About The Teacher

NAME: Mrs. Linda Espinoza Edmonds

SCHOOL: HH Ellis Technical High School

CLASS: Grade 9 - Foundations of Life Science; Grade 10 - Foundations of Physical Science

SCHOOL PHONE: 860-774-8511 ext 1122 (after 2:06 PM PLEASE)

About The Teacher

I love to teach.  This is my 14th year teaching and my 6th year at Ellis 
Tech.  I also teach Math at Three Rivers 
Community College at night.  

I live in Danielson with my husband of 25 years (I love going for rides in 
his 1926 Model T truck and his 1966 Corvair Corsa!) and my son, John-
Mark who is a freshman at Three Rivers Community College in Electrical 
Engineering and an Ellis Tech graduate.  My 21 year old daughter is a 
preparing for National Interpreter Certification and will be moving out to 
Logan, Utah to work with the deaf and hearing impaired. I teach Parenting 
classes, Sunday School, and am active in my Sorority - Alpha Delta Kappa. 

I am Bilingual and speak Spanish fluently - I even interpret for non-English 
speakers.  

My favorite thing to do is travel!  I can hardly wait for my next trip.
My other hobbies and interests include: Letterboxing, Scrapbooking, Cooking, 
watching Football - I love Sunday Night Football! - and Knitting, by hand 
and on my knitting machine.  I am learning to play the Keyboard.  I love to 
learn new 
things.

Mission For The Class

RESPECT and RESPONSIBILITY are the two most important traits my students can 
demonstrate. I like to see students demonstrate those two traits in all 
their work and interactions in class.  Because we have limited resources and 
because I like ACTIVE learning I also expect students to be RESOURCEFUL.

My goals for this year and for the two courses that I teach are:
1) to teach Science connecting to the real-life applications of the content;
2) to help students develop excellent problem-solving skills through labs 
and projects; 
3) to help students learn to write in science to effectively communicate in 
words, numbers, and graphs,
4) to help students become self-managing; 
5) to prepare students to succeed on the Grade 10 CAPT;and
6) to have fun learning Science!