New Teacher Feature: Welcome Mr. Jim Muench. New to teaching high school, he has taught on the college level in English, journalism, and strategic communication. He has lived in Columbia, Missouri for 32 years, born on the island of Okinawa. He became a “Community Ambassador” for the Missouri German Heritage Corridor project due to having a great, great, great grandfather that was an important early Missouri German. He is the author of 3 published books, many journalistic articles, an a three-act play that received staged readings at three colleges. Mr. Muench wants “to get to know the NCHS students and help them become the best communicators they can be.” #ThunderbirdProud