Craig Rendon
World Geography Honors (9th grade)

Samuel Harris
World History Honors (10th grade)

Lisa Stevens
U.S. History A.P./Dual Credit (11th grade)

Jeremy Guerrero
Government/Economics A.P. (12th grade), Street Law (elective)

Craig Rendon
World Geography Honors

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Craig Rendon was born in San Antonio. The son of an Air Force colonel, Mr. Rendon lived in Grand Forks, ND, The Panama Canal Zone and Naples, Italy. He attended Randolph Junior and Senior High Schools near San Antonio and graduated from Air Academy High School in Colorado Springs, CO. Mr. Rendon graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in Government. Upon graduation, he went to Japan as a member of the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) Program. He team-taught English as a foreign language at four Yokohama Junior High Schools for three years. Mr. Rendon returned to San Antonio and joined the faculty of Communications Arts High School in 1998. He has lived in or visited eighteen countries other than the US and has a genuine interest in World Geography and foreign affairs.

Seven of Mr. Rendon’s students at CAHS have been national winners in the United Nations World Refugee Day poster contest sponsored by UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie. Their works of art have been on display at the Statue of Liberty in New York and at National Geographic in Washington, DC. Mr. Rendon traveled to Washington, DC with some of the poster contest winners and their parents to attend World Refugee Day events with UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie and other government leaders including US Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Mr. Rendon won an Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award from the Texas Council for the Humanities in 2003. Mr. Rendon was nominated for this award by the 2003 CAHS Valedictorian and her mother, a professor at UTSA. Mr. Rendon was honored by the Texas House of Representatives with House Resolution 36, 78th Texas Legislature, 3rd Special Session. Representative Ken Mercer of House District 117, which includes Communications Arts High School, sponsored the resolution.

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Samuel Harris was born and raised on the coastal plains of Victoria, Texas, where he attended Victoria High School. After high school Samuel attended Texas State University where he majored in History and minored in Political Science. He was highly involved in university organizations such as the Interfraternity Council and Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. Samuel graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts and moved shortly thereafter to the San Antonio area.

Samuel has a passion for history, and because he is impressed by both their energy and enthusiasm for learning, he enjoys working with high school students. Since 2001, he has been teaching year round with few breaks which means teaching in the summers as well as evenings. When he did have a week off in March 2005, he traveled to Italy with both students and parents. He has also recently traveled to France, S. Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Spain, Portugal, Greece, France, Thailand, and Ireland. Samuel is currently organizing a trip for CAHS students to Italy for March 2010. He has found that travel enriches his studies and allows history to come alive.

Samuel sponsors the Student Council and the Gaming Club. He also sits as a member of the School Advisory Committee and is a member of Texas Classroom Teachers Association. Samuel also continues to work with Pi Kappa Phi at Texas State University by serving as head of the Board of Alumni Advisors.

Other interests include politics, going to concerts, eating sushi, and working out. Samuel carries a strong belief that it is important to stay mentally and physically active.

His parents, both elementary school teachers, now reside in the small town of Smithville, Texas. Samuel's younger brother currently serves as a police officer in Austin, Texas.

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Lisa Stevens
American History Advanced Placement

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Mrs. Stevens graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelor of Arts (History) Degree in 2002 and a Master of Arts (History) Degree in 2005. Academically, she earned several scholarships and awards including a National Honors Society Scholarship; the Mitchell-Harding Scholarship; the Alameda/UTSA Scholarship; and the English Essay Millennium Award. Additionally, she was a member of the National Honors Society, the Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society, and the UTSA Dean’s Honor List in both the Bachelor and Master’s program at UTSA.

Professionally, Mrs. Stevens served 6 years in the United States Army as a Psychiatric Specialist; was the Curator and Archivist at the Security Police Museum at Lackland Air Force Base; did archival work at Texas Institute of Cultures Museum; instructed U.S. History Dual Credit/AP courses at an inner-city college preparatory school here in San Antonio; and also is currently teaching U.S. History as an Adjunct Professor at Northwest Vista College here in San Antonio.

Currently, Mrs. Stevens is working on two manuscripts, hopefully to be published as non-fictional novels in the near future. The first is August in July, which reveals the life struggles of a Wisconsin farm family during the Great Depression. The second manuscript is called My Winter Rose, which concentrates on the life experiences of a middle class woman as she raises a family – via a tumultuous divorce – during the 1960s and 70s.

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Jeremy Guerrero
Government/Economics Advanced Placement, Street Law

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Jeremy Guerrero was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. A graduate of Tom C. Clark High School, he went on to receive his Bachelors degree in History as well as a Master of Arts in Teaching, both from Trinity University. During his time at Trinity University, Mr. Guerrero was given the opportunity to study a wide variety of subjects and work with a diverse group of students, including serving as a peer tutor and discussion facilitator for “The Alamo” first-year seminar course. At the end of his senior year at Trinity, Mr. Guerrero was honored to be named the first ever recipient of the Eunice Harrington Scholarship, given to one student graduating from the social studies each year.

Mr. Guerrero received his teacher certification as part of his masters program and completed his student teaching at Lee High School. While teaching at Lee, Mr. Guerrero was also given to opportunity to work with the staff and students at the International School of the Americas, including serving as a chaperone and group leader on their week-long junior civil rights trip through Alabama and Mississippi.

When not teaching, Mr. Guerrero enjoys going to the movies, gaming, and listening to music of almost every genre. He is excited to be joining the staff at Communication Arts High School teaching Advanced Placement Government and Economics, as well as the Street Law elective course. Mr. Guerrero believes that all students are capable of achieving at high levels and that education is a lifelong process, which does not stop at graduation.

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