Hi! My name is John Cirina and I'll be your Social Studies teacher this year. I was born and raised in New York and received an undergraduate degree in Business Economics and U.S. History from the State University of New York at Oneonta in 1982. I moved to California in 1985 and received my teaching credential from San Francisco State in 1991. This will be my 35th year teaching. I've taught at Dana Middle School for 15 years. I'm married and have two sons, Casey and Joseph. We have a black lab mix rescue dog named Alice. I love my family, job, reading, the beach, eating, "trying" to stay in shape, and most sports, especially baseball, basketball and football. I look forward to a fun and productive year and I hope you do too.