WPHS Magnet Coordinator and AP Capstone teacher. 2022 Teacher of the Year for Marion County, FL. 2023 Florida Teacher LEAD Network. #WhatsNext
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10 Feb 2024
Come to the dinner theatre show @WestPortHigh @MarionCountyK12 Sunday at 1:00! Tickets are $25 for roasted chicken, potatoes, veggies, salad, rolls, peach cobbler. “The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)”, all 37 plays in 1 show. Limited tickets Sat.
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20 Jan 2024
$145,000 grant from the state and $10,000 from PLTW, Denisa Bethea’s Engineering Magnet Program @WestPortHigh is the place for @MarionCountyK12 students to be! Magnet applications close 1/31!
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19 Dec 2023
When your former @WestPortHigh #APResearch student comes home for break from @MIT and brings you the coolest cup ever! Thank you, Vivek! 🩵
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27 Oct 2023
Don’t miss out on FAFO and our MCCA Art, Music and Dance. @LivengoodDC
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17 Sep 2023
So many hilarious and talented theatre kids at our Improv show and two fantastic teachers that kicked off our MCCA performance season tonight! The next shows are Student Directed One Acts on Oct 5-7. #ArtsEducation #MarionCountyCenterfortheArts @WestPortHigh @MarionCountyK12
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12 Aug 2023
Proud of my little brother @cbogus123 the newest Energy Engineering grad @penn_state! #WeAre #PennState
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3 Aug 2023
For those of us Florida teachers staying to fight the good fight, it’s another tough day. For a state that wants “parent rights”, they sure are censoring the course choices of thousands of students and parents.
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The record gliding distance of the southern flying squirrel is about 100 yards. On average, they are 10ish inches long. If one southern flying squirrel can hurl their body a distance 360 TIMES ITS SIZE,,, you can get through this week. Crazier things have happened.
ALT A young southern flying squirrel clings to the bark of a tree, waiting the opportune moment to launch and descend with style. This photo is taken by our friend and coworker, Jena Donnell.
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19 Jul 2023
Tips for new @MarionCountyK12 teachers from your MCPS Teachers of the Year from 2021 Christine Fernandez, 2022 Leah Bender, and 2023 Lindsey Bigelow! @EducationFL #FL74Strong #FloridaTeachersLead #FLTOY2024 @pefmc
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11 Jul 2023
Since the classroom teacher is more important to the success of a student than the programs, curriculum, or technology, that means teacher morale is more important than the programs, curriculum, or technology.
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11 Jul 2023
💯 Reagan and his administration are the root cause of many of today’s societal ills. Long 🧵, but a necessary read.
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3 Jul 2023
Frodo is pleased. Ginny is an indifferent potato. #TouchingYou #TouchingMe #SweetCaroline #BAABAABAAAAAA
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26 Jun 2023
The 2023 AP Research scores: 5: 13%; 4: 26%; 3: 45%; 2: 13%; 1: 3%. Congrats to this year’s AP Research students and teachers, who have achieved all-time high scores in this subject, 84% earning scores of 3 or higher.
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20 Jun 2023
There's a lot to celebrate in the AP Lit results this year. Students showed us that they most certainly can negotiate challenging and sophisticated texts, can analyze, and can write, especially when they’re guided by committed teachers who believe in their potential. #LitMatters!
20 Jun 2023
The 2023 AP English Literature & Composition scores: 5: 15%; 4: 28%; 3: 34%; 2: 14%; 1: 9%.
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26 Jun 2023
The 2023 AP Seminar scores: 5: 11%; 4: 20%; 3: 57%; 2: 11%; 1: 1%. Many schools are merging AP Seminar with English 10 to build skills; as a result, it’s this year’s fastest growing AP subject (30% increase). Even with such growth, 88% earned scores of 3 , same as last year.
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10 Jun 2023
This is what strong, positive leadership looks like. Thank you for the inspiration! #APReading #ProudTeacher #LiteratureMatters
10 Jun 2023
My message to the #APLit readers after our successful 2023 reading.
Thank you, everyone, for what you've done for the students this week, reading carefully, accurately, and respectfully, from the first essay to the last. See you in 2024. Until then, be a #proudteacher!
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3 Jun 2023
Day #1 of the online reading for #APResearch. My coworkers are present and they seem to be team players. Morale is high, but then again I just shared my cheez-its with them, so this could be a false sense of community based solely on snack choices. Time will tell.
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23 May 2023
So they ban my book from young readers, confuse me with @oprah , fail to specify what parts of my poetry they object to, refuse to read any reviews, and offer no alternatives…Unnecessary #bookbans like these are on the rise, and we must fight back 👊🏿 DONATE here: instagram.com/linking/fundra…
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20 May 2023
2023 WPHS Graduates!
#APCapstone #Valedictorians #TSICmentee
#ProudTeacherMoments
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