Women of City High

What is your position at City High?  Spanish teacher Who is your favorite woman in history?  Dolores Huerta What is your favorite quote from that person? "Sí se puede" How are you a role model?  There are students like me that carry social and racial trauma that I serve as well as students who otherwise do not learn about the richness of our diverse culture and history.  ...

What is your position at City High?  I am a Math and Computer Science teacher Who is your favorite woman in history?  There are many greats but one of my recents is Michelle Obama.  She was so instrumental during her time at the White House in providing education to students from low socioeconomic classes. What is your favorite quote from that person?  “Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined....

What is your position at City High School? “I am one of four school counselors here at City High”   Who is your favorite woman in history?  “Oh, there’s so many. Amelia Earheart is pretty cool. She was a badass.”   What is a quote of theirs that you like? “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” -Alice Walker...

What is your position at City High?    English Teacher, I teach English 10 and Kirkwood Composition 1 and 2.    Who is your favorite woman in history?    There are so many. But I would say one that has had a huge impact on me is Mary Oliver, a poet.   What is a quote of theirs that you like?   I love the quote from her The Summer’s Day, �...

What is your position at City High? Director of Orchestras   Who is your favorite woman in history? Michelle Obama   What is your favorite quote from that person? "When they go low...you go high."   How are you a role model? I try to model kindness and demonstrate the power of creating positive relationships.    What impact do you want to le...

What is your position at City High?  Mathematics Teacher   Who is your favorite woman in history?  Condoleezza Rice   What is your favorite quote from that person?  Education is transformative. It literally changes lives. You might not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your response to your circumstances.   How are you a role m...

What is your position at City High?  Social studies teacher - six years.   Who is your favorite woman in history?  My favorite women are those in my daily life:     My friends are hard-working mothers, daughters, sisters, partners who try to do their best for themselves and others.   Robin Arzon and Ally Love, my favorite Peloton instructors (I know, I know) th...

What is your position at City High?  Natalee Swan, Assistant Principal   Who is your favorite woman in history?  Eleanor Roosevelt   What is your favorite quote from that person?  "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the...