Meet the Teacher

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFCC80" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03e8e8e3.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="03f95810.png" border=0 width="149" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FF9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04400c82dwnjbj.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Welcome To Mrs. Medina's E.S.L.Website!</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#3366FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>   |     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome To Mrs. Medinas E.S.L.Website!"><U>home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Meet the Teacher   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Class Photo Album"><U>Class Photo Album</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> Meet the Teacher</div> <div> I grew up in the Fingerlakes area of New York, and graduated from Union Springs Central High School.  I received my BA in German from SUNY Oswego in 1987, and my MS in TESOL, Education from SUNY Albany in 1991. I have been employed as an ESL teacher at Liberty since 1992. </div> <bR> <div> During college I spent a year studying abroad at the University of Wurzburg in Germany. After graduating from college I spent two years working as an English Language Teaching Assistant through the Fulbright Program in a small town near Vienna, Austria. In addition, I spent a fourth year working as the Director of the Study Abroad Program through SUNY Albany at the University of Wurzburg in Germany. During my years of living abroad, I enjoyed traveling through Eastern and Western Europe, as well as the Soviet Union and Northern Africa.  I speak German and Spanish.</div> <bR> <div> I reside in Hurleyville with my husband and 3 children. In my free time I enjoy gardening, swimming, traveling and watching foreign films.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0460fca0.jpg" border=0 width="271" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0480dca0.jpg" border=0 width="269" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> My daughters, Carla and Sophia in our backyard.  We love the fall!!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04aebb00.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="04ce9af0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05f4bf80.jpg" border=0 width="331" height="248" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mrs. Medina & Mrs. Diequez</div> <div> Spring 2007</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>