Our Fearless Leader

Welcome to the endless year in Virtual 401….the fantastic all-grader classroom!

As I mention every year, I want to personally thank each you for your effort and commitment to our blog. I believe the success of our online community is because of your visit here. There is never too much encouragement or too many (clean) comments, so keep them coming!

About Me:

I am excited to be a virtual all-grade teacher as well as my last five years at a dynamic Fremont community at Forest Park Elementary. This will be my seventh year teaching elementary school. My teaching experiences include grades 2, 3, 4, 5 as well as training and tutoring English to foreign language students from all over the world. I have taught primary grades in Heredia, Costa Rica and London, England. My last teaching assignment was at The Chinese Education Center for newcomers of China in the center of San Francisco’s Chinatown district before joining the Fremont school district four years ago. My educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education with a minor in Chinese and a Masters in Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adult.

About My Summer:

As many of you have heard from two summers ago, I was stuck in a few countries after a two and half-month journey visiting more than 7 different countries spread across Asia. (Hence the beautifully laced Afghan burka I am wearing in my profile pic...ha,ha...you can't see me!) I was touring due to my crazy curiosity for culture and languages as well as learning all about NGO work with implementing ICT (Information Communication Technology) for development. I visited Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, the Philippines, Afghanistan, Nepal and Singapore. Thank you for all your encouragement and support during the logistics and transition back to civilization! I am excited to be safe on the ground and back in the safety of the classroom.

From then on, I had fairly calm summers. I spent my 2007 beginning triathlons by swimming in the San Francisco Bay at the Aquatic Park and on chilling Saturday mornings at Treasure Island's Pirate Cove.

More About Me:

When I'm not swimming, biking and running with my 9-lb Chihuahua Veda Bee, I love to read and learn long, hard-to-spell vocabulary words because I believe language is one of the most powerful tools to succeed in life. With a strong foundation, I can transform language into so many incredible things such as art, writing, poetry, music, paintings...and most of all, the gift of communication. Life can sure suck when nobody understands me! (I can now see why Veda gets frustrated with humans.)

Currently, I am taking a leave of absence to pursue graduate studies in Boston, MA.

OK...enough about me. How about you?!?

Sincerely,
Miss Lou