HISTORY WITH A PULSE IN THIS CLASSROOM, SOCIAL STUDIES IS A HANDS-ON SUBJECT.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER - Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
Her students annually put on a World War II-themed dinner and dance in an Air Force hangar to honor military personnel past and present, increase awareness of the responsibilities and contributions of military personnel and to raise money for charities that support American troops overseas, their families and veterans. Vietnam veteran This article is about veterans of the Vietnam War. For the French psychedelic musical group, see Vietnam Veterans. Vietnam veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War. George Palermo said there are not enough positive adjectives to describe Goodreau. ``She's fantastic,'' Palermo said. ``I talk at her class every year as they finish their Vietnam section, and I tell her class if I had a teacher like her when I was in high school, I may not have ended up in the military.'' As for the annual Pride of the Nation Armed Forces Day Hangar Dinner-Dance that Goodreau and her students put on, Palermo said he and other veterans truly feel honored by it. ``Veterans really get the sense that these kids aren't doing it because it's a school project but are doing it to honor military personnel and veterans,'' Palermo said. This year's Pride of the Nation event will be held May 20 in an Air Force Plant 42 hangar that housed America's first jet fighter Jet fighter may refer to:
The third annual tribute will offer dinner, dancing to swing and big-band tunes and vintage and modern military aircraft. Goodreau, a 41-year-old Palmdale resident, continues to put on the event because, for one, it leads students to engage themselves with the community. ``It's a great opportunity for them to take the history that they've learned and apply it in a relevant situation. In a democracy we are called to be participants, not bystanders. I want them to explore what their role might be some day,'' Goodreau said. ``By doing an event like this, they get support from each other and teachers. It's a great way to get this kind of experience. Goodreau also said military personnel and veterans appreciate knowing that students appreciate what they've done. ``We've had Vietnam vets tell us that's the first public thank-you that they've gotten,'' said Goodreau, who has been a teacher for 18 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time last 10 at Lancaster High School. The event is organized by students in Goodreau's United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. history classes. ``Students work really hard to do the event. It's all student-organized and executed. We can't be successful without the community support that we get.'' The students have collected more than $10,000 in sponsorships and sold more than $6,000 worth of candy. ``The event really shows what can happen when the community partners with education. It's a great example of teamwork,'' Goodreau said. Goodreau was named Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale Teacher of the Year and one of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County's 12 Teachers of the Year in 2003. Judges in the county competition noted Goodreau's work in bringing World War II veterans to talk with students about that period in America's history. In 2002, her students put on a 1940s-style dinner-dance at an airplane museum in Chino Chino (chē`nō), city (1990 pop. 59,682), San Bernardino co., S Calif.; founded 1887, inc. 1910. It is the business and processing center of a diversified farming (notably dairying) area. to help refurbish a B-17 flying Fortress bomber. In 2000, 29 of her students went to Washington, D.C., to participate in the groundbreaking for the $100 million memorial to World War II veterans, where they carried American flags and sang ``God Bless America.'' Goodreau has said in the past that she finds the World War II era fascinating because of the sacrifice Americans made both on the battlefield and the home front to defeat the enemy. Goodreau's father-in-law was a ball turret gunner in a B-17. Listening to veterans recount their experiences, students learn that people not much older than themselves fought in the war -- civilian soldiers who defeated the most powerful militaries in the world, Goodreau said. Before teaching in the high school district, Goodreau taught in the Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
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She received a bachelor's degree in political science from Loyola Marymount University Marymount University is a coeducational, four-year Catholic university whose main campus is located in Arlington, Virginia. History Marymount was founded in 1950 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) as Marymount College, a two-year women's school. and a master's in teaching with a special emphasis on social science from the university's graduate school. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Jamie Goodreau infuses her history class at Lancaster High School with appearances by local veterans and a now annual dinner-dance for vets. (2) Describing Lancaster High School history teacher Jamie Goodreau, Vietnam veteran George Palermo said there are not enough positive adjectives to describe Goodreau. ``She's fantastic.'' Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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