She has over a decade of teaching and workshop facilitation experience - teaching children, teens and adults everything from models of social justice and racial and cultural equity, to screenprinting and creative watercolor techniques. Jennifer is a printmaker, and was most recently a teacher at Maine College of Art’s summer program for children and teens, and an 8th grade art teacher at St. Jennifer Emrich – Grades K-8 Art Essentialist and OWL Coordinator Jennifer is beginning her 2nd year at Breakwater as our K-8 Art Essentialist. Driven by sports, salsa music and his guitar Pablo also shares some of his culture though teaching after school classes in the Enrichment Center At home, Pablo stays busy developing his family band, which includes his four year old son Ray, his one year old daughter Salome, his wife Taylor and his dog Leo. Graduating from the National Pedagogical University of Colombia, he holds a bachelor degree in Physical Culture, a masters in Pedagogy of Sports Training and IB Teacher credentials. In previous years he has had the chance to teach Spanish in Mount Washington Valley in New Hampshire and also worked as a physical education teacher and basketball coach for the International Baccalaureate community for 9 years. He is excited for the opportunity to learn and share his experience as a bilingual person with the Breakwater community. Pablo Casasbuenas - Grades K-8 Spanish Originally from Colombia, Pablo discovered his passion for teaching languages after arriving in North America 4 years ago. I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to teach and learn from so many young people!'.

My goal for each of my students is to help build their confidence so that they can independently visualize their potential for success. 'My job as their teacher is to celebrate and build upon their strengths and to support them when they struggle. Through these experiences, she has had the opportunity to work closely with children as they continuously demonstrate key traits, such as curiosity, compassion, and dedication that highlight their true value to this world. Her most recent experiences with children have included caring for and working with children ages 12 months to 13 years in the classroom, at a summer camp, in a child care center, while coaching figure skating and as a lead early childhood teacher at the JCA. Abby Lucy -Early Childhood Assistant and AfterCare studied Elementary Education at the University of Maine at Farmington where she graduated in January of 2018.

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