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Dear Cotsen Colleagues,<\/p>\n
Welcome to a series of\u00a0 videos recorded by fellows and mentors representing the graduating class of 2021. Although we cannot gather in person this year for the culmination of the fellowships, we are nonetheless excited to celebrate and salute our fellows and mentors on the journey that they have just completed.<\/p>\n
The 2020-2021 school year was a momentous one. We grew in ways we didn\u2019t know we could, we firmly held onto hope, and we tried every single day. As this year came to a close, a few of your colleagues took time to reflect and capture their thoughts about being a part of the fellowship. We hope you enjoy listening to and connecting with their experiences. Speaking on behalf of the 2021 graduating class are the following representatives: (Click the link to watch on YouTube).<\/p>\n
First, our Founding Director, Mrs. Margit Sperling Cotsen, and I would like to share a few opening remarks<\/a><\/span> to thank the graduates for their dedication and commitment to teaching excellence.<\/p>\n Maria Coronel<\/span><\/a>, fellow, Villacorta Elementary, Rowland To the graduating class, you inspire us, and we can hardly wait to witness all the magic that you will bring to your students.<\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Jerry Harris Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true:<\/em><\/span> Dear Cotsen Colleagues, Welcome to a series of\u00a0 videos recorded by fellows and mentors representing the graduating class of 2021. Although we cannot gather in person this year for the culmination of the fellowships, we are nonetheless excited to celebrate and salute our fellows and mentors on the journey that they have just completed. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,134],"tags":[41,169,182,284,285,768,769,770,771],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cotsen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cotsen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cotsen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cotsen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cotsen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cotsen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cotsen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cotsen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cotsen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cotsen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJill Iger<\/span><\/a>, fellow, Hancock Park Elementary, Los Angeles
\nErin Montoya<\/a><\/span>, fellow, Phelan Language Academy, Whittier City
\nDaniele Fuson<\/span><\/a>, fellow, Whitaker School, Buena Park
\nAlex Jauregui<\/span><\/a>, mentor, Beatty School, Buena Park
\nLorrie Cariaga<\/span><\/a>, mentor, Cabrillo Elementary, Wiseburn<\/p>\n
\nExecutive Director<\/p>\n
\nThat even as we grieved, we grew.<\/em><\/span>
\nThat even as we hurt, we hoped.<\/em><\/span>
\nThat even as we tired, we tried.<\/em><\/span>
\nThat we\u2019ll forever be tied together, victorious.
\n<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0From \u201cThe Hill We Climb\u201d by Amanda Gorman<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"