Education:
Mr. L’Heureux was first educated in the Harwich public school system on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. After attending Bentley College in Waltham Massachusetts for two years, he transferred and graduated from Nasson College in Springvale, Maine in 1983 with his BA degree in History. After 13 years in the work force, he enrolled in the teacher certification program at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine and graduated with his certification to teach history and government at the high school and adult education level. Mr. L’Heureux earned his Master of Science degree in Education; Integrating Technology in the Classroom, from Walden University in the summer of 2009. In 2016, Mr. L’Heureux attained his Master of Arts degree in US History and Government from Ashland University in Ohio after being chosen a James Madison Memorial Fellow in 2013.
Work Experience:
Upon graduating from college, Mr. L’Heureux worked in the retail sector, first as part of management then ultimately becoming part owner in two businesses. He then tried his hand working in the insurance and financial service industry but the call to the teaching profession beckoned him to his true vocation. He did his student teaching and substituting at Brunswick High School in Brunswick, Maine as well the Bath Middle School in Bath, Maine. In 1997, he began teaching at Boothbay Region High School, where he has remained educating students for over two decades.
Honors and Awards:
2018-Published author at the National Women’s History Museum.
2013-James Madison Graduate Memorial Fellowship Award: Competitive national scholarship given to a qualified teacher from each state annually recognizing a commitment to civic responsibility and to professional and collegial activities in American history and/or government.
2010-Horace Mann Abraham Lincoln Fellow: Springfield, Illinois
2007-2009-Attended Annenberg seminars at the National Constitutional Center as a member on their Education Advisory Board: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2006-Representative from Maine for Presidential Academy : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
Competitive summer seminars educating educators in American history and government attended.:
2019-Religious Freedom and Constitutional Government, Washington DC
2016- The Rochester Reform Trail: Women’s Rights, Religion and Abolition on the Genesee River and the Erie Canal
2016-Ashbrook Colloquia – Thomas Jefferson: Revered and Reviled, Charlottesville, Virginia
2015- Forge of Innovation: The Springfield Armory and the Genesis of American Industry
2015-Ashbrook Colloquia on Religion in America, Newport, Rhode Island
2013- The USS Constitution and the War of 1812; Boston, Massachusetts
2012-The War of 1812 in the Great Lakes and Western Territories: Toledo, Ohio
2011-The American Revolution on the Northern Frontier: Fort Ticonderoga and the Road to Saratoga; Ticonderoga, New York
2011-Liberty Fund seminar on the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention: Boston, Massachusetts
2010-At the Crossroads of Revolution: Lexington and Concord in 1775; Concord, Massachusetts
2009-Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution; Lowell Massachusetts
2009-Gilder Lehrman; Jim Crow and the Fight for American Citizenship: New Haven, Connecticut
Other:
2010, 12, & 13-Presenter at the Maine Council of Social Studies annual convention on the use of technology in teaching social studies.
1983-George Nasson Scholar (highest grade point average in major) upon graduating from Nasson College.
Personal:
Mr. L’Heureux resides in Boothbay with his wife, Tracey, along with his dog, Jäger, as well as the family cats, Pete and Dolly. His hobbies include muzzle loading, archery, 3d printing, and bowling while also an avid reader of historical biographies and J.R.R. Tolkien. He enjoys listening to music as evidenced by his extensive and eclectic music collection (the Beach Boys being his favorite group) and old radio shows from the “Golden Age of Radio”. Mr. L’Heureux also likes taking “road trips” on his Yamaha Majesty to wherever the road leads him. His dream accomplishment would to be part of an expedition, which definitively proves the existence of Sasquatch.
Contact Info:
Mr. L’Heureux, can be contacted at BRHS during school hours at (207) 633-2421. Alternately, you can email him at [email protected] . Answering of emails is in the fastest and most timely manner humanly possible.