely accepted by R & R Hall of Fame band R.E.M. as the number one R.E.M. fan in the world after winning several national R.E.M. contests, including MTV’s //Fanatic// in 1998, XFM.com’s “REM Beat the Intro” Game in 2008, and the R.E.M. Tribute You Tube contest in 2009. Schwarz is a music fan of all genres, and he owns close to 3000 cds. His favorite bands other than R.E.M. are Placebo, Miracle Legion, Tool, and Band of Horses. Mr. Schwarz is a 2010 Hall of Fame Inductee of the Blue Mountain League (the area's premiere amateur summer baseball league) and still plays baseball in the Bux-Mont MSBL Over-45 Division (for the Easton Brewers) and loves to read, collect art, and play golf. Some of his favorite authors are Richard Ford, Michael Chabon, Robert Coover, Jon Krakauer and Thomas Pynchon. He and his wife, Cherie Cincilla, also of the PHS Class of '85, live in Easton, PA (College Hill) with their three JRTs, Lucy, Ethel, and Ginny. Mr. Schwarz volunteered as a buddy with the Pirates team for the Miracle League of Northampton County. Also, he recently passed his Praxis Math Exam and is now certified in PA to teach Secondary Mathematics. Mr. Schwarz retook the SATs in June 2011 and scored a 2280 (800-W, 740-M, 740-R).