New Director at Groveland for the 2007-2008 School Year     Hi, my name is Randy Peterson and this is my 14th year of teaching in Saint Paul Public Schools.  I also teach at Highland Junior High School and at Roosevelt Elementary this year.  I am a graduate of Edison High School in Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis where I received my B.S. in Music Education in December of 1990.  My principal instruments are trombone and voice.  I feel the most comfortable on all of the brass instruments, but also do very well on all of the woodwind instruments.  I have also taught at Highland Elementary, Horace Mann Elementary and Capitol Hill Magnet.  I play with a small group of friends around Christmas time, holiday music in a group I named called the Silent Nightmare's.      I am an avid outdoorsman and love to hunt, fish, camp, canoe, and travel.  I have been to Kodiak Alaska, Tokyo Japan and Malaga Spain were some of my most memorable trips.  I love to cook.  My specialties are Red Beans and Rice, Sausage Seafood Gumbo, Lasagna, and Pad Thai.  I also am a regular trivia player on NTN trivia found at local restauraunts such as Buffalo Wild Wings, and Old Chicago.  I love learning and any chances I can get for taking a new adventure.  I am a voracious reader and read 4-5 books at once.  I especially enjoy science fiction books.  Currently  I am reading  the Otherland series by  Tad Williams about a world of virtual reality worlds that seem real.