Mr. Johnson grew up on a little dairy farm near Osseo, WI. After time in the military and one deployment overseas, he got his physics and general science teaching degree from the University of Wisconsin - Platteville. His first job was at Minneapolis Academy where he taught 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade science. Three years later he started teaching 8th-grade science at Pine Island Middle School. In 2018 the took the middle school technology position and started the Innovative Arts class in the Fab lab. More information on Innovative Arts can be found here.