Mr. Pardee is a skilled musician and he is always willing to help students with questions about their instruments. He adds his humor and style to class, making my band classes more fun, and that makes me excited to go to class. I can tell he cares about me because he takes his own time to improve my learning. Pardee makes me a better and more confident student because he acknowledges mistakes, (i.e. a missed step in marching), teaches to fix them, and congratulates on success. He supports the entirety of the FHS bands, jazz bands, and marching band in a variety of ways. By making classes and activities easier to understand and showing pride in our improvements, this makes Mr. Pardee an awesome teacher. -- Emree McAllister [FHS9]