John Rimel was born in Charlottesville Virginia, and shares a birthday with local legend, Thomas Jefferson. For the past eight years, John has taught English and Reading to 7th and 8th graders at Buford Middle School in his hometown. Previously, he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam conflict and had a thirty-year career with the United States Postal Service. In addition, John is a nationally awarded songwriter and has released his first CD (johnrimelmuisc.com).

John is a graduate of Piedmont Virginia Community College and holds a B.A. in English from the University of Virginia as well as a Master's Degree from UVa's Curry School of Education. He is the recipient of the prestigious Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching.

In addition to his current teaching assignment, John provides excellent resources to other educators through Teachers Pay Teachers (teacherspayteachers.com). He also owns a thriving proofreading and copyediting business, and offers a song critique service through his publishing company.

Contact information:

Education & Proofreading/Copyediting: johnrimelv@gmail.com
Music Publishing: johnrimelmusic@comcast.net