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__INTRODUCTION TO THE CLASS__ **Hello to all of my Students, Parents and fellow School Board Faculty Members! ** **First and foremost, I just wanted to say that I am so happy and super excited to be your teacher for the upcoming school year. I look forward to trying brand new activities and lesson plans, listening to your opinions and making the classroom a super fun learning environment for everyone. ** **Just to let you know a little bit about myself, I was born and raised in Coral Springs, Florida. A funny story about myself is that the day I was born, December 25, 1987, my mother was on her way to a wedding and was surprised because I was not supposed to be coming for another couple weeks. In short, she missed the wedding and we ended up eating one gallon of rum raisin ice cream in the hospital. My mother tells this story every year on my birthday so I had to share. I attended both Ramblewood Elementary and Middle throughout the 1990’s thru 2002. I graduated from J.P. Taravella High School in 2006 and then from the University of Central Florida in Spring of 2012, with my Bachelor’s in Education and Psychology. During the summer of 2012, I worked as a Program Assistant at Columbia University: School of Continuing Education in New York City. That fall, I started work on my Master’s in Social Work and worked as a Teacher’s Assistant and Residential Advisor at Columbia and graduated in the year 2014. ** **Currently, I have two cats named Phoebe-Ann and Yoshi Chen, live in Midtown and am engaged to be married next year. I have a sincere passion for animals, especially cats, and dinosaurs. In my spare time, I like to write poetry, read novels and do yoga at the dance studio. In the future, I plan on opening a few schools for women and children in Africa, China and Russia. Finally, I plan on operating a big cat sanctuary for all types of felines such as tigers, lions and cheetahs. ** **Well this is my life in a nutshell and I hoped you enjoyed learning a little bit about me and I hope that you can take something from my experiences. What are your dreams? What will you do to make them into a reality? **
 * Sincerely, **
 * Ms. Danielle Chen **