Edward Hennessey was born in Burlington, Vermont. He graduated from Plymouth State College in New Hampshire with a bachelors degree in Business Management and Human Resources. Ed relocated to Florida in 1996 to pursue teaching opportunities in the Central Florida area. He took his certifications in business, reading and Exceptional Student Education to find a long term position with a school that has a great faculty and dedicated students. He was happy to have joined SCPS back in February of 1999 as a marketing teacher. Before joining SCPS he got his start as a math teacher at Excel Alternatives in Lake Mary, Florida. Ed has two beautiful children both products of the SCPS system. His daughter Shelby is in 8th grade and pre IB at Millennium Middle School. His son JD is in the 5th grade at Crystal Lake elementary.
Ed has such a passion for teaching. He feels so accomplished as a teacher when students enter his classroom at the start of the year struggling with reading only to have them succeed and pass the FCAT.