Ron Higgins
for
Washington State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Washington State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
A picture of Ron Higgins’ family taken in May 2018 when his daughter Abby was awarded her PhD in Mathematics Education by Washington State University, Pullman. Ron is in the background wearing a “Cougs Dad” sweatshirt. To Ron’s right is his wife, Debbie. To Ron’s left is his daughter, Abby, who is currently a professor of mathematics at a university in California. Ron’s son, Nate, is in a wheelchair in the foreground. Nate was injured in an industrial accident fell in 2004 soon after graduating from Richland High School and from Columbia Basin College via the Running Start program; he has been confined to a wheelchair ever since. Since his injury, Nate graduated from Gonzaga University and earned a Masters’ of Business Administration degree from the University of Southern California.
Ron at the controls of a UH-1N twin-engine “Huey” helicopter while serving as a squadron pilot in HML-776 (Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 776) at Glenview Naval Air Station, which was located just north of Chicago, Illinois.
Ron presenting a plaque to a social studies teacher to commemorate the presentation of pocket US Constitutions to the teacher's students. The plaque quotes George Washington's opinion concerning the importance of civics education to our youth who are destined to be the future guardians of our liberty.
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson and Ron Higgins, taken in December 2013. Rev. Peterson is the host of the Jesse Lee Peterson radio show and the founder of the non-profit religious organization Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny (BOND).
Ron's wife Debbie and Ron on the campus of the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles during April 2013 for a "Swim with Mike" award presentation. Ron and Debbie are standing in front of a picture of their son, Nate, who was a recipient of a "Swim with Mike" scholarship. "Swim with Mike" is a program to provide scholarships to disabled athletes; it is named in honor of Mike Nyeholt, a USC swimmer who became paralyzed when he suffered a spinal-cord injury.
Ron flanked by people with whom he conducted a homeless survey in the inner city of Los Angeles in December 2014 as a representative from Ward African Methodist Episcopal Church, a church located on 25th Avenue in Los Angeles that Ron attended while living in Los Angeles. The tall gentleman is Los Angeles City Councilman Curren Price.
Ron with three ladies who were participants in the Juneteenth celebration in Pasco.
Ron flanked by two Los Angeles public high school students who attended a class that Ron substitute taught while he resided in Los Angeles in 2015.
Ron flanked by six young ladies who were preparing for the Juneteenth celebration in Pasco.
Ron and a member of a Spanish-language Pentecostal Church. The church was doing open-air ministry at the corner of Pico Boulevard and Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, and Ron joined them several times to distribute 300 New Testaments in Spanish and 100 in English.
Ron and teacher at a high school in Kennewick. Ron was substitute teaching math; the man in the wheelchair is a full-time teacher at the school who also happens to be a friend of Ron’s son Nate.
Ron at a Fourth of July parade in Pasco flanked by members of the Cobras football team. Ron had several of these young men in class while a substitute teaching in Pasco.
Ron with two children of parents who were attending an evening English as a Second Language class. The Pasco School District offered an English as a Second Language class for adults who had children in the Pasco School District and provided childcare for the children while their parents were attending class. Ron was a frequent substitute for the teacher who supervised the children while the adults attended class.
Ron flanked by two very personable ladies, both of whom were born in Somalia. Ron met them while campaigning in south Seattle during his 2016 campaign for Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ron flanked by two young ladies at a Fourth of July Parade in Pasco. Ron had taught both of these young ladies while substitute teaching in the Pasco School District.
Ron with three middle school students who were in one of Ron’s classes when he was substitute teaching in a charter school in the inner city of Los Angeles.
Ron with Bishop Henning at the Ward African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, the church that Ron attended while he was in Los Angeles assisting his son, Nate. Nate was working fulltime while attending evening classes at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, the institution from which Nate earned his MBA.
Ron with Clint Didier. Clint is a farmer in Franklin County and a Franklin County Commissioner. Clint ran for US Senate, for Washington State Lands Commissioner, and for US Congress. Clint played professional football as a tight end for the Washington Redskins; he played on two Superbowl championship teams.
Ron flanked by three members of the Ward African-Methodist Episcopal Church, the principal church that Ron attended while staying in Los Angeles to assist his son.
Ron with Barbara Monteith, the widow of Dr. Stan Monteith. Dr. Monteith was the host of Radio Liberty for many years until his death in 2014.
Ron with Freddie Simpson. Freddie was the Republican Party National Committeewoman from Washington State for many years until her recent death.
Ron with the father of a boy for whom Ron worked as an in-home tutor when the boy was too sick to attend school. The family were Muslim immigrants from Bosnia.
Ron with Joni Erickson Tada. Joni leads the Christian ministry Joni and Friends, which ministers to disabled individuals around the world.
Ron with Orlean Koehle, the California State President of Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Forum. Note Ron’s button opposing Common Core.
Ron with Bill Bryant when both were on the campaign trail in 2016. Bill Bryant was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 2016.
Another picture of the two students who obviously appreciated Ron as a teacher. As a substitute teacher, Ron often bonded with the students right away but, because of the temporary nature of substitute teaching, would often never get to see them again.
A close-up of the plaque Ron presented.
Trevor Loudon, Ron, and a lady who lived under Communism in Vietnam before escaping and coming to the US; she now lives in the Tri-Cities. Trevor Loudon is an author, filmmaker and public speaker from Christchurch, New Zealand. Mr. Loudon wrote the books White House Reds and The Enemies Within and has produced the documentary film “The Enemies Within the Church.”
Ron with the President of the National Education Association (NEA), Lily Eskelsen Garcia. The NEA is not only the largest teachers’ union, but the nation’s largest union. Mrs. Garcia is a pleasant individual, but the NEA advocates policies contradictory to the principles of liberty and righteousness. She recently dared President Trump to sit in a classroom of sixth graders during the coronavirus crisis. Since studies show that the risk of acquiring coronavirus from children is very low, I, as a certificated teacher, would gladly sit in a classroom of sixth graders as their teacher. With the NEA’s political stances against Biblical morality, US sovereignty, and the free enterprise system, plus her opposition to classes reopening in the autumn, Mrs. Garcia is a walking advertisement for home schooling.