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An Open Letter to the Class of 2020, My 4th Class of Seniors

5/28/2020

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This post/letter is dedicated to the Class of 2020.

Keeping with a tradition I started since my first year teaching, I would like to write and dedicate a letter to the Class of 2020.

Dear Class of 2020,

Today is the last day of school and honestly I have been sitting on writing this letter to you for a while now. I really don't know how to get started. So much has happened in the last 2 months. Your class holds a defining place in my heart, and not it's not simply because our time together was cut short by COVID-19. Those who had me as sophomores, 90+ of you, were my first group of World History students and my first guinea pigs for thematic World History teaching. Some of you were my first QuIP World History students. A few clubs I advise now started with your class. 

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An Open Letter to the Class of 2019, My Third Class of Seniors and the First Students

6/7/2019

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This post/letter is dedicated to the Class of 2019.
Keeping with a tradition I started since my first year teaching, I would like to write and dedicate a letter to the Class of 2019.


Dear Class of 2019,
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It’s been a little over a week since you graduated and I wanted to take some time to process it. Your class holds a very special place in my heart. When I first started at Santa Teresa, you were sophomores. About 50 of you had me as your world history teacher and became part of my first group of students. My reach didn’t stop there. I was also one of your class advisors and that allowed me to meet many more of you through ASB activities. A few of you ended up in my government/economics class your senior year or just ended up hanging around my class during break, tutorial, and/or some club activity. Not only are many of you among my first group of students, your class is the first one I’ve had the honor of seeing mature over the past three years. I definitely repeated this so much you’re tired of hearing of it.


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An Open Letter to the Class of 2018, My Second Class of Seniors

5/30/2018

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This post/letter is dedicated to the Class of 2018.

Keeping with a tradition I set last year, I wrote and dedicate this letter to the Class of 2018

​Dear Class of 2018,

As you (my seniors) know, I am a second-year teacher. You are the second group of seniors I graduated. Like last year’s class, your group holds a very special place in my teaching career and my heart. I made a much strong effort to build community and have more personal conversations with each and everyone of you, which largely motivated the community circles and the personal interviews I had with each of you.  
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An Open Letter to My First Seniors, the Class of 2017

6/1/2017

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​This post/letter is dedicated to the Class of 2017.
 
Dear Class of 2017,
 
As you (my seniors) know, I am a first-year teacher. Your class occupies a lot of “firsts” in my career and life. You are my first group of students (at least as a paid teacher) and the first class of seniors I am graduating. As such, you hold a very special place in my teaching career and my heart. 

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    ABOUT ME

    I'm Jayson, a high school social science teacher with a strong passion for social justice and public education issues.

    Current education interests are: critical pedagogy, culturally relevant pedagogy, social-emotional learning, blended learning, and relationship-centered classrooms.

    ​Outside of the classroom, I am a travel enthusiast who loves to learn about how different people & cultures interact with each other in our society. 

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