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  • Home
  • ABOUT US
    • Guiding Organization
    • CTE Courses
      • Performing Arts Pathway
      • Design, Visual & Media Arts Pathway
      • River CTE Department
    • Camp Yampa
    • Resources
    • Meet Mr. Hanks
  • Classes
    • SCREEN 1
      • SCREEN 1: Overview
      • Screen 1: Projects
      • Screen 1: PROJECT BLOG
      • SCREEN 1: Reflections
    • SCREEN 2
      • SCREEN 2: Overview
      • Screen 2: Projects
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    • STAGE 1
      • STAGE 1: Overview
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      • Stage 1: Project Blog
      • Stage 1: Reflections
    • STAGE 2
      • STAGE 2: Overview
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  • Thespians
  • Live Productions & Media Creation
    • Studio Theatre
    • [Name of Podcast]
    • Art Collective
    • Music Collaborative
  • Raider Studio Films & Video Content
    • Annual Film Festival
    • Counterpart Short Films
    • Under the Bus
    • Beyond the Studio Doors
    • Filmmakers
  • Donate!

MEET MR. HANKS

Teaching Credentials

Mr. Hanks with young performers
Career Technical Education:
Arts, Media, & Entertainment

Single Subject: Theatre

Single Subject: Art

​Multiple Subject

Teaching Experience & Affiliations

Mr. Hanks with a high school performer.
​Washington Unified School District (2015-present)
Teacher, Dept. Chair, River City High School

San Joaquin County Office of Education (2010-2015)
Teacher, one.Charter - Academy of Visual & Performing Arts

​Stanislaus County Office of Education (1999-2010)
Company Manager, Youth Entertainment Stage Company 
Teacher, Valley Business High School

West Sacramento Foundation
​Educational Theatre Association
California Teachers Association & NEA
Great Valley Writing Project & CWP & NWP
Northern California Media Educators
California Arts, Media, & Entertainment Leadership Institute
​Broadway Teachers Workshop
Puppeteers of America

Honors

Mr. Hanks with a colleague
​Excellence in Education Award
West Sacramento Teachers Association

Certificate of Achievement, 10 Years of Service
Washington Unified School District

Certificate of Achievement, 5 Years of Service
San Joaquin County Office of Education
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Certificate of Achievement, 10 Years of Service
Stanislaus County Office of Education

​Superintendent’s Awards (x4)
Stanislaus County Office of Education

Education & Special Studies

library and clock tower at Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University
Bachelor of Arts, Theatre

Brandman University
Teaching Credential

Transformative Justice
​Teaching Writing Across Content

Common Core, NGSS, LCFF/LCAP
Inclusive & Multicultural Schooling
California Cultural Studies

Educational Application of Computers
Child Development, Health & Safety
Fine Arts Assessment
Drama for Children
Theatre & Dance History
Masks & Puppetry
Technique: Acting, Directing, Dance
Design: Costuming, Make-up, Scenery

Production Experience

PRODUCE, DESIGN, DIRECT
Elsewhere
​Rue
Frozen JR. 

​The Hunchback of Note Dame
At the Bottom of Lake Missoula
Puffs
Honk!
It's a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play
"La Nouba" Field Show

She Kills Monsters
The Omelet Murder Case
The Addams Family, quarantined concert
Not Afraid, a concept movie-musical
Do You Read Me
Clue, stay-at-home high school edition
Winter's Colorful Cabaret 2020
Juliet's Ghost

A Midsummer Night's Dream
​Disney Aladdin, Jr.
Things Fall (Meanwhile)

Rough Magic
Little Shop of Horrors
Murder at the Pie Auction

It's a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play
Once On This Island
The Hysterical History of the Trojan War
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Ragtime, School Edition

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Dante’s Inferno
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Camp Yampa: annual '20 - present
Induction Ceremony: annual '18 - present
Storybook Theatre Tour: annual '18 - present
Film Festival: annual '17 - present
Another Openin': annual '16 - present
Haunted House: '17, '18, '22
RCHS Drag Show
RCHS Art Building Mural
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Fascinatin’ Rhythms
The Magic Flute – Monostosos
Carousel – Billy Bigalow
The Melody Lingers On – Irving Berlin
Once On This Island – Daniel Boxhomme
Children of Eden – Adam 
West Side Story
Grease
The Wiz
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Peter Pan
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
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The Music Man
Seussical, Jr.
Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, Kids
Bye Bye Birdie
Disney’s Aladdin, Jr.
Disney’s Jungle Book, Kids
The Wizard of Oz
Honk!, Jr. 
Disney’s Aristocats Kids
Suessical the Musical
Guys and Dolls, Jr.
Disney’s Cinderella Kids
Anything Goes
Once On This Island, Jr.
Honk!
School House Rock Live, Jr.
Damn Yankees
Footloose
FILM PRODUCTION, EDITING
[name of podcast] - 8 episodes
​Not Afraid, a concept movie-musical
Do You Read Me?
Clue, stay-at-home high school edition

Winter's Colorful Cabaret 2020
RCHS Virtual Graduation 2020
RC Dance Show: biannual '15 - present

one.Zombie

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Program Director

Chris Hanks
Stage & Screen Pathways​
CTE Department Chair
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Contact

[email protected]
(916) 375-7800 x2753
​Remind App: see home page
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Location

River City High School
1 Raider Lane
West Sacramento, CA 95691
  • Home
  • ABOUT US
    • Guiding Organization
    • CTE Courses
      • Performing Arts Pathway
      • Design, Visual & Media Arts Pathway
      • River CTE Department
    • Camp Yampa
    • Resources
    • Meet Mr. Hanks
  • Classes
    • SCREEN 1
      • SCREEN 1: Overview
      • Screen 1: Projects
      • Screen 1: PROJECT BLOG
      • SCREEN 1: Reflections
    • SCREEN 2
      • SCREEN 2: Overview
      • Screen 2: Projects
      • SCREEN 2: Reflections
    • STAGE 1
      • STAGE 1: Overview
      • STAGE 1: Projects
      • Stage 1: Project Blog
      • Stage 1: Reflections
    • STAGE 2
      • STAGE 2: Overview
      • STAGE 2: Reflections
  • Thespians
  • Live Productions & Media Creation
    • Studio Theatre
    • [Name of Podcast]
    • Art Collective
    • Music Collaborative
  • Raider Studio Films & Video Content
    • Annual Film Festival
    • Counterpart Short Films
    • Under the Bus
    • Beyond the Studio Doors
    • Filmmakers
  • Donate!