SAPESS Dates: Monday, June 24 - Friday, July 26, 2024
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” –Maya Angelou
"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it." – William Arthur Ward
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ― W.B. Yeats

Teacher Profiles

Barbara Hudock

SAPESS Class

Language Arts Teacher

Education

B.A., Sociology, Brooklyn College
M.A., Early Childhood Education

Credential

New York Teaching Credential
California Teaching Credential

Teaching Experience

Mirman School for Gifted Children
Santa Monica Unified School District
Heschel Day School
Las Virgines Unified School District

SAPESS Teacher

2001-2011, 2013-2019

Angelica Leal

SAPESS Class

Arts & Crafts Teacher

Education

B.A. Liberal Arts, CSUN
M.A. (in progress) Reading and Literacy, CSUN

Credential

Teaching Credential ITEP Program, CSUN

Teaching Experience

Calabash Charter Academy LAUSD

SAPESS Teacher

Since 2024

Jeff Sumner

SAPESS Class

Music & Theater Arts

Education

B.A., Musical Theater, Illinois Wesleyan UniversityCredential

Teaching Experience

Currently teaching at JAXX Theatricals
Previous experience as an educator, director, choreographer, and performer.
SAEP teacher since: 2019

Gladys Sorensen

SAPESS Class

Science

Education

B.S., Plant Science, University of California Davis, 1984

Teaching Experience

Currently teaching at Patrick Henry Middle School
SAEP teacher since: 1995-2010, 2017- Present

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