The document summarizes the educational journeys of several individuals. It discusses four sisters attending various universities, a teacher named Nancy who earned her science teaching certification and began her first role at a New York City school, and the long multi-leg commute this teacher endures each day to get to work.

1. Or as I like to call it,
the epic journey!!!

2. And they were
a full time job.

3.  FirstErin went to
Boston University
 Second Rebecca
went to American
University
 Third Jillian is in her
junior year at NYU
 And the baby,
Sarah, just left for
American University

4. So she went back to school
and majored in Biology and
Adolescent Counseling with
hopes of one day being a
Genetic Counselor or Social
Worker. But then she got the
idea to combine her love of
science with her need to be
around children and become
a teacher.

5.  Nancy the unicorn
began her journey
to teach science
with great classes
such as this one.
 She completed all
her certification
requirements and
began interviewing
for a teaching
position.

6. Community Health Academy of the
Heights is located on 182nd street in
Manhattan. It is a New Vision Public
School and has been taken over recently
by the best principal the world has ever
seen Mr. Mark House. His dedication to
the school and it’s community is inspiring
and life changing. I am thrilled to be part
of the team.

7.  My philosophy on teaching is
simple: Get children excited
about SCIENCE.
 The school is in a transition
phase as we move to a brand
new building in January.
 Right now we all share
classrooms, there is no
teacher prep room, all the
classes are filled at all times
and we are all stretched to
our absolute limit.
 But none of us would teach
anywhere else. Our team of
teachers is amazing and we
all work together to make it
all work.

8. Bulletin boards are a
requirement of the Department
of Education and have to be
done monthly. They actually
come and inspect to make sure
the bulletin boards are filled
with student work that shows
what the students are learning,
how they are being graded and
where we are going from there.
This is my very first bulletin
board and my principal loved it
and took this picture for me.

13. • My goals
1
• Get students excited by
2 Science
• Get students to think
3 using scientific inquiry

14. • My challenges
1
• No supplies or computers
2
• Low level students and
3 very large classes (30-32)

15. • My plan
1
• Teach students to be
2 organized
• Use hands on labs and
3 activities to engage students

16. Although I love my school and
wouldn’t trade it for the world, my
commute is what I call the epic
journey. I wake up at 4am, leave my
house at 4:45am drive to the LIRR and
take a 5:29 train to Penn Station. I
then take the 2 or the 3 train uptown
to 96th street where I change to the 1
train. I get off at 181st street and walk
2 blocks to my school. What I really
wish is that I could just put on this
unicorn suit and fly there. That would
be much quicker than my 3 hour each
way daily journey.

19. But they said
it would be
worth it