Journey pins

Educational Journey

By jsteenhard

  • Plymouth Elementary

    Plymouth Elementary
    Just down the street from our house, I started kindergarten at Plymouth elementary, following the footsteps of my older sisters. Memories of Plymouth include: making green eggs and ham (literally), getting bifocals and vision therapy, and breaking my arm.

  • Bradoaks Elementary

    Bradoaks Elementary
    In 3rd grade, I moved to Bradoaks Elementary.

  • Sonora Elementary

    Sonora Elementary
    In 1995, our family moved from Monrovia to Costa Mesa. Our parents let us finish out the 1994-1995 school year. Fall of 1995 brought not only changing leaves, but also a third change of elementary schools.

  • Davis Elementary

    Due to increasing enrollment, Sonora became a K-4 school and I, again, moved to the new elementary school opened up for grades 5-6. It proved to be a difficult transitional year.

  • Costa Mesa High School

    Costa Mesa High School
    Costa Mesa High School also housed a middle school. I spent grades 7-12 at one school, a relief from the moving I had done as a child. Here much of my life revolved around water polo, a sport my sisters first got involved with.

  • Graduation

    Graduation
    In June of 2004, I graduated with a 4.2 GPA, earning the female scholar athlete award for our school. I had enjoyed many of the campus events, like Prom, but was ready move on.

  • Northern Arizona University

    Northern Arizona University
    I attended NAU from 2004 to 2008. There I studied English Education and earned a minor in Spanish. Although I was ready to come back to California after graduation, I am thankful for all that my college experience gave me (and yes, I wish I could go back some days).

  • Concordia University Irvine

    Concordia University Irvine
    With a little financial incentive, I completed a Masters in Educational Administration, completing the program in about 18 months. I learned a lot--including the fact that administration is not the position I want at this point in my life. The duck pictured was a nod our cohort did to an ice breaker activity in our first course.

  • University of San Diego

    In an attempt to gain more understanding of technology that will be applicable as our school attempts to launch BYOD, I am taking Technology Tools for Empowering Students