C.J. Morris To Explore America’s Beginnings

Photo Courtesy:  History.org A reenactment at Colonial Williamsburg

Photo Courtesy: History.org
A reenactment at Colonial Williamsburg

By Kelli Gile

Walnut – Two Walnut Valley educators will soon experience an exciting week of learning at the world’s largest living history museum.

C.J. Morris Elementary 5th Grade teachers, Tara Noelte and Jennifer Veneracion, have been invited to attend the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute in Virginia.  They are among 50 teachers, selected from over 300 Los Angeles County applicants, who will study and experience Colonial times.

The teachers will meet character interpreters of 18th Century people and become immersed in early American History through hands-on activities and reenactments of historic events.

Participants will visit nearby Jamestown, the site of the first permanent English colony in America, and

Photo Courtesy:  WVUSD C.J. Morris Elementary teachers Jennifer Veneracion and Tara Noelte will explore America’s beginnings at the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute in Virginia this summer.

Photo Courtesy: WVUSD
C.J. Morris Elementary teachers Jennifer Veneracion and Tara Noelte will explore America’s beginnings at the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute in Virginia this summer.

spend a day at Yorktown visiting the battlefields where the Continental Army forced the British to surrender.

The professional development opportunity is slated for July 28 through Aug. 3.

These educators will bring back a new depth of knowledge and teaching strategies to show students that history is vibrant and alive!