Phone: 510-231-1431 ext. 25511

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Degrees and Certifications:

Double-major in Linguistics and Latin American and Latino Studies from UC-Santa Cruz Teaching Credential from Sonoma State University.

Ms. Erin Calentine

Hello!  My name is Erin Calentine.  I have been teaching high school for 18 years.  My first 8 were at Kennedy, and the last 10 at Vista as a supervising teacher.  This is my favorite school of all time.  I love working in a school of choice, where student voice is the most important deciding factor in our plans. I love getting to craft individual plans *with* students to help them achieve their goals.    

I help maintain several of the syllabi on campus, as well as trying to attend ALL the field trips, and running different clubs.  This year I also have the pleasure of teaching our second year of Yearbook!  I work in Room 9 with Ms. Hampton, my work spouse and invaluable partner in education.  We are on campus Monday-Thursday 8:30-3:30.

I am a native of Southern California who graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz (Go Banana Slugs!).  I studied Latin American and Latino studies and Linguistics.  I love practicing my Spanish skills with our students and families (emphasis on practicing).    I have proudly called Oakland home for almost 20 years now, and I love living in the Bay Area.

In my free time, I enjoy reading and playing a wide variety of board games.  I take walks with my mom and her tiny dogs, and hang out with the neighborhood cat who has adopted me.  I love camping and travel- my most recent Summer trip took me to the volcanic corridor of Oregon, and Crater Lake. I saw a marmot!