This “Hispanic and Proud Spotlight” is dedicated to Fort Lauderdale High School’s tenth-grade assistant principal, Mr. Eddie Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez is a third-generation Puerto Rican Latino who has been at FLHS for 4 years. Mr. Rodriguez and his parents were all born in the United States, but he […]
Mrs. Chaquita Lawford is the new Fashion Design teacher at Fort Lauderdale High School. The 2021-2022 school year is her first year teaching at FLHS. Mrs. Lawford was born in Hollywood, Florida, and has lived in Florida for her whole life. She never really thought about moving out […]
This “Hispanic and Proud” spotlight is Ms. Vanessa Peña! Ms. Peña was born in Fort Lauderdale as a first generation Salvadoran-American. Her parents moved to the United States in the 1980’s to flee the Salvadoran civil war that lasted from 1979 to 1992. Despite being born here, she […]
By Ayanna M. Clarke Fort Lauderdale High School would like to give a big welcome to Ms. Elizabeth Moran, a recent addition to the Flying L Social Studies Department teaching AICE United States History and AICE European History. Though Moran is now extremely passionate about her job, she […]
This “Hispanic and Proud” spotlight is Coach Joe Murillo! Coach Murillo is a second-generation Cuban and Mexican who started working in education to be the role model he didn’t have when he was in school. “I didn’t see other Latino teachers in school growing up. Maybe my influence […]
Fort Lauderdale High School’s new English teacher, Ms. Erica Reid, has always enjoyed English. She started teaching at Fort Lauderdale High School in March of last year. Though she said working in the middle of a pandemic was a time of difficulty, she enjoyed teaching. Ms. Reid has […]
Mr. Thomas Handwerg is Fort Lauderdale High School’s new mathematics teacher, but he didn’t always know he was going to end up in the school system as an educator. “I had very little conception of what I was going to do even into college. The only thing I […]
The new Culinary Arts teacher, Chef Marius Orsolini, has always had a passion for cooking. His first experience cooking was when he was five years old when he helped his mother in the kitchen. He felt as if he was discovering a new world, with enthusiasm. Every time […]
Born and raised in Broward County, AICE Psychology and Peer Counseling teacher, Ms. Krystal Beruty, has joined the Fort Lauderdale High School staff this year. This is her first year teaching at a high school, with her prior experience as an education coach and preschool teacher. “I saw […]
Ms. Shannon Patron, Fort Lauderdale High School’s new history teacher, has always enjoyed learning about history. She says it’s due to the great history teachers she herself had who were able to nurture her curiosity into a passion. “I never understood why people regarded history teachers as the […]
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