Introduction

Merri Weir only came into teaching 10 years ago but history and education have been a part of who she is her entire life.Tied to this is her passion for social justice and human rights.She has been able to create lessons and units tied to the State Standards through organizations such as Facing History and Ourselves, the Choices Program, Teaching Tolerance and the Shoah Foundation.Although leaders and famous people are important to teach she believes the stories of everyday people have a greater impact on her students learning.She is also a member of the Human Rights Education (HRE) team that is working with universities to train new (and continuing) teachers how they can include HRE into their lessons and the State to put human rights education into the state standards. She currently teaches US History, AP US History, Government/Economics and AP Government/Economics and has taught Geography and World History in the past.

Starting life in Biloxi, MS she soon started her love of travel and adventure at an early age when she moved to Germany where her dad was stationed. After other moves, she spent her educational years in Texas then her 20s in Chicago, her 30s in Hong Kong and now her 40s in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of DePaul University and considers herself a citizen of the world. She believes in the Buddhist proverb that everyone in the world is connected by a red string and that it can never be broken or tangled and that we all should strive for harmony.

The Academy of Medical Arts @ Carson is a thematic Pilot school that offers students a pathway to practical career skills and prepares them for college. Our goal is to offer students a meaningful, engaging, and rigorous high school program that also teaches them how to deliver safe and effective health care as well acquire the skills needed to be lifelong learners, ready to continue training and enroll in classes necessary to advance in the health science and medical technology fields. Following the Health Sciences and Medical Technology Career Technical Education standards students will acquire the academic and technical skills needed to pursue a full range of career opportunities in the field of health care, from entry level work as a receptionist, messenger, or transportation aide, or cashier, to more advanced career specialties such as technicians, nurses, doctors, pharmacists or researchers. We will offer students a realistic look at the healthcare and medical fields. We plan to offer first aid and CPR to all students along with field trips to hospitals and related health care facilities. In addition, each year we will offer students the chance to explore college campus facilities and enroll in community college courses that also supply high school credits.

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