Sixth Grade English / Social Studies / Journalism / GATE Coordinator
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Hale Middle School
818.313.7400
Mrs. Wexler graduated from the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario,
Canada, with a BA in Humanities (Honours Drama). She received her Multiple
Subject (with CLAD) California Teaching Credential from Cal State Channel
Islands. Currenty, Mrs. Wexler is working on her Preliminary Administrative
Credential and Masters Degree at Cal State University Northridge. She
received her Certificate in Teaching Gifted Students from UC San Diego in
January 2009.
Mrs. Wexler began teaching at Hale in 2004. Mrs. Wexler is the GATE
Coordinator for Hale.
Married for over 25 years, Mrs. Wexler is the mother of 17-year-old twin
boys who are seniors in high school. Her sons, Sam and Dillon, are excellent
students and inquisitive learners. This will be a busy fall as they apply to
university! Her sons bring great joy to Mrs. Wexler! She has a wacky labrador
retriever mix named Albert who has self-esteem issues.
Mrs. Wexler grew up in Canada, Europe and Asia and, in addition to attending
school in Canada, she was educated in France, Belgium and Japan. She was
born in London, England, of Canadian parents. Mrs. Wexler is fluent in
French. An immigrant, Mrs. Wexler became a U.S. citizen 3 January 2001.
Prior to becoming a teacher, Mrs. Wexler was an award-winning magazine
editor and freelance journalist. She continues to write, sporadically, for a
video trade magazine as well as about video for a magazine that is
distributed to pediatricians' offices. She met her husband, Phillip, when
they both worked for the same publishing company in New York.
Dream big. Anything is possible when you believe in yourself.
I believe that each of my students has a gift and my goal, as their teacher,
is to find and nurture that gift.