Bienvenidos

¡Hola y Bienvenidos a mi página!  I'm looking forward to working with all of you and sharing my love for the Spanish language and culture! The purpose of this site is provide information regarding what we are doing in our classes.  Click on the left to find your class page.  

About Señora Clark

I was born and raised in New Jersey, but from a very young age I was exposed to my Puerto Rican culture and heritage through my father's love for his country. Since I was a newborn my father took me to Puerto Rico every year to visit my family and it was through these visits and experiences with my family that I experienced the Boricua pride. Though I grew up in a bilingual home, I didn't feel like I spoke well in Spanish. During my teenage years I had a huge complex about speaking Spanish because I thought I sounded funny so I never tried speaking it (if you feel this way don't worry I get it and we will work together to conquer this fear). It was during middle school that I started to use my Spanish more, since many of my friends' parents only spoke Spanish, so whenever I went to their house I had to speak Spanish to them.  

When I went to The College of New Jersey in 2001, I went in as a computer science major, but quickly changed my major when I took my first couple of computer programming classes. I realized that sitting in front of a computer all day wasn't what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I decided that teaching was where my heart was and when trying to figure out what subject to specialize in I asked myself why not study my other love, my culture, Spanish. 

I began my career as a Spanish teacher in 2006, at Edison High School. I continued teaching there until 2010. During the 2010-11 school year, I started my career in the Scotch Plains-Fanwood District, teaching Spanish at the elementary level at McGinn. Then in 2013, I moved back up to teach at the high school level and have enjoyed every minute of it. 

I consider myself a life-long learner and am always looking for new ideas and ways to bring Spanish to life in a fun way.  I am currently finishing up my masters in ESL and Bilingual Education and became a Google Certified teacher over the summer!

I'm here to continue to foster your love for the Spanish language and culture. I hope that once you take my class you learn to love it as much as I do!