Mr. Daniel Schreiber
4th & 5th Grades
We are pleased to introduce the 3rd/4th Grade Homeroom Teacher! Mr. Schreiber has served as the Assistant-to-the-Headmaster for the last nine months, doing outstanding work from classroom renovation to curriculum design to event planning, helping to lay a solid foundation for SJL Academy to successfully open this August. As Dr. Green testified at this year's gala, "We would not have accomplished half of what we have without the constant dedication of Daniel Schreiber."
Mr. Schreiber is a native of Mukwonago. He shares, "Growing up in Mukwonago as the fifth of eight children, my education was permeated with the simple idea that education is about raising a good person who knows, loves, and serves God. With that end in mind, my parents homeschooled all my siblings and I through eighth grade, before sending us to Trinity Academy for high school." He is no stranger to bold educational projects as he relates, "At the end of my Sophomore year at Trinity, my parents decided to take a risk on a brand new high school called Chesterton Academy. I was the only upper-classman in a school of eighteen where each student was given the drawer in a filing cabinet instead of a locker and the school building consisted of five rented rooms in an office building."
He was deeply edified and transformed by the education he received, commenting, " I was exposed to Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. These two books, along with the teacher who taught them to me, first sparked my interest in a higher form of education. The moral code that both books presented resonated with my catholic faith and strengthened my moral resolve which my parents had spent so much time instilling in me." Mr. Schreiber went on to Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, a liberal arts college where students are immersed in the great intellectual tradition of Western Civilization while also being exposed to God's creation in the great outdoors of Wyoming. The unique program includes equestrian lessons and many weeks every year spent hiking in beautiful landscapes.
Mr. Schreiber says of his experience, "Wyoming Catholic College was founded on the principle that humans are mind, body, and spirit, and as such, require an education that addresses all aspects of their humanity." He explains that the "rigorous outdoor program [began] with a three week backpacking trip in the Teton Wilderness, and was followed by week-long; rock climbing, canoeing, ice climbing, horse packing, and canyoneering trips twice a year. For Classes, all students take Philosophy, Theology, Trivium, Humanities, and Science all four years and Latin for three years with a discussion based model. The classes and the outdoor program are then paired with the vibrant catholic community in which peers push each other to become stronger in their faith. This well rounded education is what formed me into the man I am today."
It was this formative experience that inspired him in his dream. He explains, "It was my dream during college to help start a school. I had no idea my prayers would be answered so soon." God had designs Mr. Schreiber as he reflected, "My faith has been the driving factor behind every big decision that I have made within my life. From which school I should go to for college, to which career I should pursue. We are all made for a purpose bigger than ourselves and that is something that I have very strongly felt from a young age and it is the reason that I became an educator."
