Welcome to the English Department!
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A-G Requirements
Four units (equivalent to four years or eight semesters) of college-preparatory English composition and literature required, integrating:
- Extensive reading of classic and modern literature and content-rich works of non-fiction
- Frequent writing, from brainstorming to final paper
- Practice listening and speaking with different audiences.
More information: A-G Guide
Dr. Mary Stevens
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AP Capstone Research, AP English Literature, and English 2 Honors Puente
B.A. English, UCSB; M.A.Ed. Teaching & Learning and Secondary Teaching Credential, Point Loma Nazarene University; Ed.D. Educational Leadership, Teacher Education in Multicultural Societies, USC.
Favorite quote: "This above all, to thine own self be true." -Shakespeare, “Hamlet”
Favorite book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
W. Richard Boling
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AP English Language, AP American Government, and AP Macroeconomics
B.A. cum laude Harvard University in English & Economics (minor), M.A. Vermont College in English
Favorite quotes: “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” -Albert Einstein. “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that ain’t so." -Mark Twain
Favorite books: Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes, and The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Norwin Gardner
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Math 3, Math 4, English 3, English 4, and Middle School Academic Assistance
Dip. in Mild to Moderate Disabilities Special Education, Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College; B. Ed (Primary Education Major). International University of the Caribbean
Favorite quote: "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.” -Norman Vincent Peale
Favourite books: All Stephen King material and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Gretchen Gingher
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English 2 and English 3
BA in English and Minor in Education from Roanoke College, M.A. in Curriculum & Instruction from Concordia University: Irvine
Favorite quote: “Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.” -Adrienne Rich
Favorite books: The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling, Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fences by August Wilson, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Margie Keith
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BA Scripps College; MA University of La Verne
Favorite quote: “Mischief managed!”-Harry Potter series
Favorite book: Too many to pick!English 7 and English 7 Honors
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Sang Lee
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Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) and English 2
B.A. English, UC Irvine; M.A. Secondary Education, Loyola
Favorite quote: “I’m starting to think it might be harder to be a good man than a great man.” -Randall Pearson
Favorite books: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse and Kokoro by Natsume Soseki
Marti MacInnes
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English 2 Honors, English 8, and English Language Development (ELD) 9-12
B.A. English, UCLA; M.A. Education & Secondary Teaching Credential, UC
Favorite quote: “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” -Albus Dumbledore - Harry Potter Favorite books: The Dispossessed by Le Guin, Hyperion by Dan Simmons, and The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling
Remote Learning: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcrasv9ABbchvjYsGWV8fZQ
Jessica Maker-Bilandzija
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English 8 and English 8 Honors
B.A. English, Sonoma State University; Secondary Teaching Credential, San Francisco State University, Clear Credential UCSD
Favorite quote: “Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.” - Bill Mollison
Favorite books: East of Eden by John Steinbeck and The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Larryssa Perry
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Math 6, English 7, English 8, and Middle School Academic Assistance
B.A. Loyola Marymount University
Jack Stapleton
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AP English Language, English 2 and English 2H
Earned his Teaching Credential - from Cal State Los Angeles.
English Faculty
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Marti McInnes, Department Chair
Dr. Mary Stevens,
Richard Boling
Micael Eggehorn
Norwin Gardner
Gretchen Gingher
Margie Keith
Sang Lee
Jessica Maker-Bilandzija
Larryssa Perry