Mr. Appleby is an English, journalism and drama teacher at Bigfork High School. Born in Indiana and raised in a suburb of Detroit, Appleby sought out the big sky country after he finished his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan (Go Blue). After completing his masters in curriculum and instruction at the University of Montana (Go Griz) he found work at BHS in 2005 (Go Vikes and Vals). He married his longtime girlfriend in 2008 and had a baby boy in April of 2013, named Oliver, who is perfect in every way known to man. To earn his keep at Bigfork you may find Appleby coaching Speech, advising book club, coaching the academic challenge team, or teaching Writing 101 at FVCC as an adjunct professor.
"It's what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." Oscar Wilde