Christopher Leman

I was born, raised, and attended university near Chicago, Illinois, USA. I spent 8 years teaching health and physical education, and coaching basketball in Illinois and Arizona before moving overseas. I first taught in Seoul, South Korea for a couple of years before coming to Hanoi Toronto School in Vietnam.

Here we opened a brand-new school, and I am particularly proud of how I have helped to grow the HPE program, as well as our sports, and extracurricular clubs. In our first year with sport, we introduced competitive badminton, swimming, soccer, and basketball programs for both elementary and middle school, boys and girls. Our teams have shown an incredible amount of growth and improvement in just our first year, and we are excited for the future of our sports programs. In HPE we focused on building a holistic wellness program, that educates students about mental, social, and emotional health in addition to their physical health. We accomplish this through our fitness based physical education course, as well as our extended courses including yoga, fitness, integrated health, and aquatics.

The wellness program here is really a reflection of my personal life. I am always working to improve my personal wellness through travel, nature, fitness, and my relationships. I enjoy traveling to new places and have loved exploring here in Vietnam and SE Asia. I have a passion for hiking, camping, fishing, and love being outside in nature whenever possible. I enjoy daily fitness and still play basketball, and in my down time I enjoy reading and playing chess. There is no place like home though, and I always enjoy spending time with my family and friends in the summer time.