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Craig Rendon
World Geography Honors (9th grade)
Samuel Harris
World History Honors (10th grade)
Bret Bigelow
U.S. History A.P./Dual Credit
(11th grade)
Jeremy
Guerrero
Government/Economics A.P. (12th grade), Street Law (elective)
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Craig
Rendon
World Geography Honors e-mail
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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
World History Advanced Placement
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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, and
Greece. Samuel is currently organizing a trip for CAHS students
to Paris
for March 2008. He has found that travel enriches his studies and
allows history to come alive.
Samuel
sponsors the Student Council and National History Fair/Day. 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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Bret
Bigelow
American History Advanced Placement
2008 Teacher of the Year
E-mail
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to AP U.S. History Materials:
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Bret
Bigelow grew up immersed in history. His mother is a published
author and historian, and Mr. Bigelow quickly gained an interest
in the past and our understanding of it. In addition, Mr. Bigelow's
father is also an avid reader who possesses a great understanding
of history. Both grandmothers were local teachers and Bret remembers
fondly his early trips to museums, air shows, book readings and
yes, even history conferences. Mr.
Bigelow began attending Trinity University in 1994 and graduated
in 1998 with dual degrees in History and Political Science. While
attending Trinity, Bret was fortunate enough to work with well-respected
historians in a variety of areas ranging from U.S. social, urban,
and political history to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
He was also greatly influenced by his work in communications/media
and creative writing. While
at Trinity, Bret also worked for two years at the Witte Museum,
where his efforts showed him the value of hands-on research and
historical preservation work. In his last year at Trinity, Mr.
Bigelow was the first to participate in a political science/history
internship with the City of San Antonio Historical Preservation
Society. After
working for two years, Mr. Bigelow returned to school to begin
work on his Master's Degree at the University of Texas at San
Antonio. Although he took courses on subjects as varied as Asian
and African history, his main focus was United States history.
His thesis paper attempted to unravel the complex interplay between
President Truman and his staff over the issue of Holocaust survivors
and the recognition of the state of Israel.
Bret
spent 2003 at UTSA finishing his educator's certification courses
and was chosen in the fall as the distinguished student teacher
of the year. In 2004 he studied at the AP program at DePaul
University in Chicago and in 2005 was selected to attend
a conference
on the Cold War at Cambridge University. This conference was
sponsored by the London School of Economics Cold War Studies
Centre and included scholars from the U.S., U.K., and the former
U.S.S.R. He also took part in the Trinity University Teachers
as Scholars program on Vietnam War history and film. Bret continues
to be an avid reader on a broad range of topics and hopes to
bring this love of reading to all of his students.
When he is not teaching, Mr. Bigelow enjoys spending time
with his family and friends, jogging with his Boston Bull Terrier,
NFL and boxing history, rock music from the mid-1960's to the
present, and going to the gym.
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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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