Cameron Pack, known as Mr. Pack or Coach Pack, teaches the AVID class and history classes.

”I teach history and AVID,”  Pack said.

Pack has taught at 2 schools, including LSHS.

“I taught at Congress Middle School for the Park Hill School District and Lee’s Summit High School,” Pack said.

While being a teacher, Pack is also in the army.

“To be a teacher and in the military at the same time, you have to be in a part time of either the National Guard or the reserves, while you’re going through the process, you have to go get your teaching certificate, which means you completed your four year bachelor’s degree, along with student teaching, and gotten hired at a school,” Pack said.

When he wasn’t deployed and hadn’t yet become a teacher, he was a student teacher in Warrensburg.

“I was a teacher at Warrensburg High School when he was a student teacher down the hall from me,” Bo Tiller said.

Pack joined the army when he was 19, in 2011. 

“I chose the Army as the branch to go serve in because it was the closest recruiting station to where I lived.”

Pack has met many people in the army, including two of his best friends, who both played a part in his wedding. 

“My friend Shane, who was the radio savant on a deployment, was the best man at my wedding, and Dale, who is in special forces, was a groomsman,” Pack said.

Pack was a wrestler in school before the army, then went into a wrestling program in the army.

“I wrestled from 6th grade through high school and was a combatives instructor in the Army,” Pack said.

Pack became a coach for wrestling because of his love for the sport. 

“When I became a student teacher, I wanted to volunteer my time as an assistant wrestling coach and give back to the sport that I love,” Pack said

When Pack came to LSHS to teach, he began coaching here also.

“I am the head coach for wrestling,” Pack said. 

Pack never thought he would become a head coach in wrestling.

“When I became a teacher, I knew I’d want to be a part of the wrestling program, but never knew I would end up being a head coach,” Pack said.

Along with being a coach, he plays a role in the veteran’s assembly.

“He plays such a key role in our veteran program as head wrestling coach. He’s on our AVID site team and led some professional development for our teachers,” Tiller said.

Pack has only been on 2-year-long deployments, and he isn’t looking for any more because he has a family and finds it hard to be away from leaving all the work to his wife.

“I’ve deployed twice on year-long deployments. The first time was to Kuwait, the second time was to Qatar,” Pack said.

While being deployed, Pack can communicate with his wife and daughters when he has his phone.

“I have my own phone. When I don’t have my phone, then I can’t communicate with them, but I’d have a military phone. But I’m not allowed to call civilians, so I can’t talk to them with it,” Pack said.