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Articles by Ronnell Thomas
New Spanish Teacher looks to enrich hispanic culture
Ms. Aja Finger is one of the new Spanish teacher here to the Chavez community. She has a love not only for the language of Spanish but also for the culture in Spanish speaking countries. She studied at the American University for college and through this college her love for hispanic culture developed. She got many opportunities at her college, one in particular living in Chile for six months teaching English.
Teacher travels towards success
Katie Leonard, an 11th grade teacher at Cesar Chavez Public Charter School, is a teacher from New Jersey right outside of Glenrock. “I moved to Washington, D.C. this summer to work on my Masters in Education,” she said. Leonard is 25-years-old with no kids. She has her own place in Washington, D.C. and can go back and forth if she wants. “I already have a place at home with my parents in New Jersey,” Leonard said. This her second official year of teaching.
Teacher’s transformation
Sarah Hartzell, a 12th grade teacher at Cesar Chavez PCS-Capitol Hill, tells her story about moving to D.C. and transitioning from Pre-K teaching to now teaching 12th grade. She attended school at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, majoring in Liberal Arts. Since her middle and high school had specific curricula, Liberal Arts was her first choice. Being a teacher was always her dream job.
Social worker finds teens hope
Carrie Hoestermann is a social worker for ninth and eleventh graders at Cesar Chavez PCS at Capitol Hill. She is from Rochester, NY. She wanted to help kids reach their potential, so she went to Niagara University for her bachelor’s in social worker, and got her master’s at University of Pittsburgh. She chose to work in high school because it says that it would be nice working with young people, so she heard that there was an opening at the school.
Teacher wanted to be in government, now teaches it
It all started when his mother told him that when he grew up, she saw him as a history teacher. Mr. Sam Bush-Joseph proved his mother right. Many years later, one of the newest teachers, Bush-Joseph is a 12th grade history teacher. Bush-Joseph came from the University of South Carolina and into the student teacher program at an elementary school. Several years later he now has a job at the Cesar Chavez Capitol Hill Campus. It was originally his interest in history that brought him to this point.
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