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**Welcome to the Zoo Academy!!!!** **Mission Statement:** "To inspire students through educational expierences to become knowledgable stewards of the earth." **About Me:** My name is Jennifer Smith and I am the social studies teacher at the Zoo Academy located in the Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. I grew-up in Lincoln, Nebrask﻿a and attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. After graduation, I pursued my passion for teaching in Kansas. I taught both junior high and high school students in Kansas for two years. After being married to my husband for one week, we moved to California. While in California, I had the opportunity to teach junior high students at a charter school in east San Jose. We moved back a year later to be closer to our family and friends and to pursue our professional careers. This is my third year at the Zoo Academy and everyday is a new adventure. As a lifelong learner, I am currently working on my master's degree in Secondary Administration through Concordia University and will finish the program in December of 2011.

 **Mrs. Smith's expectations for ALL courses:**    **Contact Information:** E-mail: ﻿jsmith@paplv.org Zoo Academy Phone Number: (402) 829-5880