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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Chalkful of New Faces New staff on campus make their debut at Homestead Lily Adler Reporter
Veronica Pelham
Larry Laskowski
Heather Bridges
Gillian Blaire
Megan Rupe
Daniel Nuñez
Paraeducator Special Education “I’m excited to see the students’ growth from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. “
Chemistry Honors Science “I’m looking forward to watching the year unfold.”
Math Algebra 1 & 2 “My dad was in foreign services, so I grew up in Europe, Asia and the Washington D.C. area.”
Contemporary Lit, Learning Skills Special Education and English “I’m looking forward to getting to know the student body.”
Physics & Physics Honors Science “My freshman high school teacher passed away... He inspired me to teach... I hope to make a difference in my students’ lives.”
World Lit/Writ, Lit/Writ English “I can’t wait to teach fun units this year.”
also new this year
Lidia Ingah
Modern Language Spanish 3 “I’m looking forward to watching my students become fluent in reading, writing and speaking in Spanish.” Homestead would like to welcome back Ruth Brevnov (Spanish 2, Language) & Chia Hsin Provenzano (Learning Skills, Enviromental Science, Algebra 1, Special Education).
Jessica Adams
English and Academic Comm. Special Education “I studied Kinesiology at Georgetown, but spent two years at Biola University because I felt it was a better fit for me socially and academically.”
Brianne Aswege
Student Teacher for 3D Design Art “I am excited to see students’ art skills. I think it’s really interesting to see how students mature from freshman to seniors.”
George Bechara - Environmental Science, Biology, Science Megan Bridge - Student Teacher Shannon Cavanaugh - Speech Therapy, Special Education Connie Chiang - Chinese 4 Honors, Language Alvin Choe - Student Teacher Thane Ferguson - Auto Tech Patricia Freitas - Substitute Nelson Gifford - Substitute Terri Hannigan - Teacher Mentor Melissa Knox - Special Ed. Teacher Gary Kueh - Algebra 2/ Computer Programming, Math
Christy Jagodik
Sean McDonald - Student Teacher Joshua Little - Substitute Kristen Marenco - Special Education Noelle Mason-Wood Special Education Claudia Ortiz - Classified Andrew Peregoy - School Psychologist Joanne Quan - Biology Teacher, Science Samira Samadani - Geometry, Algebra 1 Teacher, Math Nicole Tseng - Speech Therapy
Amity Bateman
School Psychologist Library Technician Special Education Library “I went to Hollands College to “I wanted to get to know a new compete in equestrian riding; population of students and I won a national scholarship staff.” for horseback riding. I’m really looking forward to attending “In my free time, when I’m not a swim meets and watching choir.” librarian, I’m a hula dancer.” PAGE DESIGN BY LAUREN LEE AND MATTHEW WU PHOTOS BY LILY ADLER, SHIRI HUBER, LAUREN LEE, AND MATTHEW WU