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  • July 24, 2015 at 10:48 am #16189
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    Hello, my name is Dennis Colato, a 15 year 4th/5th grade teacher with the Los Angeles Unified School District. I have been fortunate to do some limited travel in Asia, specifically Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Japan, and China. I an trilingual in English/Spanish/Thai. I look forward to all this seminar has to offer.
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    July 25, 2015 at 12:53 pm #16192
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    My name is Mayra Alvarenga. I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I have been working for LAUSD since 2000. Most of my time has been spent working with 6th and 8th grade students. I taught 3rd grade one year, but my comfort zone is middle school. I am currently teaching a self-contained 6th grade class at Sutter Middle School. I teach all subject: math, science, English, and history. I have a Masters in Education. Most of my travel experience has taken place in the U.S and Canada. As part of a study tour this summer, I was able to add Taipei, Tainan and Northeast China: Beijing, Shenyang, Changchun, and Harbin to my list.

    The picture posted is from a middle school visit in Shenyang, China
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    July 27, 2015 at 2:30 pm #16194
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    Hi -- I'm Mark Gozonsky, I teach English at Grand Arts HS in downtown LA. I've been a high school teacher for five years and taught elementary before that. My teaching career has largely been a means for me to tag along for the ride as my twin daughters grew up. For the past two summers I've taught at UCLA's summer early academic outreach program, so that sorta keeps pace with them as they head into their senior year of college. Fortunately I got an MFA in Creative Writing last summer so that buys me some post-grad time, although there is always the option of letting go, which I think is probably a good choice. Meanwhile, about my participation in this program: I have been aware for a while now that I am 0-for-Asia in my lifetime, not such a good stat for a supposedly open-minded person. So this seminar is a step in the direction of being a more informed world citizen, and of course bringing what I learn from the adventure back to the classroom.
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    July 28, 2015 at 5:32 am #16196
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    Good morning everyone. My name is Mike Hagiwara and I teach at Bethune MS in LA. I've taught there for going on 8 years and this coming school year I will be teaching the AVID and Leadership electives. Prior to this I taught 7th/8th grade history courses as well. I grew up in Southern CA but also worked for 3 years in Japan as an English teacher. I look forward to meeting you all.

    July 28, 2015 at 8:15 am #16198
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    Hi, my name is Scott Craig and I have been teaching history at Sylmar High School for the last two years. Before moving to LA I taught history in Las Vegas for 20 years. Even though I have been teaching world history for almost 25 years (wow! that makes me feel OLD) I still need to learn a lot more about Asia to improve my teaching. I've loved living in LA and have really enjoyed hiking around Griffith Park this summer - the picture is one I took on one of my hikes.

    July 28, 2015 at 4:59 pm #16200
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    Hi, I'm Mary Nakaya, and I teach art at ArTES High School in San Fernando. I grew up on a cattle ranch in Southern Utah and moved to Los Angeles to attend art school. This year will be my 9th year teaching art and it never gets old. This summer my husband and I backpacked Europe. Here is a picture of Manarola, the Italian village that captured my heart.
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    July 29, 2015 at 12:03 pm #16202
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    Hello everyone! My name is Amanda Kast, and I am a special education teacher with LAUSD. This will be my third year teaching, and first year teaching RSP English at Chatsworth High School. I'm hoping to learn as much as possible about other cultures, and to integrate what I learn into the classroom. Looking forward to doing that with you all!

    July 30, 2015 at 12:17 pm #16204
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    Hello, my name is Tara Howlett. I am a fifth year social studies teacher in Bakersfield CA for the Kern High School District. I recently transferred to Liberty High School and will be teaching Honors Economics/Government and US History this coming year. I am a returning participant of the US-China Institute; I have taken the East Asia and California course in 2014 and traveled on the study tour this summer to China and Taiwan. To say I am a big fan of Clay, Venus, and Catherine is an understatement See you all Monday morning,
    Tara

    August 6, 2015 at 10:38 am #2930
    cgao
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    Hi Everyone,

    Welcome to the forum. We are very much looking forward to meeting all of you in person, but in the meantime, please use this thread to introduce yourselves. Be sure to include a picture of your summer so far!

    Best,
    Catherine

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