Welcome to the Reading Center.  Mr. Gunner, our reading specialist, has been teaching in the Blissfield School District for a number of years.  A native of Toledo, Ohio, Mr. Gunner has degrees in both Elementary Education and Reading Education.  Before coming to Blissfield, Mr. Gunner was the Coordinator and Teacher  of the Gifted and Talented Education Program in the Crooksville School District in Ohio.  While at Blissfield Mr. Gunner has taught in grades 1, 2, 3, and 5.  He is now the reading specialist.  He has also coached both girls' and boys' middle school basketball.

Mr. Gunner is also an active storyteller and amateur musician.  He specializes in telling the Jack Tales of the Appalachian Mountains.  His primary musical instruments are the banjo and mountain dulcimer, but he can also play guitar, tinwhistle, and the Native American flute.