About Ms. Thompson
On the Northern coast of California.
First things first -- my name is Charity. I love learning, I love laughing, and I love helping people discover their strengths. I'm fascinated with words, people and technology. So teaching has been a good fit.
This year at Glencoe High School I'm teaching Language!, Junior English and Senior Reading Workshop. I also worked with Glencoe students during the 2010-2011 school year as a student teacher. I taught Sophomore English and Journalism while assisting the adviser to The Crimson Times student newspaper last year, and now I'm happy to be back rolling with the Crimson Tide.
I have a Master's degree in Education from Portland State University and a Bachelor's degree in English from Lewis-Clark State College. Before I started teaching, I was a reporter for Neighborhood Notes online, the Vancouver Business Journal, North Bank magazine, and the Lewiston Tribune. I was privileged to learn Spanish while working in the highlands of Guatemala after college, and I co-authored a full-length, bilingual play about that experience called Strangers/Extranjeras. One of my proudest moments was seeing that play come to life in 2009 at the Rudyard Kipling theater in Louisville, Kentucky.
My approach to education combines elements of Montessori and project-based learning theories whenever it's feasible. I especially enjoy working with students on digital media, classroom publishing, and educational theatre activities. My goal is to make learning as practical and authentic as possible, and to help students put their unique strengths to use.
This year at Glencoe High School I'm teaching Language!, Junior English and Senior Reading Workshop. I also worked with Glencoe students during the 2010-2011 school year as a student teacher. I taught Sophomore English and Journalism while assisting the adviser to The Crimson Times student newspaper last year, and now I'm happy to be back rolling with the Crimson Tide.
I have a Master's degree in Education from Portland State University and a Bachelor's degree in English from Lewis-Clark State College. Before I started teaching, I was a reporter for Neighborhood Notes online, the Vancouver Business Journal, North Bank magazine, and the Lewiston Tribune. I was privileged to learn Spanish while working in the highlands of Guatemala after college, and I co-authored a full-length, bilingual play about that experience called Strangers/Extranjeras. One of my proudest moments was seeing that play come to life in 2009 at the Rudyard Kipling theater in Louisville, Kentucky.
My approach to education combines elements of Montessori and project-based learning theories whenever it's feasible. I especially enjoy working with students on digital media, classroom publishing, and educational theatre activities. My goal is to make learning as practical and authentic as possible, and to help students put their unique strengths to use.
