FACULTY LOUNGE edgewood's ben hughes creates debate (league, that is)

Benjamin Hughes has been teaching history and English at the Edgewood Campus for ten years.  This year, he is also serving as a 6th grade homeroom teacher and as the history pentathlon coach.  Although he grew up in Duxbury, Massachusetts, Mr. Hughes has spent most of his life in California, and he currently lives in Tustin Ranch. 

Aside from his day to day teaching duties, Mr. Hughes has been very involved in speech and debate.  After overseeing the creation of a middle school debate department for Fairmont in 2007, Mr. Hughes went on to create a public debate league for all middle school students in Orange County.  Today, he serves as president of the Orange County Debate League and as head coach for the Edgewood debate team.

Mr. Hughes graduated from Capistrano Valley High School, and he attended Tulane University in New Orleans before eventually earning his degree at Claremont McKenna College.

Contributed by Jonna, Edgewood campus

FACULTY LOUNGE anaheim hills' marci cornish loves her promethean board

She’s smart.  Mrs. Marci Cornish holds a Master’s Degree in teaching from Azusa Pacific University.  She’s experienced.  Mrs. Cornish has her CA teaching credential and has been teaching at Fairmont for the past 11 years.  And, most importantly, she’s prepared! Word around the Anaheim Hills campus has Mrs. Cornish logging hundreds of extra hours each year in preparation for her students.  “I take my job very seriously and devote an extraordinary amount of time in preparation of lessons to make them as interesting as possible for students,” she says.  “I encourage my students to come to me for help during recess, lunch or after school.”  No one is arguing the commitment of the Fourth Grade Level Coordinator and Mentor Teacher.  Mrs. Cornish is also known for her penchant for Promethean Boards. While a member of Fairmont’s e-learning Tiger Team, she fell in love with technology and uses her interactive whiteboard every day.  

On the rare occasion that she’s not hard at work creating dynamic lessons for her fourth graders, you may find her enjoying a good book, hiking or taking a Zumba class.  She is very proud of her son who is a freshman at Northern Arizona University pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering/Physics.    

Contributed by Vicky, Anaheim Hills campus

FACULTY LOUNGE mable shares fun facts about 1st & 2nd grade teachers

We all know they are amazing teachers, but did you know:

Ms. Falt plays on two co-ed softball teams?

Ms. Spinella’s favorite singer is Rod Stewart?

Mrs. Wagner’s hobby is roller skating?

Mr. Adame is a twin?

Mrs. Quintana is a big fan of the Twilight Series?

Mrs. Greenaway was the team captain of her college basketball team?

Now you know! 

Contributed by Karen, Mable campus

FACULTY LOUNGE mrs. jansen returns to edgewood

Mrs. Kristen Jansen is very excited to be back teaching at Edgewood after a seven year hiatus in Wisconsin.  She taught kindergarten at the Edgewood campus from 2000-2003 and now joins us in junior kindergarten.  After shoveling lots of snow in Wisconsin, she and her family are happy to be back in sunny southern California.  Her two girls, ages 3 and 7, attend school at the Anaheim Hills campus.  On the weekends, you can usually find the Jansen family getting reacquainted with the Southern California way of life at Laguna Beach.  Even when it is cool and overcast, they love jumping waves and building sand castles.  They also enjoy frequent trips to Disneyland.

Contributed by Jonna, Edgewood Campus

FACULTY LOUNGE mr. adame joins the mable team

New to Fairmont this year, Mr. Brandon Adame says he’s excited to be working at a school that utilizes classroom technology such as Promethean boards and Accelerated Math.  In fact, he’s already seen the difference it makes in his lessons. Mr. Adame is entering his fifth year of teaching with a background in first, second, and third grade.  He enjoys a healthy lifestyle, staying fit with a vegan diet and plenty of outdoor exercise including surfing and trail running.  He loves animals, especially his dogs, Barney and Smokes, and cats, Marlo and Killian.  He hopes to one day earn his Master’s Degree in Education.  Three things you might not know about Mr. Adame:  he has a twin brother, he has run a 100-mile race in under 24 hours and, in sixth grade, he switched classes with his twin brother (and the teacher was none the wiser)!  Welcome, Mr. Adame.  We’re glad to have you on our team.

Contributed by Karen, Mable Campus

FACULTY LOUNGE citron welcomes ms.dodson

The Citron campus would like to welcome Ms. Dodson to the Fairmont family! You can find her in the front office as our new receptionist and admissions assistant.  Ms. Dodson comes to us with a B.S. in Child and Adolescent Development as well as a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from Cal State Fullerton. During college, she volunteered at multiple schools in the Fullerton Elementary and Lowell Joint School Districts. Most recently, she worked as an instructor in an after-school program in the Santa Ana Unified School District. When she’s not helping in a myriad of ways here on campus, Ms. Dodson enjoys cooking, cycling, going to the beach, attending concerts, and spending time with her friends. We are excited to have an addition to our support staff who is so experienced in working with students. Please stop by the front office and say “hello” to Ms. Dodson.

Contributed by Elly, Citron campus

FACULTY LOUNGE music teacher publishes book of original tunes

Kudos to Fairmont music teacher Mrs. Marliyn Taylor.  “After teaching flute for twenty years I decided to write a book to meet the needs of young flute students,” says Taylor and so she did!  Flute Journeys includes fun, original tunes composed by Mrs. Taylor and is designed for young flute students--like her students at Fairmont.  Mrs. Taylor teaches the woodwinds classes at Mable (5th-8th), Anaheim Hills(5th-8th) and Edgewood (5th & 6th) campuses. She also teaches the junior high orchestra class at Mable.  You can purchase a copy online at www.newjtmusic.homestead.com or by contacting Mrs. Taylor at mtaylor@fairmontschools.com. 

Contributed by Danyelle, Marketing