Mr. Cable: Vice principal, father, & former professional roller blader?
By Gena Carter
November 22, 2017
By Gena Carter
November 22, 2017
High school principals are often depicted as the villains in media today, with the sole goal of ruining the high school experience and unlikable personalities to match. However, Mr. Cable starkly contrasts this stereotype, and there is more to our new Vice Principal than meets the eye.
Confirming the rumors that he was a professional roller blader, Mr. Cable added, “I was a skate instructor and then had done some pro competitions”. During his high school days, Mr. Cable had decided to sacrifice high school team sports to join a team at a skatepark in Moon Township.
“It’s out of business now and has probably been closed since before you guys were old enough to even know about it,” Mr. Cable admitted.
His rollerblading days are a thing of the past, yet he still finds excitement nowadays in being a father. During his interview, he talked excitedly about his two children, one 3 years old and the other just 2 ½ weeks old. “I’m glad I waited until my late twenties[to be a father],” he divulged.
Mr. Cable does “begrudgingly like to run, just a couple days a week”, go car shopping for recreation, read about automotive engineering, and watch shows such as The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones in his free time. He attests that he “powered through the books” before binge watching his favorite shows, and often looks for similarities between the novels and the television adaptations.
Career wise, Mr. Cable is more than content to have a job at Hampton. He had actually got two calls from the superintendent confirming that he received the job before the third one finally went through; he was on an airplane initially, and the second time he was travelling through a National Forest. He found out the news as he was selling his old house in South Carolina, and it was difficult trying to hide his excitement when he realized he had gotten the job.
“Doing orientation with the freshmen this year and seeing them walk their schedules, getting to meet their parents,” Mr. Cable remembered fondly, “it’s fun to start that process over again and kinda see where Hampton is gonna take them.” Although he had met Dr. Imbarlina and Mr. Amick through the interview process, it wasn’t until the first day of school that he realized that he was going to fit in just fine.
For those who did not find community service over the summer, Mr. Cable urged students to come see him. “We can pair you up with different organizations that are looking for help,” he assured. “As young people in your community you are in the best position, in a lot of ways, to make a difference.”
He describes everyone at Hampton as “very friendly and very supportive.”
“One of my focus areas [at Hampton] is to have more students that are learning. I come from a project based school where we propose projects to students and let them attack the problem.”
Before landing the job at Hampton, Mr. Cable was director of the Cougar New Tech Entrepreneurial Academy in South Carolina. There are parts of South Carolina that he definitely misses, particularly the students and the beach, but he is excited to have a job much closer to where he grew up.
Mr. Cable attended Blackhawk High School in Beaver Falls. “Although I grew up in a neighborhood,” Mr. Cable elaborated, “there were parts of our school district that were dairy farms.” He also has three younger brothers, the youngest still a senior in Beaver Falls.
Blackhawk and Hampton aren’t as separated as they may appear. Mr. Cable graduated with a class of 218 students, similar in number to Hampton’s 2018 graduating class of 261 students, and Blackhawk even played Hampton in sports a few times.
His advice to seniors and juniors thinking about college? “Don’t just go with a brand or a football team you watch on the weekends.” Although Mr. Cable does not regret attending Penn State, he does say that “One of the mistakes I made was that I didn’t visit enough schools.”
“I went from a [class] of 218 to 40,000 undergraduates at Penn State. It’s scary going to a place that big.”
It is important to find a school that is right for you. “If you can thrive in a big school,” Mr. Cable added, “that’s great, but, if not, that’s okay too.”
Mr. Cable hopes to combat the stereotype high school principal’s have in media today by “being approachable”. He urges students that, if they see him in the hallway, to stop and say hello. “I’ll usually throw a wave or high five.”
Confirming the rumors that he was a professional roller blader, Mr. Cable added, “I was a skate instructor and then had done some pro competitions”. During his high school days, Mr. Cable had decided to sacrifice high school team sports to join a team at a skatepark in Moon Township.
“It’s out of business now and has probably been closed since before you guys were old enough to even know about it,” Mr. Cable admitted.
His rollerblading days are a thing of the past, yet he still finds excitement nowadays in being a father. During his interview, he talked excitedly about his two children, one 3 years old and the other just 2 ½ weeks old. “I’m glad I waited until my late twenties[to be a father],” he divulged.
Mr. Cable does “begrudgingly like to run, just a couple days a week”, go car shopping for recreation, read about automotive engineering, and watch shows such as The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones in his free time. He attests that he “powered through the books” before binge watching his favorite shows, and often looks for similarities between the novels and the television adaptations.
Career wise, Mr. Cable is more than content to have a job at Hampton. He had actually got two calls from the superintendent confirming that he received the job before the third one finally went through; he was on an airplane initially, and the second time he was travelling through a National Forest. He found out the news as he was selling his old house in South Carolina, and it was difficult trying to hide his excitement when he realized he had gotten the job.
“Doing orientation with the freshmen this year and seeing them walk their schedules, getting to meet their parents,” Mr. Cable remembered fondly, “it’s fun to start that process over again and kinda see where Hampton is gonna take them.” Although he had met Dr. Imbarlina and Mr. Amick through the interview process, it wasn’t until the first day of school that he realized that he was going to fit in just fine.
For those who did not find community service over the summer, Mr. Cable urged students to come see him. “We can pair you up with different organizations that are looking for help,” he assured. “As young people in your community you are in the best position, in a lot of ways, to make a difference.”
He describes everyone at Hampton as “very friendly and very supportive.”
“One of my focus areas [at Hampton] is to have more students that are learning. I come from a project based school where we propose projects to students and let them attack the problem.”
Before landing the job at Hampton, Mr. Cable was director of the Cougar New Tech Entrepreneurial Academy in South Carolina. There are parts of South Carolina that he definitely misses, particularly the students and the beach, but he is excited to have a job much closer to where he grew up.
Mr. Cable attended Blackhawk High School in Beaver Falls. “Although I grew up in a neighborhood,” Mr. Cable elaborated, “there were parts of our school district that were dairy farms.” He also has three younger brothers, the youngest still a senior in Beaver Falls.
Blackhawk and Hampton aren’t as separated as they may appear. Mr. Cable graduated with a class of 218 students, similar in number to Hampton’s 2018 graduating class of 261 students, and Blackhawk even played Hampton in sports a few times.
His advice to seniors and juniors thinking about college? “Don’t just go with a brand or a football team you watch on the weekends.” Although Mr. Cable does not regret attending Penn State, he does say that “One of the mistakes I made was that I didn’t visit enough schools.”
“I went from a [class] of 218 to 40,000 undergraduates at Penn State. It’s scary going to a place that big.”
It is important to find a school that is right for you. “If you can thrive in a big school,” Mr. Cable added, “that’s great, but, if not, that’s okay too.”
Mr. Cable hopes to combat the stereotype high school principal’s have in media today by “being approachable”. He urges students that, if they see him in the hallway, to stop and say hello. “I’ll usually throw a wave or high five.”