Who Is Jonn Casey?
You may be wondering who is this crazy guy who owns all these snakes, spiders, and other creatures and goes around talking about them and encouraging his audience to touch, hold, and experience these creatures first-hand. His name is Jonn Casey and he is a teacher, biologist, and all-around funny guy.
Jonn's program was a favorite of school children, scouts, and adults in the Northwest Missouri area. Jonn has presented programs for libraries, summer school programs, scouts, county/town fairs, museums, Super Science Saturday at MWSU, Camp Quality, birthday parties, and many others. He made numerous appearances on KQTV and is often featured in the St. Joseph News-Press.
The Casey's Creatures program educated people about animals in a fun and exciting way. The squeals that Jonn often elicited from his audience were from pure delight rather than from fear of the many live creatures Jonn presents. Jonn had furs, bones, shells, antlers, and many other parts of animals, as well as live snakes, lizards, arachnids, cockroaches, etc. for hands-on learning and interaction.
Jonn has won numerous awards for education, including:
* MWSU Education Department's Outstanding Secondary Junior Experience Student Teacher 2000
* President of the Psi Xi chapter of Beta Beta Beta (National Biological Honor Society) 2000, 2001
* MWSU Education Department's Outstanding Secondary Senior Experience Student Teacher 2001
* MWSU Education Department's Graduate of the Year 2001
* KQTV Teacher Who Makes a Difference 2005
* Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year 2007
* MWSU Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award 2012
* Oregon, MO Optimist Club Teacher of the Year 2017
* St. Joseph, MO School District Teacher of the Year 2021
Jonn earned a BS in Natural Science/Biology Emphasis/Minor Chemistry with Teacher Certification from MWSU and an MAEd from Baker University. He is a member of the National Science Teachers Association, the National Association of Biology Teachers, the Missouri Stream Team, Missouri Forest Keepers, and the Pony Express Amphibian and Reptile Society. He is currently a high school science teacher at St. Joseph Missouri School District and an adjunct Biology professor at Missouri Western State University.
Jonn has won numerous awards for education, including:
* MWSU Education Department's Outstanding Secondary Junior Experience Student Teacher 2000
* President of the Psi Xi chapter of Beta Beta Beta (National Biological Honor Society) 2000, 2001
* MWSU Education Department's Outstanding Secondary Senior Experience Student Teacher 2001
* MWSU Education Department's Graduate of the Year 2001
* KQTV Teacher Who Makes a Difference 2005
* Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year 2007
* MWSU Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award 2012
* Oregon, MO Optimist Club Teacher of the Year 2017
* St. Joseph, MO School District Teacher of the Year 2021
Jonn earned a BS in Natural Science/Biology Emphasis/Minor Chemistry with Teacher Certification from MWSU and an MAEd from Baker University. He is a member of the National Science Teachers Association, the National Association of Biology Teachers, the Missouri Stream Team, Missouri Forest Keepers, and the Pony Express Amphibian and Reptile Society. He is currently a high school science teacher at St. Joseph Missouri School District and an adjunct Biology professor at Missouri Western State University.
