March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Sunday, June 28, 2020

And this is it. 
The last days of my classroom teaching. 

 Thank you all for being my students, hundreds of you over the last 14 years, enriching my life and my memories in ways I never imagined. 
But, I will be around. Working with high school seniors on those college essays -- more important than ever, tutoring and finishing THAT novel. 
Keep writing, whatever it is, whatever you think or feel. Jot it down. If it's yours, it's meaningful and valuable.

 Stay in touch and stay tuned.
You can find me at teachsilver@gmail.com

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About Me

Sebastopol, CA
After many years as a newspaper reporter and writer, a job that I was lucky enough to love, I got my English teaching credential, hoping to pass on to kids how to find their unique voice and clearly communicate what they think and feel. Public school educated in Philadelphia, college in New York City (Barnard College), transferred to and graduated from UC Berkeley in English and received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. Yay, my son, my student in 8th grade, is now a Cal alumni, too, a 2017 graduate with a degree in computer science, now working at Google (You Tube) as a product manager. William Faulkner is one of my favorite writers, as well as Anne Lamott, Langston Hughes and many of the nighttime, satirical comedy shows. On my top bookshelf sit Nobel Prize winning writers Toni Morrison and Orhan Pamuk, along with friends who have won Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, who started writing in junior high or in writing groups in Sonoma County. Go public education in California!

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