My students are incredibly curious about the world around them. There are five different languages spoken as a variety of different cultures are represented in the classroom. These differences make us create a wonderfully diverse learning environment.
As a community we strive to learn from our mistakes in order to make the world a better place.
These students remind me every day why I became a teacher. They have open hearts, and growing minds that are eager and ready to understand the world.
My Project
As a history teacher, I strive to teach my students stories that bring light to often forgotten histories. This graphic novel highlights the strength of Abina, a wrongly enslaved woman in West Africa who went to court to protest her enslavement. This book includes not only a graphic novel but the court transcript and a rich history of slavery in West Africa. It highlights the fact that while something can be illegal, it takes much more to end wrongful systems.
I want my students to understand that while slavery did exist it was always protested by those who were forced to work against their will.
More than three‑quarters 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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