Open Houses are the first Tuesday of the month from 366 Gault Street
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| Adele Gardner Adele co-founded the Santa Cruz Children's School in 1993 and is currently the Director of the school. She is responsible for the design and implementation of curriculum for the younger children. She has taught in Santa Cruz County since 1981. Ms. Gardner has been a Mentor Teacher in the Live Oak School District. She has also been a Master Teacher for the Education Department at the University of California Santa Cruz. |
Dan Hoppenfeld Dan co-founded the Santa Cruz Children's School in 1993. He is responsible for curriculum for the older students and for attending to the administrative duties at the school. Mr. Hoppenfeld has been teaching in Santa Cruz County since 1987. He has a strong reputation for hands-on science and math lessons. |
Andrea Barker Andrea will begin her fourth year of teaching at SCCS in the fall. A graduate of Sonoma State University, Ms. Barker has a multiple subject CLAD certificate with an emphasis in early childhood education. Ms. Barker works primarily with the Kindergarten and First Grade groups. |
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| Christy Hertzberg -Spanish I've been teaching Spanish, grade school-high school in this county for approximately 12 years. |
Lars Johanesson - Instrumental Music Lars is teaching recorder, flute, clarinet, and saxophone. He is helping children develop rhythm, sight-reading, and musicianship. He has had 15 years teaching experience and specializes in silver flute, Irish flute and baroque flute. Lars has studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Royal Conservatory of Hague in Holland. |
Laura James-Beckham, MD - Biology Laura James-Beckham, a Family Medicine Physician, brings the world of microbes alive! Students explore life at its most basic levels using microscopes and creating experiments. This year I will be leading the students in an exploration of the characteristics and needs of living things as applied to the human organism. We will review the shared characteristics of all living things and investigate how humans exhibit these characteristics. We will explore how humans are organized from cells to complex organ systems and how we function to meet our needs of living. |
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| Siri Vaeth - Community Studies Siri Vaeth, a community activist, brings in speakers from our community to talk about social issues. She leads students through discussions and activities that help them develop social awareness. Students will see how their work and actions can help to create our community at home, at school, and in the world around us. The goal of the Community Studies class is to give students a broader understanding of Santa Cruz County, and the diverse issues and needs that impact county residents. Following a history of Santa Cruz, students will explore such topics as: disability awareness, safety and disaster preparedness, civic participation and process, civil rights, poverty, and gender issues. Through guest speakers, field trips, interactive games and exercises, literature, and holiday gift and food drives, students will increase their understanding of the issues facing Santa Cruz County residents, as well as the varied community responses to these needs. |
Debby Ginner - Physical Fitness I've been a certified Group Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer for over 15 years, and a runner for almost 25 years. By incorporating agility exercises, running drills, coordination skills, balance training, strength training, anatomy, nutrition, healthy life style choices, and many fun and non-competitive games, I will utilize my training and experience to teach that being physical fit is fun! This year I will be adding a running program for those interested in participating. We will set individual goals, and strive to reach them by the end of the year. |
Julie Munnerlyn- Art This is my first year teaching art at SCCS and I am having a blast! During my extra hours I have a home business selling our uniquely designed linens. I have degrees in History, Political Science, and City and Regional Planning. But the wonderful world of art is where I have the most fun. With the children at SCCS, I emphasize experimenting with the various art mediums. We do not aim for perfect, we aim for enjoyment of the experience. The children and I are working with found objects (someone's junk is another's treasure) to create amazing art collages, paper mache, sculptures, scarecrows, and paintings. We put together the children's adventurous stories into a fabulous book. And this Holiday season we created beautiful gifts for the animals at our local animal shelter. For the rest of this school year, we plan to work in more detail with fine art instruction and art history education. The children and I are always so thrilled at how incredible their final art pieces are. I just cannot wait to see how far we can go with each project every week! |
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| Victoria Sheldon - Business - Cruz Kids Co. Consultant Victoria Sheldon, BA Fine Art Scripps College Master of Fine Art, Claremont Graduate University 1983 Owner/Designer V.C.Torias, Inc. Private label of Women's Art to Wear Clothing, sold nationally to over 300 boutiques, 1984 to 2003 Clothing Designer and Set Designer for Children's Feature Film 'Frog and Wombat', starring Lindsay Wagner and Ronnie Cox Star and Producer of Two Broads Abroad, TV pilot Alumna in residence, Scripps College. Have taught at The University of La Verne, Scripps College Sierra Conservation Center, Prison Arts Program Currently semi-retired designing jewelry, just finished large installation of paintings in Scotts Valley. Enjoying sharing business and art with the wonderful children of Santa Cruz Children's School! |
Lou Larwood - History and Community Studies Lou is an associate professor in the College of Education's Special Education Division at San Jose State University. Previous to joining the faculty at SJSU, she taught for the ten years in Pajaro Valley and also worked in the private sector as a Clinical Coordinator and Therapist in the field of Communication Disorder Sciences. Lou provides hands on rigorous curriculum in the area of History for grades 3-6. She provides field based experiences for the Community Studies curriculum for grades K-2. All curriculum is integrated into other academics as well as collaborating with all teachers at SCCS. |
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