Gerald Logan

Mr Gerald Logan was born in High Prairie, Alberta and was raided in Crooked Creek, Alberta. He has 4 sisters and 2 brothers.

Gerald not only attended Ridge Valley school while growing up he became a teacher, teaching in Ridge Valley. There he met Marion Logan, from Nova Scotia who was subbing.. They have now been married for 40 years and have 3 daughters and 4 grandchildren.

During his working career, he has worked in all three area school districts, Peace Wapiti, Grande Prairie Public and Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools in various capacities from teacher and technology lead to being a school principal. Twice he has been an AB Education consultant.

Gerald’s post-retirement life is almost busier than his educational career. He is presently a Catholic deacon with the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan, works as an instructor at Nitehawk year-round adventure park, is a Vice President of the MPTC convention board and is Past President of the ATA Educational Council.

Gerald’s passions and loves are taking him in a number of directions. He is currently enjoying mountain and road bike riding and is doing a weekly an online virtual biking circuit with people from all over the world. He is getting ready for the upcoming winter season toa skiing and snowboarding instructor, helping his grandchildren with online learning and is pursuing his interest once again in stained glass artwork.

Once he is able to travel again, Gerald not only hopes to have frequent visits to their retirement home in Iona, Nova Scotia but also travel back to Europe, particularly to visit Scotland, Italy (Rome) and France. Gerald is known as a soft-spoken, kind-hearted and very generous man with his time and talents. It was a pleasure to learn about and share his story.