Titans! Go: introducing the new team of staff on campus

September 7, 2018

Ann Lorey:

This is her 16th year teaching.
She also teaches at Jane Lathrop Stanford (JLS)
Middle School.
She used to be a DJ in college.
She really, really likes root beer floats.
“I would love to be able to snap my fingers to stop time…and I think it would be pretty awesome to be She-Ra.

Erin Reyes:

Her favorite ice cream flavors are chocolate malt crunch and mint chocolate chip.
She has met former president Obama.
“[I want] the ability to eat whatever I want without health consequences.”

Jennifer Ellington:

She has a goal to run a half-marathon on every continent. She has completed two continents: North America and Europe. She will be run- ning in Antarctica in March.
She enjoys equestrian vaulting (running and jumping on the horse while it’s running, while doing somersaults, handstands, etc.).
She has been teaching for 22 years.
“Being a teacher, we’re all superheroes…I guess my power is to teach kids and experience their challenges and also their successes.”

Harvey Newland:

His uncle and father are Olympic silver-medalists in water polo.
He received a My Little Pony lunchbox filled with candy from a former student.
He started an administrative program at the University of California, Berkeley.
His dream superpowers are Aquaman’s powers.
“You might catch me skate- boarding around campus… I have my old skateboard from eighth grade that I made in woodshop.”

Betty Chen:

She worked at a middle school for a year and then worked with high school students in San Jose.
Her favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate.
She has a two-year-old son.
Her mom is her superhero.
“I wish I could have the power to go back to the past… not necessarily change things but to revisit old memories.”

Margaret Reynolds:

She has previously worked as a director, administrator, in- structional coach, professional development coordinator, mentor and English teacher.
Her favorite ice cream flavor is Ben & Jerry’s Coffee Cara- mel Fudge.
“If I were a superhero, I would want the power to teleport because I love to travel. It would be great to be able to get off of work and be in Kauai for a wonderful meal and relaxing sunset.”

Michael Gordon:

He used to teach in Greece.
He was the Dean of Students at Newark Memorial High School.
His favorite ice cream flavor is anything with peanut butter.
His favorite superhero is Batman.
“I have nine toes. When I was five years old I rode my bicycle without shoes so that’s a lesson learned.”

Jorge Chavez

He prefers frozen yogurt and gelato over ice cream.
He loves being in the water, but doesn’t know how to swim.
“If I were a superhero, I’d want to be able to fly. I live in San Jose so the traffic can be heavy at times. [It would be awe- some] to be able to help people…and to be able to fly and get home at a reason- able time.”

Ethan Halter:

He previously taught at Gunn.
He received a Master’s degree in Shake- speare Studies at King’s College Lon- don, and visited the Globe Theatrewhile he was away.
He moved to Uganda for a year and lived in Kampala. He taught at an international school.
He has been to the Nile in three countries: the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, the White Nile in Uganda and the Egyptian Nile.
His wife is expecting a child in January.
“[If I could be any superhero, I would be] Prospero from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” because he gives up his superpowers. I wouldn’t want any [superpowers].”

Catherine Schwenkler:

She grew up in a family of five children.
She lived abroad in Chile in college.
She lived in Peru for a year where she completed the Inca Trail, a mountain hike over four days that ends at Machu Picchu.
She speaks to her toddler only in Spanish.
“I have a bad habit of breaking or losing phones. Last one was probably the fourth one in the past two years.”

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