Ms. Givens

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About The Teacher
Ms. Givens was born and raised in Pacific Palisades, California. She moved to Malibu during her high school years but continued attending Pali. High. While at Palisades High, Linda was the Dance Team Coordinator and voted head cheerleader her senior year (although she wasn't even running for the position!). Upon graduation Ms. Givens attended Pepperdine University in Malibu as an Art Major. Her physical education class was Equestrian Education where she enjoyed learning English show riding and taking the horse trails through the Malibu mountains. Her other favorite past time was crusing the Coast Highway in her 1966 convertable Mustang. Linda's next door neighbor was the sister to Jerry Lewis and Linda's good friend was the daughter of Don Knotts. Needless to say Linda learned from an early age to enjoy laughter as often as you can! After aiding in a Second Grade classroom while attending Pepperdine, Ms. Givens discovered the joy of working with children! Their family friend was the Superintendant of Santa Monica schools and Linda asked him where was the best college to attend if someone was interested in becoming a teacher. His answer was his old alma mater, Chico State! At this same time UCLA offered Linda a coveted spot in their Art School...choices, choices, choices. The rest is history. Ms. Givens came up to Chico and has stayed ever since. While at Chico State Ms. Givens was Head Cheerleader and always enjoyed attending all the games possible! Although her family registered her without her knowing...Ms. Givens was entered into the Miss Butte County pagent! Thankfully she didn't win but did come in as first runner up! Ms. Givens still enjoys horseback riding, water skiing (slalom of course), and anything to do with art. Ms. Givens has been teaching at Notre Dame for over 20 years. She has been nominated for the Disney Teacher of the Year (nominations are from past students wishing to recognize a teacher they felt impacted their life in a positive way), Whose Who Among Teachers (also nominated by past students), and has received a certificate of excellence in teaching from the Sacramento Diocese. She is designated as a "Highly Qualified Teacher" and works with Butte County Office of Education as a facilitator helping new teachers earn their clear credentials. Ms. Givens also enjoys volunteering as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for abused and neglected children. As a teacher Ms. Givens especially enjoys helping each little one discover the unique special person that God created them to be, and loves helping them to see that God has a special plan for each of them!

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Mission
Kids of the Kingdom! Kids of the kingdom build the kingdom of heaven by our B.E.S.T. efforts! (B.E.S.T. is the acronym for our character education program and stands for "Building Ethics in Students Today".)