Marcella Martinez

I am a product of the Chicago Public Schools.  After attending Seward Academy, I went to Bogan High School.  I then attended St. Xavier University and became a teacher.  Since I was teaching bilingual students, I went back to school to pursue a Masters in Bilingual Education at Chicago State University.   Since education never ends, I decided to continue and went back again to Concordia University to get another Master’s in Leadership.  Who am I?  You guessed correctly!  Mrs. Martinez!!!

   Sarai Jimenez

I am a former Seward student.  Mrs. Martinez, Ms. Madden, Mrs. Howe, Ms. Bowsky and Mrs. Cadenas were all my teachers.  I graduated in 2004 and then went to Whitney M. Young Magnet High School.  I decided that I wanted to become a teacher.  The school that I found to have the best program for me was the University Of Illinois At Chicago.  I graduated in 2012 with a degree in elementary education.  I am currently pursuing a master’s Degree in Instructional Leadership at UIC.  My name is Ms. Jimenez. 

   Maribel Rojas

Hello everyone! I'm Mrs. Rojas. I'm a proud former Seward student. I graduated from Seward in 1996. So how did I decide to become a teacher? It all started with a visit to Mr. Michie when I was a junior in high school. He told me about this great scholarship opportunity called- Golden Apple. He nominated, I applied, and luckily I ended up getting this awesome scholarship that helped pay for my college.

I attended DePaul University because I fell in love with the campus, the state-of-the art amenities and above all, the small class sizes. It was important for my professors to know my name. I graduated from DePaul University in 2004 with high honors. That fall in 2004, I got my first teaching job at Seward in Room 108 as a first grade teacher. A year later I decided to pursue my masters in Reading. I graduated in 2007 with a Reading Specialist degree from Concordia University. A year later I became a National Board certified teacher. And guess what boys and girls, a year after that, I went back to school, this time to the American College of Education so that I could get an endorsement in ESL and bilingual education. I enjoy school, but above all, 1 enjoy being at Seward. I can't believe that this will be my tenth year as a teacher.

   Kimberly Bowsky

I've always been in love with school and learning, so it's no surprise that I am always in extra classes of some sort.  Instead of buying more clothes or cars, I take classes.  My first degree was a Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (its old name).  Later, I took a Master of Arts in the Teaching of Secondary English at Columbia College, Chicago.   A decade after that, I took a second Master's in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on English as a Second Language at the American College of Education.  Currently, I am studying an advanced degree in organizations at Concordia University, which studies how people and corporations arrange themselves in order to reach their goals.  Although I didn't go through a college to earn my National Board certificate in 2007, I completed that program in a college-like atmosphere.