Momentum Learning Narrative

Two summers ago I had two of my former high school students commit suicide within a span of six months. Being a teacher at one of Momentum Learning’s community schools, I transferred one student back to traditional school and graduated the other and yet I am still haunted with thoughts wondering if I had done enough. Those tragedies impacted my professional ambition along with my personal identity. I began to think of the influence I could have had if I could have taught them with more resources and confidence and if I reached them sooner instead of feeling like their last resort. Therefore, I transferred to my current position at Monarch School as a third grade teacher. Monarch School is located in downtown San Diego under the auspices