NOTE: 5S Students will create a "Shoe Poster" at the start of the school year to help others know what it's like to be in their shoes. That is why I wrote facts about myself in the format below
IF YOU WERE IN MS. STARK’S SHOES...
IF YOU WERE IN MS. STARK’S SHOES...
- you would have been born in 1963, in San Francisco, CA.
- you would live with your husband Kevin Macdonald, your sons Ethan and Zachary Macdonald, your dog Mango and your cat Archer (Archie) -photos below
- you would be the only child of Suzanne Stark (1926-2015) , an artist, teacher, writer and historian
- you would have lived in San francisco, NYC, Portland (OR), Brookline. Cambridge. Toronto, the Back Bay, Jamaica Plain, and now half your house is in Brighton and half is in Brookline
- you would have considered becoming a writer, dancer, acupuncturist, environmental lawyer, and/or a seeing-eye dog trainer before realizing that teaching humans would be just right
- you would love your job because of the meaningful conversations, intense learning, comforting routines, funny surprises, and lifelong connections
- you would have taught a graduate school class at Brandeis University from 2005 - 2017 called, Getting Ready To Teach: Creating Clear Systems for a Collaborative and Creative Year
- you would be learning how to write and produce your own podcast/radio stories
- you would wish time didn't go by so fast because of all you want to do
- you would wonder what 5S will do this year and what will happen with the 2nd year of the KEEP Club (Kids Expect Environmental Protection) club at Driscoll for grades 5-8.