Special Education Teacher Jenn Franklin

Anna Zheng, Social Media Editor

Special Education teacher for biology and English 9 and 10 students.
First year teaching.
“I’ve worked with young people and students for many, many years. I worked at a boarding school for a number of years — I wasn’t a teacher, but I was a staff there — and I really loved that. That, and just being friends with students who struggled academically, and being able to help them, I think that inspired me to get my degree in teaching.”
“Let’s go with Wednesday. This is a strange analogy, but I like mountaintops and Wednesday’s Hump Day — you’re at the top and working your way down for the rest of the week. It’s a good middle day.”
“I’m an outdoors girl, so I love being outside, and that’s why winter is kind of sad to me. I like to be outside kayaking, hiking, camping, and doing all those nature things. Before I came here, I worked at the Shenandoah National Park. I did that for about seven or eight seasons, so I actually lived and worked up there, and that was a really cool experience.”