Carl shows off summer squash picks

Weather perfection marked the first week of summer's extended session, along with familiar faces in new positions, and one new classroom teacher. The garden is shouting out to us to enjoy its glory and it's bounty. A fledgling little junco flew from it's nursery in the planter in front of the office, after its mom had been entertaining us all week with a chirping dance whenever we walked by. It has been a great start to the new OH year and we're chirping too.

Jessica with her student Caden

We are very happy to introduce our new Willows Teacher, Jessica Grist. Jessica grew up in the Bay Area, earned a degree in linguistics with an education minor from U.C. Berkeley, and continued on to San Francisco State University for a credential and master's degree in Special Education.  She is credentialed to teach moderate to severe students, has had her own class in the San Francisco School District, served there as a resource specialist for the  A.P. Giannini special education department. Her two main professional interests are curricular adaptation and behavior management. We are thrilled to have Jessica on our team.     

Jill works with Laurel student, Logan, on color identification

Returning Oak Hill teacher Jill Nakagawa has taken over the Laurel classroom for the summer. Having left last Spring to move closer to her husband's job in the South Bay, we've enticed Jill back to San Anselmo, though she drives to us from San Jose  every day. A credentialed autism specialist, Jill was the teaching assistant in Manzanita last year before we had a classroom opening.