By Karen Tan, Staff Writer After spending a year as a counselor at an East Bay high school that was closer to her home, Ms. Liana Wong has come back to Galileo and taken a job as dean. Wong first worked here as an academic counselor in 2004 to 2008, and decided to come back...
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By Jacqueline Xu, Staff Writer Although she is starting her first year as assistant principal at Galileo, this will be Ms. Zoe Duskin’s third year working here. For the previous two years, she worked as Instructional Reform Facilitator, also known as “school improvement coach”, supporting teachers at Galileo for the last two years. She...
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By Jacqueline Xu, Staff Writer Having held 4 different positions at Galileo, Ms. Katherine Pringle has switched positions again from dean to assistant principal this year, because she was offered the job by Galileo principal, Mrs. Vicki Pesek. Ms.Pringle took the position because it sounded interesting, and she thought it was an opportunity for...
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By Randy Gee, Staff Writer Once a bartender and waiter at a circus, Kevin Fanning decided to become a teacher because his job was not satisfying enough. Now the newest English Language Development teacher at Galileo, Mr. Fanning wants students to practice language skills and also provide opportunities of using English in many different...
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By Joyce Yu, Staff Writer Unsatisfied with what he was doing for the last twenty years as a financial manager, Mr. Kenneth Yoder, a new English teacher at Galileo High School, decided to change his career to teaching. He thought he couldn’t benefit anyone anymore as a financial manager, so he wanted to do something...
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By Mayen Fan, Staff Writer Many students at Galileo can’t even imagine working with their siblings, but according to Ms. Victoria Lu, a new Chinese teacher at Galileo, working with her sister Ms. Kim Lu, also a Chinese teacher at Galileo, isn’t that bad. The Lu sisters actually enjoy working at the same school,...
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