I am so excited about the new students I will be teaching in September. Our school is a dual-language school with an emphasis on oral language, so I'm pretty excited about the opportunities for discussion. Kids at this school spend a part of their day learning in Mandarin, and they bring such a unique perspective to our work in English Language Arts.
The kids I teach have a wide variety of interests and abilities, and participate in activities after school that include theater, dance, robotics, and speech.
I love the passion and enthusiasm that my students bring to all sorts of educational experiences!
My Project
This year, my eighth graders did an inquiry project on our classroom library, and we found that the books in it are not particularly diverse. As socially-conscious teens, they are interested in seeing a more diverse and equitable representation in their book club choices.
Book clubs are an essential part of the English Language Arts curriculum, giving students a chance to self-select books they want to read and discuss.
Help me to give them better choices, and to model equity within those choices. This is the sort of project that really helps young adults develop a love of reading! Thank you so much for your support.
More than half of students from low‑income households
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