Every opening night at Gates Performing Arts Center gives me chicken skin, even after all these years. Seeing all of our hard work and the actors’ efforts up there on that stage, coming to life for a live audience.”
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I just really want to see electrons spinning. We talk about molecules all the time, but it’s so abstract because you can’t see anything that small.”
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We often think history is something that is ‘done,’ and we know what happened, but I try to get my students to see that we’re putting a story together based on the evidence we have.”
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It’s really important to end every project with a showcase event, where kids get to show off what they have created. It’s an important skill, plus it provides a real purpose, a sense of pride.”
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At HPA, students and teachers treat each other as nuanced individuals. They teach and learn from each other. They respect and care for each other.”
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Often times, we think of sustainability in terms of practices or actions that help us be environmentally aware. However, there is also the piece of sustaining ourselves, our being.”
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In my free time, I’m a songwriter and performer. I also love writing about music; I’m interested in things like the history of slack key guitar or the origins of the ‘ukulele in Hawai’i.”
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I especially enjoy working with the third grade on their annual three sisters project. Discussing how corn, bean, and squash work together leads to an exploration of our own family food customs and traditions.”
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Because teaching is my second career—I worked in the corporate world, in sales and marketing originally—I wouldn’t want any other job. For me, nothing else satisfies my soul the way teaching does.”
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Art history at HPA has inspired students to pursue architecture, art restoration, design, graduate studies in art history, and other fields. The interdisciplinary nature of art history expands our understanding that art is created within a cultural context.”