Building Ziggurats with clay and using academic lang to work together and describe the architecture! #WaiteisGreat Jenny Amaya

So honored to be part of the Waite Leadership Promotion Ceremony this morning! I gave patches to 2 promoting cadets, who are both great kids! Congrats to all! Jenny Amaya

Friday morning, and once again my voice is already gone for the weekend. And I have to period sub again. 🙃 #tired

Hosted our Sports Pep Rally today for our Football 🏈 and Volleyball 🏐 teams. Plus Cheer performed! Getting ready for the tournament tomorrow! #GoPanthers 🎉🏅 Jenny Amaya

We're in for a festive week at Waite! Join us for Stuff a Bus on Wednesday or drop off a toy in the office! 🎄🎁🎉🎅🏼 Jenny Amaya

Wow! Stuff a Bus was so much fun today! Our Waite Panther 🐾 was out pumping up the holiday 🎄 spirit as our students donated 165 🎁 toys for City of Norwalk, CA! #WaiteIsGreat Jenny Amaya

Goals on goals on goals! Of course, missing about 40 or so from kids not back at school yet, but we'll keep pushing through. Here's to a new year and new semester!

Wow, having covid sucks. Day 6 and I still have symptoms. Have also concluded that my voice will just never recover from this year of teaching. *heavy sigh* 🤧😖

My 6th graders LOVED working in groups to research for these Greek Mythology posters, making questions and then engaging in a Gallery Walk using Quizizz (now Wayground)! They did a great job! #WaiteIsGreat Jenny Amaya

Kindness Week highlight for Random Acts of Kindness Day: our compliment station outside our wellness room at lunch! Lots of kind and positive words being spread today at Waite! Jenny Amaya #WaiteisGreat

Yesterday during Kindness Week, my Avid students chalked positive quotes and messages in the quad area for all students to be inspired! Jenny Amaya #WaiteisGreat

Lots of UCLA support today from staff on UCLA v. USC day! Also, some chalk college logos done by my Avid class! #collegespiritweek #WaiteisGreat Jenny Amaya

Thanks to everyone who showed up for our #SpringCUE #Eduprotocols session for #History teachers. Slides are here: bit.ly/EduProCUE News about the book release date coming soon. #CUE22

Another fun, busy, crazy tournament day! Always fun to host! Big shout out to our Waite Panthers 🐾 for going 4-0 in soccer ⚽️ today!! Congrats to all the winners! #WaiteisGreat #nlmusd Jenny Amaya Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District

Week 1 of Summer School ✅️ Increasing our Teamwork Skills with fun activities! Jenny Amaya #PantherPride

Summer School Week 2: Minefield is one of my favorite activities to do with the kids to help build communication skills. Plus it's a lot of fun! Jenny Amaya #PantherPride

Summer School Week 2: Teamed up with another class to do a Picture Scavenger Hunt around campus today! Lots of collaboration and listening skills activated today! Can you figure out the leadership words they spelled out? Jenny Amaya #PantherPride

Summer School field trip part 1: California Science Center! So much fun exploring this morning! #PantherPride Jenny Amaya Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District

Summer School field trip part 2: CSU Long Beach! Awesome to visit another college campus! #PantherPride Jenny Amaya Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District

NLM friends: join or donate to our Relay For Life team "Hope Avengers!" Some of the former LCMS teachers will still be championing a team at the La Mirada-Whittier Relay For Life, and we'd appreciate any support! Thanks in advance! mobileacs.org/yd5m74