Welcome to my home on the Internet.

The 2020-2021 school year marks my 22nd year teaching math and yearbook at Valley Lutheran High School. This year, I teach, Honors Pre-Calculus, Advanced Placement Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, Explorations in Math, and advise the Yearbook. I also serve as Director of Technology and as Registrar.

I hold a BA in Mathematics (1997) from Concordia University, Irvine, and a MAT in Mathematics (2009) from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

Enjoy my web site!

Map Collecting
My map collection includes more than 2700 maps dating from 1893 to the present

Map Collection:
Directory of my normal map collection (727 maps) (Updated 5/1/11)
Directory of antique maps (1296 maps) (Updated 5/1/11)
Directory of USGS Topo Maps (721 maps)

Other links:
Road Map Collectors of America

Amateur Radio Public Service Events
I enjoy helping with amateur radio public service events with the Maricopa County Emergency Communications Group.

Some amateur radio events that I have helped out with include:
Special Olympics Bike Competition
Fiesta Bowl Parade
Rock N Roll Marathon
Laveen Country Challenge
Le Grande Tour, Casa Grande
Tour de Cure, Phoenix/New River
Tour de Phoenix
Tempe Triathlon
Fourth of July Parade, Williams, AZ
Walk for Diabetes, Usery Mtn. Regional Park, Mesa
Walk for Diabetes, Glendale
Walk for Diabetes, Downtown Phoenix
Race for the Cure, Phoenix
Tour de Scottsdale
Tour de Farm
YMCA Half Marathon, South Mountain, Phoenix
MS-150 Best Dam Bike Tour, Phoenix to Gila Bend, Round Trip
MS-150 Best Dam Bike Tour, Lake Pleasant to Parker
Bike MS, Florence, AZ
Fiesta Bowl Half Marathon, Scottsdale
March of Dimes WalkAmerica
Crown King Scramble
Runners Den Road Classic
Ironman Triathlon
SRP Bike Ride
Mogollon Monster 100
Barn Burner Mountain Bike Race
Walk for Hope, Phoenix

I have also helped out with emergency communications:
Hurricane Katrina Shelter, Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix (2005)

Skywarn severe storm spotting
I am a trained severe storm spotter for the National Weather Service in Phoenix, AZ.

Links:
National Weather Service, Phoenix, AZ

Weekly Nets:
Arizona Emergency Net -- Maricopa
Monday Evenings, 9:00 pm
Shaw Butte: 147.24 (+) PL: 162.2 Hz
Mt. Ord: 146.92 (-) PL: 162.2 Hz

Lutheran Amateur Radio Support Network (LARSN)
Echolink Node KD7HLQ-L (#426188)
Tuesday Evenings:

To Hell and Beyond: The Trip
Read about Jonathan and Rick's adventures as they travel To Hell and Beyond

Raising the Darling Flagpole
Pictures of the 2002 flagpole raising ceremony at the Darling residence in Oakland, California.

Electronic Mail:
rick@rickscholz.net

Facebook:
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