Ernie Lewis
ernfiddlevp05.JPG (408869 bytes)Beside playing various instruments, such as guitar, fiddle, mandolin, violin, dobro, and a host of others, for the Moosehead Band for over 20 years, Ernie Lewis managed to pursue an academic carrier.  He graduated from California State University Bakersfield (CSUB) in 1994 with a Liberal Studies Degree. Throughout his college stay, he focused on science and technology. His worldly interests allowed him to gain entrance into the field of technology instruction, and he is grateful for that. His other loves are music, traditional story telling, mountain biking, astronomy, biology, computer science, mathematics, and education.

Ernie was interviewed by an Italian Web author.  Check out the interview at http://utenti.lycos.it/ancellottimattia/
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Here are a few songs that Ernie wrote and recorded: "Millennium Dance" and "Red Hot Mary."

Ernie began working at Beardsley Junior High in 1995. Since that time, he, with the help of his mentor teacher, Mr. Bob Sheldon, managed to write and implement a computer lab curriculum for seventh and eighth grade students. Other accomplishments done within past years by Ernie are these:


  • Completing the Elementary Credential Program at CSUB with honors.
  • Receiving a grant for being the top student in the Elementary Credential Program at CSUB.
  • Creating and teaching a junior high school audiovisual lab curriculum.
  • Teaching for the University of San Diego.
  • Becoming a multimedia mentor for the California Technology Assistance Program (CTAP).
  • Completing the CLAD certification from the University of San Diego.
  • Obtaining Level III TechMentor certification from CTAP.
  • Receiving a clear teaching credential in 2001.
  • Helping to create and then teach in a Paxton/Patterson industrial arts facility at Beardsley Junior High School.

Ernie has made a plethora of new friends, both academic and professional, along his studious journey. His main goals are to continue helping students advance their life skills through the use of technology and hard work and to finish his fifth year to obtain his full state credential.

  • Elizabeth C. W. Lewis (my mother)
  • Donald L. Lewis (my dearly-departed father)
  • Robert Lewis (my brother)
  • Marge Lewis (my wife)
  • Nora Lee (my sister)
  • Dr. Jesus Nieto y familia
  • Max Gardner (my old golfing-in-the-dark partner and music buddy)
  • Ken Chapman
  • Kathy Hollis
  • Chris Doyle
  • Steve Collett
  • Oliver Starkey
  • Darren Bly
  • Charlie Sr., Charlie Jr., & Sharon Brown
  • Kathy & Tim Prestage
  • Jim and Helen Reed
  • John Hollins
  • Les Bess
  • Matt & Kay Hightower
  • Jess & Peggy Nieto
  • Kenneth Dale Walters
  • Rocky Johnson
  • Joe Tate
  • Robert Flores
  • Matt Adams
  • Terry Huston
  • Robert Sheldon
  • Kevin Williams
  • Richard Belcher
  • Aaron Ginn and family
  • Sherri & Wally Middleton
  • Patricia Horne
  • Darrall Horne
  • Minnie "Nanna" Becker
  • Phil Hernandez
  • Brandon and Billy at Superior Automotive in Oildale, California
  • Dr. Betty Greathouse
  • Dr. Saundra Sparling
  • Dr. Ron Hughes
  • Ms. Cervantes
  • Artie Niesen
  • Terry Huston
  • Bruce Milburn
  • Jim Reed
  • Jared Sliger
  • Jim Young
  • John Money
  • Scherlie Friberg
  • Rebecca Mallard
  • Carleen and Terry Orr
  • Pat Rainey
  • Vera Mouser
  • Jack and Lisa Laughlin
  • Andrew Spencer
  • Jaz Spencer
  • Sarra Abbott
  • Nancy Monzon
  • Roxy Reeves
  • Ty Stone
  • Tom Hunnicutt
  • Brett Garrett
  • Bob Cortez
  • Kelly Cook
  • Tim Hunter
  • Bruce Bowen
  • Tom Hunnicutt
  • Mark Peck
  • Dan Fuller
  • Linda Fillmore
  • Randy Gallego
  • David Hitlon
  • Inez Savage
  • many more . . .

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