Third Grade Teachers
| Laura Honda | |
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Our Mother and One of a
Kind… Our mom was born in Wisconsin and she is the youngest of five children. Her family moved a lot and she went to eight different schools by the time she graduated from Novato High School. She and our dad, Alan got married on Mt Tam in 1984. Before we were born Mom was a Special Education instructor in ceramics, gardening and weaving. When Harlan was one year old, she went back to school at Sonoma State University to get a degree in Environmental Studies. She did her student teaching at Brookside Upper when she was pregnant with Melanie. When we were little she was a science and math teacher, a nature guide, and she volunteered to teach weekly science lessons in our classes. She started teaching full time at Manor when Melanie was in Mrs. T-L’s second grade class. She loves every living thing from newts to redwood trees, from steelhead trout to wildflowers, from raccoons to children. Her hobbies are clogging, genealogy, writing poetry, traveling and environmental action. She loves walking our beagles, Sparky and Peach, at Sam P. Taylor State Park. Written by Harlan and Melanie Honda, 2007 |
| Jackie Boggs | |
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Jackie Boggs came to teach at Manor after working with preschool children for 15 years at Twin Cities Coop in Corte Madera. She received a B.A. in English literature from U.C.S.B. and a multiple-subject credential from Dominican College. She has taught at Manor for seven years in second and third grades. If you ask her students you’ll find out that she loves to read any time of day or night and she loves a good joke. She also enjoys gardening, knitting, music, walking and spending time with her family. Her son’s two young boys make life interesting and fun. She lives in Larkspur with her husband Dan, daughter Anna, and lovely dog Pumpkin. |
