About MeAdam Restad is a product of the Billings public school system, graduating from Senior High School in 2005. He earned a law degree from Duke University and played as a 6'4" powerforward on the Duke Blue Devils basketball team from 2008-2009. He dunked on LeBron James, even though he will deny it.
He attended the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington where he earned a B.A. in English, creative writing. After college Adam worked as a department manager and graphic designer in a small, startup ultimate Frisbee company in Seattle, WA and continues as a freelance graphic designer in Billings. He started his official teaching career in the fall of 2015 and finished his Masters of Education from Montana State University - Billings in 2017. He received his National Board Certification in 2023. He loves pancakes, metal music, and listening to metal music while making pancakes for his two daughters. |
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BooksThe Wind Up Bird Chronicles, by Haruki Murakami
Catch 22, by Joseph Heller Where Rivers Change Directions, by Mark Spragg Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut This House of Sky, by Ivan Doig |
Education(2005) Billings Senior High
(2008) IES Dublin Study Abroad (2009) University of Puget Sound • B.A. English, creative writing (2017) MSU - Billings • Masters of Education, Curriculum and Instruction (2023) National Board Certified Teacher |
Hobbies• Curriculum and Pedagogy
• Fly fishing • Backpacking • Ultimate Frisbee • Graphic design • Running • Reading/writing |