Leon Mitchell Jr.

What a remarkable man with a thirst for knowledge, who knows what else he would have done or known in his life!

Mr. Mitchell was my Government teacher at Eastern Hills High School. He was our Student Government sponsor and did A LOT of mentoring a couple of generations of EHHS students. Because of him, I got to go to Boys State in Austin and from that, I was selected to attend Boys Nation in Washington D.C. Incredible experiences all. Thank you for devoting your life to developing young minds. May Mr. Mitchell Rest In Peace!

David Biegel
Student Body President
EHHS Class of 1977

We patrolled with Leon many years. He was a trooper. What a greats loved man. Rest in peace Leon. We love you!

Annette & Stanley McFarland

Marvelous Mr. Mitchell was my homeroom teacher from 82-85 and, of course, my government teacher. He was a wonderful man who truly cared about his students. He helped to make high school memorable and enjoyable for me. My thoughts and prayers are with your family. I know he's watching over all of us now as he did all those years he was our teacher.

I had Mr. Mitchell for government my senior year (1975). I can close my eyes and remember him sitting on the edge of his desk teaching. He was a wonderful teacher and I count myself privileged to have know him. Thank you Mr. Mitchell for your service at EHHS.

There are teachers who teach well, and those you never forget, and there are those rare teachers who do both- Marvelous Mr. Mitchell was one of those teachers. I only had him for one class for one semester- economics, but he was a teacher who I was even talking about a few days before his passing. I'll admit I wasn't a good student. I honestly didn't learn much about economics from him. But that was entirely my fault. The reason I am writing, however, is to point out what I feel is the...

Mr. Mitchell was a wonderful teacher. I have vivid memories of activities in both his government and sociology classes. I remember that as Student Council sponsor he had a tradition of having members be Secret Pals to the teachers. He never got gifts or goodies since he oversaw the assignments. A couple of my friends and I started putting little tokens in his mailbox and would watch for him to collect them. I don't think he ever found out who his "secret" pals were, but he always seemed so...

He was a great teacher and my homeroom teacher. I was fortunate to have been under his tutelage. He truly cared about his students.

Good teacher. Even tried to connect with the kids who didn't really want to be there...like me.