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Mrs. Cegelski
I graduated from University of California, Riverside with a major in English and minor in Education. From there, I acquired my teaching credentials and masters degree at National University in La Jolla, CA. I hold a Multiple Subject and an Education Specialist credential, as well as a Masters Degree in Special Education.
I have been an educator at AEA going on my 10th year this coming 2024-2025, I am so blessed to be a part of such a dynamic first grade team! As a team of English and German teachers, students get twice the care, twice the learning, and twice the support.
Outside of school, I love to hike and travel. I love to experience the out doors and I enjoy spending time with family.
I look forward to working with your children! Please feel free to contact me at dcalhoun@aeacs.org
My former name was Calhoun but it will be changed to Cegelski and I will update my new email address soon! Till then you can contact me at my email above.
1B Ms. Longo
I am honored to be your student's first grade teacher for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year. I am so excited to get to know your student and guide them on their academic journey!
I grew up in Los Angeles and attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree. After that, I attended the University of California, Irvine, where I earned my teaching credential and a Master of Arts degree in teaching.
I began my teaching career as a basic reading intervention teacher, focusing on helping students develop essential reading skills. Most recently, I have been teaching fourth grade, which has been an incredibly rewarding experience. Now, I am excited to bring my skills and passion to the first grade team.
I am committed to creating a classroom where students feel supported, engaged, and excited to learn. I want your student to feel safe and valued in the classroom. Please let me know how I can best support your student. You can contact me at clongo@aeacs.com .
1A/1B Frau Kim
Hello lovely families,
My name is Desiree Kim and I am thrilled to be your 1st Grade German teacher.
I was born and raised in Cologne, Germany with friends from all over the world. Since I was always been fascinated by different cultures and languages, I decided to become a teacher with a focus on “Teaching German as a Second and Foreign Language”. After a couple of years of work experience in and around Cologne, I decided to accept one of my biggest challenges - moving abroad to China. I had the great opportunity to be part of two German schools (Changchun and Shanghai) and also decided to call Seoul, South Korea my new home.
After enjoying the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles for quite a while I now adore everything San Diego has to offer.
In my free time, I enjoy art, hiking, traveling, and getting to know hidden and unique parts of California.
You can reach me at @dkim@aeacs.org
1C Mrs. Crim
Originally from San Francisco, California, I followed the sunshine to finally settle in San Diego many years ago. I attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo where I majored in Liberal Studies. In college besides learning to be a teacher I competed on the crew team which allowed me to participate in the San Diego Crew Classic once a year. On those trips rowing in San Diego I learned two things. One is that I loved San Diego. I also discovered that I enjoyed and experienced the value of working on a team towards a common goal.
I eventually did make it back to San Diego to stay, but first I taught first grade at San Francisco Day School in San Francisco, then second grade at the Curtis School in Los Angeles and finally kindergarten at La Jolla Country Day School. My teaching experience has been in Independent Schools where students, parents, teachers, staff, administrators and Board of Trustees have very different but equally vital roles in creating a meaningful and rigorous curriculum for the success for all students. The flexibility of choosing effective curriculum and the team approach are just a few of the things that drew me to Einstein as a parent of three AEA students: Alexa (UCLA graduate), Nolan (UCSB), and Henry (UC Davis). I have been a first grade teacher for the last 10years.
Learning, and playing happen to be what I love to do. When I am not at school, I love to read, play tennis and go to the beach with my family. I am a big baseball fan. While I will root for the home team, the Padres, the SF Giants are my favorite.
I am so excited to be in the classroom, and I am thrilled to work side by side with Andrea Tollison. I look forward to working on this team towards the common goal of providing a dynamic, engaging and rigorous curriculum for First Grade at Albert Einstein Academy. Feel free to contact me at mcrim@aeacs.org.
Frau Samuel
My Name is Amy Samuel, and I am so excited to guide and support your students in this amazing year of fun and learning ahead of us. This is my 7th year teaching at AEA (my first year in First Grade after six years in Kindergarten) and my 9th year as a member of the AEA community. Having learned German myself as an adult, I relish the opportunity to help your students develop their own German skills.
I graduated from San Diego University, where I majored in Liberal Studies while carving out time to pursue a longstanding goal of learning German. After graduating and earning my teaching credential, I moved to Dortmund, Germany for a year to work as an Au Pair and bring my German skills from conversant to fluent. Immediately after my return, I signed on here at AEA, and have been loving it ever since.
When I am not at school, I enjoy spending time with my extended family (most of which live in San Diego), reading, creative writing, collecting and digitizing antique photographs, and language learning (I'm working on Dutch right now)!
Feel free to contact me at asamuel@aeacs.org
Mrs. Musto
Hello, my name is Mrs. Musto and I am an Englsh teacher on the first-grade team. I’m originally from Maryland and moved to San Diego with my family when I was younger. I love it here and decided to attend San Diego State University where I earned my Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology, Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, and Master of Arts in Teaching: Language Arts.
After completing the credential program I taught Transitional Kindergarten in another school district before coming to AEA. AEA is a truly wonderful place and I am thrilled to be a part of this caring learning community. When I’m not in the classroom I enjoy crafting, reading, and travel.
Teaching is my passion, and I believe that having a hand in helping to shape the future is a privilege. It is important to me to ensure that all students achieve academic success as well as feel valued and cared for. First grade is a special year where lots of engaging learning takes place. I can’t wait to meet each and every child and have a great school year.
Feel free to contact me at kmusto@aeacs.org
Frau Tollison
My name is Andrea Tollison and I am part of the first-grade team teaching German to your children. The German immersion program at AEA represents so much of who I am and what I love to teach. I was born and raised in Berlin, Germany and immigrated to the U.S. when I married my husband. I graduated from the Freie Universität Berlin in Germany with a teaching degree in English and German. I also hold a master’s degree in Education with a focus on second language learning from National University. I have two children and I strictly speak German to them and my husband does his share for English. It often results in a fun ”Denglish”. I have lived in the U.S. for many years and I still cherish close connections to my family and friends abroad. In my free time, I enjoy the beach, swimming, gardening, reading, and walks with my family.
I am excited to be teaching your children this year! If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I am here to help and can be reached at atollison@aeacs.org.
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