Jeanne Shimizu On-site Summer Institute Participant

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Name of School

San Juan High School

Name of city, state

Citrus Heights, California

Number of students enrolled in school

1044

General description of school and communities served

San Juan is a suburban high school located just outside of Sacramento. Our students come from many different cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. Our diversity is both a source of strength and challenge to our student body, staff and administration.

We were just selected by the State of California to be a "Digital High School." This means we will receive funding to provide additional technology and training for teachers. The purpose is to provide better instruction in the use of technology as well as better access to information for instruction in all content areas. In addition to the Digital High School funding, we recently received approximately five million dollars from the State's modernization program which was invested into the improvement of our facility. The combined funding has helped us make major strides towards helping us help our students prepare for the 21st century.

Next year's class assignment

Algebra 1, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus

Any general bio information

I will begin my twentieth year of teaching this fall.
I have an MS in Teaching Mathematics from Santa Clara University and a BS in Mathematics from University of California, Davis.
I am one of California's 1998 Presidential Awardees.
Math Forum's Teacher2Teacher program as an associate
California State University, Sacramento Mathematics Project 2000 Summer Invitational Institute leadership team
California's Golden State High School Mathematics test development team and scoring leadership team, and College Preparatory Mathematics Program in-service leadership team.

Any major interest outside of education?

My professional work keep me pretty busy. But I do enjoy reading and travelling when I get the chance.