NAME:
Mrs. Donna Clarke
SCHOOL:
St. Bernadette Elementary School
CLASS:
Grade 7
SCHOOL PHONE:
301-593-5611
I have been teaching at St. Bernadette School since 1983. This will
be my 35th year of teaching and I still love to come to school. I have
taught 6th, 7th and 8th grade, as well as 1st grade. I have also taught
high school 9-12. I enjoy the Junior High and am particularly pleased to
be teaching 6th, 7th and 8th grade Social Studies. I am a graduate of St.
Bernadette School, The Academy of the Holy Names and the University of
Maryland with a BA in Education. I enjoy teaching history because we can all
learn so much from the past. I love to read and as a child, my mother had to
take the flashlight away from me as I read in bed under the covers. I am one
of the few people who still lives in the same house as I did when I was a
little girl and attends the same school, St. Bernadette, in the community of
Woodmoor and am happy to be a lifelong resident. My favorite hobbies are
any type of needlework, sewing, reading, crossword puzzles, Sudoku puzzles
and watching "Law and Order" (especially the RERUNS!).I love continuing my
education. I have attended many workshops and have done graduate work at the
University of Maryland. I have also attended the DI workshops in Las Vegas
and Columbus, Ohio, due to the generosity of the HSA. I took a graduate
course at Trinity College on Inclusion and am eager to
implement what I have learned. I was honored and humbled in 2008 at the
Parish Anniversary by being chosen Outstanding Senior Parishioner for my 25
years of service to my second home, St. Bernadette. Learning new ways to
engage all students is exciting. One of my favorite sayings is, "You have to
learn something new every day." I take my own advice. I have recently
become a great fan of country music. "Live Like You Were Dying", is my
absolute favorite song because of this line:
"Like tomorrow was a gift and you have eternity to think about what you'd do
with it, what did you do with it, what did I do with it, what would I do
with it..."
Please consider each day as a gift and know that you have the power to do
anything you want with it. Use it for the service of God and all things
will be possible.
Mrs. Clarke's mission for her class is to instill in her students a passion
for history old and new and love of events from the past. Dead people are
among some of the most interesting subjects in the entire world.