Adam Compton is the Associate Head of School at New River Academy.  He holds a B.A. in Anthropology and an M.A. in History.  Thus, he teaches American Government, A.P. American Government, U.S. History, and Leadership at New River Academy.

He took up whitewater kayaking @8 years ago in San Marcos, Texas.  While he will always call Texas home, after many road trips, a couple of cars driven into the ground, and many hours of lamenting the lack of water in Texas, he figured the time had come to move closer to the water.  While searching for jobs in the Asheville, NC area, he chanced into the opportunity to work for New River Academy.  He leapt at the opportunity to combine his passions for teaching the social studies and kayaking.

This year he will travel with the students and other faculty to Chile, China, Canada, and several Appalachian states in the U.S.  Travel can be rigorous, but Adam grew up travelling regularly.  Thus, he often finds the "discomforts" of travel more comfortable than the comforts of home, especially since Brian of Comic Relief in San Marcos, TX keeps Adam's books coming to him through the mail when Adam is on the road.  In the spirit of travel, he orients this blog toward documenting the groups travel.  In the spirit of comic humor, the New River Gnome will show up dancing in many of Adam's pictures.  That's right, the gnome dances.