Mr. Heilbronn
Physical Education & Health
Middle School, High School
Mr. Heilbronn is a Health Subject Expert Teacher instructing Middle School and High School classes at our Upper School. He is also overseeing Health curriculum across the all grades at our school. Mr. Heilbronn is a Founding Faculty member of BASIS Independent Brooklyn, and he taught students across all grade levels in physical education, health, and a digital music elective. For the past two years, Mr. Heilbronn served as the Dean of the Middle School Program before he transitioned back to the classroom.
In 1989, Mr. Heilbronn moved to New York to pursue a career in the music industry and continued his studies in sound engineering, editing, and programming. In 2012, he acquired a United States Soccer Federation coaching license. He loves to play and coach soccer. Food is another passion of his. “I also like to travel, meet new people, and experience different cultures and foods,” he says.
After finishing Abitur in English and geography at the Gymnasium Horn in Bremen/Germany in 1984, Mr. Heilbronn went on to study cultural science at the University of Bremen.
Mr. Heilbronn is proud to coach our Varsity Boys Soccer team outside of his teaching duties.