https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022 1. Why do you work at NMSSJ? 2. Name a person, place, or event that stands for the work that you do? en-us 2022-01-31 00:24:57 UTC 2022-01-31 19:13:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d0.png https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021587806 Because u all are here ]]> 2022-01-31 15:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021587806 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021587974 Because education is more than just test scores - Couri]]> 2022-01-31 15:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021587974 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021589847 2022-01-31 15:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021589847 aanekwe https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021589927 -Anekwe

]]> 2022-01-31 15:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021589927 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021591443 2022-01-31 15:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021591443 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021591448 Braswell

]]> 2022-01-31 15:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021591448 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021596728 The impact of successful work here, empowers and resonates with students, and most importantly with the community for a lifetime.
Mr. Rose]]> 2022-01-31 15:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021596728 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021596753 2022-01-31 15:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021596753 aanekwe https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021596799 -Anekwe]]> 2022-01-31 15:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021596799 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021596881 I appreciate the ideals and principles we are striving for (Cause Forward Forever Forward).

-Deng]]> 2022-01-31 15:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021596881 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021597082 GIA
Because I want to make a difference in my community. I want to see the students I teach become healthy happy and productive members of their community.]]> 2022-01-31 15:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021597082 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021597137 I love the kids.
Smith

]]> 2022-01-31 15:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021597137 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021597151 NMSSJ is to die for!!!
Denis ]]> 2022-01-31 15:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021597151 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021597398 I love helping the students & I feel that I can make a big impact on the students (culture wise) - Ms. Adams ]]> 2022-01-31 15:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021597398 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021599511 MJP - I wanted to be on the ground floor of an educational movement to be able to make some viable contributions to instructional strategies and life application skills for students who looked like me. I wanted to be part of the community building process.]]> 2022-01-31 16:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021599511 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021599950 Before I decided I wanted to be an educator, I knew that whatever I did, I wanted to have an impact on youth; especially in the community that contributed to raising me.  Luckily, I had the honor of attending Da High (Boys & Girls), and everything has aligned in a way for me to teach back in a school I attended, and serving students that reflect my community and many others like it!   -Mr. Markell]]> 2022-01-31 16:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021599950 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021602546 To have an actual change in participants where other educators might have been thrown them to the side like I was. 
Jermaine]]> 2022-01-31 16:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021602546 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021602652 The circle]]> 2022-01-31 16:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021602652 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021603426 I'm here because this is a school that focuses on the students not on the politics. We care about the kids and we are allowed to teach how we see fit. 

]]> 2022-01-31 16:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021603426 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021604255 I have worked at other schools where when I tried to include culturally relevant material and i would get so much push back. Finally I got to a school where this is the focus. I always wanted to be in a school like. NMSSJ. And when I was placed here as an ATR I like to think God found this place for me.]]> 2022-01-31 16:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021604255 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021618267 She understood that education was not just in the school building but also in the community and valued the contributions of families and community members to students. ]]> 2022-01-31 16:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021618267 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021619618 People like Elijah Aikens. 
Denis ]]> 2022-01-31 16:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021619618 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021620856 Jermaine:
Honestly Tabari and Drew are constant reminders.

]]> 2022-01-31 16:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021620856 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021624839 Bed Stuy, just being from bed stuy I always wanted to work with children from the area and change their view of things & show them that there is more to life. 
Ms Adams ]]> 2022-01-31 16:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021624839 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021627817 My former students who still keep in touch and who tell me that what I did 20+ years ago had an impact on their lives. I feel so blessed this year in particular to be working with Jazzy and Jermaine both of whom were in my class when I first started teaching many moons ago and today they are colleagues.]]> 2022-01-31 16:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021627817 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021628773 Mr. Rose]]> 2022-01-31 16:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021628773 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021630084 Any child who does not like math
Smith]]> 2022-01-31 16:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021630084 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021634377 Matt]]> 2022-01-31 16:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021634377 https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021636582 The Grenada Revolution
I grew up in Grenada and during high school the Grenada Revolution took place. I became involved as a teenager and this is where I got the passion to work with people who always were marginalized. I became a youth leader and a literacy volunteer who would go into the rural areas and the mountains to teach older people to read and write. After the fall of the revolution, I came to the States and I would try to get into the capitalist rat race but I hated it and teaching seemed to be the best way to help people who are marginalized.]]> 2022-01-31 16:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cortiz143/ourwhy_spring2022/wish/2021636582