Welcome!

You only get one chance at making a good first impression; thankfully, that chance comes once a year for students and teachers. I wish all of my students-to-be a fabulous first day back to school and hope that they excel at making a strong first impression on their peers and teachers alike. Tomorrow will mark my first day as a teacher at Felix Varela Senior High, and it will also be my first day as a graduate student at FIU.

This blog is intended to be a communication portal between students, parents, and myself. I will attempt to keep it updated regularly with pertinent links to the classes I teach and upload assignments. Furthermore, I will use this as a medium to post photos displaying class activities and of student work.

I'd like to briefly introduce myself and welcome you to my classroom. I am a Miami native and a proud product of the public school system. My schooling has lead to a feline allegiance (Killian Cougar and FIU Panther), which I will now be exchanging for Viper-status. I am degreed in Social Studies Education and Latin American Studies and am certified to teach grades 6-12. I spent the last few years of my life living in Manhattan teaching at a phenomenal middle school for low-income girls (http://www.connellycenter.org). I taught a variety of subjects including grades 5th-8th Social Studies, P.E., Spanish, and 7th grade Science. I also briefly taught World Religions and American History at Coral Park Senior High. I am excited to be a member of the Varela staff and to be your teacher!

Welcome to room 63!