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  • Danbury High School - Main Campus
  • Danbury, CT
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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I aspire to encourage my students to go after what they want in life and not settle for the status quo. I teach 9th grade Earth Science in CA. The high school I teach at has a high Hispanic population, with less than half of each graduating class attending a 4 year university.

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I aspire to encourage my students to go after what they want in life and not settle for the status quo. I teach 9th grade Earth Science in CA. The high school I teach at has a high Hispanic population, with less than half of each graduating class attending a 4 year university.

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