Tapestry Charter High School · English Department

Welcome to Geoff Schutte’s Page

12th Grade English Teacher & Department Chair

Mr. Schutte has worked in education for more than two decades—as an outdoor educator in the Pacific Northwest, a residential counselor with the Upward Bound Program, a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Thailand, and a classroom teacher in Binghamton and Rochester, New York. This school year marks his 17th year teaching English at Tapestry Charter School in his hometown of Buffalo. He is the English Department Chair, serves on the school leadership team, and teaches as an adjunct professor in the School of Education and Human Services at Canisius College.

A graduate of SUNY Geneseo and Binghamton University, Mr. Schutte also holds a degree in Education Administration from the University at Buffalo. A strong proponent of literacy and reading, he founded and organizes Buffalo Reading Invasions, a series of summer events that brings the public together to celebrate reading as a shared activity.

Mr. Schutte has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States. He also enjoys cooking, running, playing with his children, hiking, and biking around the city.

Geoff and his wife, Melissa, have two sons, Henry and Charlie.