A word about me...

I was born and and grew up in the rural community of Deep Gap, N.C., an area that straddles the eastern continental divide.  I graduated from Watauga High School in Boone, N.C. where I was a rather unremarkable orchestra student.  I attended Appalachian State University where I majored in Philosophy.  While at ASU, I met and married Sherrell Brown, who was an out-of-state student from West Columbia, and we have now been married for 36 years. Sherrell is currently the librarian at Nursery Road Elementary School. 

I have been teaching high school math since 1986.  Over the years I have taught General Math II, Algebra I Part 2, Algebra 1 & 2, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Data Analysis, Introduction to Calculus, AP Calculus (AB & BC), IB Math (Studies, SL, and HL), Physics, and IB Theory of Knowledge.  I taught at Irmo High School from '95 to '99, and I have been back at IHS since 2005.  I have two children who attended Nursery Road, Irmo Middle, and Irmo High. 

Contact information 

     E-mail:  rblanken@lexrich5.org

     Phone: 476-3068

     Room number: 204

 My current time for extra help is on Mondays and Thursdays after school.  This may change from time to time, and I will alert students during class.