Lisa Peterson
English
l.peterson@gsaanh.com
Miss Peterson was born in Lynn, MA. She attended University of Massachusetts, Lowell where she majored in English/Literature and minored in Sociology. She finished her degree at University of Maine, Machias and University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, graduating magna cum laude.
Miss Peterson began her teaching career in the southwest in Santa Fe, NM and Los Lunas, NM. There she taught a variety of history courses as well as starting and running a drama program at Los Lunas Middle School for 7 years. She was also the head of a program called, A.V.I.D. which stands for Advancement via Individual Determination. In her time at Los Lunas Middle School, she wrote and directed plays for the middle school stage. By using pop culture references as well as music everyone could relate to, it was at Los Lunas Middle School that she adapted Shakespeare plays and make them more accessible to modern day audiences.
She also taught in Long Beach, CA for 4 years teaching a variety of history courses as well as starting and running a drama program for students in grades 6 through 8. It was in Long Beach that she learned the value of using hands on activities to teach history. She used simulations as well as performances to enhance the learning of history for her students. Students were able to reenact the Constitutional Convention of 1789 as well as go in a Lewis & Clark expedition around their campus. They were even known to hold press conferences to interview such famous world figures as John Locke, Abigail Adams, and Thomas Hobbes.
In 2010, Miss Peterson moved back east and worked at Timberlane Regional Middle School in Plaistow, NH. In every stop it seems she picked up a new way to help student access texts. It was at Timberlane that she was able to collaborate more with colleagues creating lessons and units involving both literature and history. It was at TRMS that she developed a passion for teaching YA novels to struggling readers. She has a knack for helping reluctant readers find books to love.
Miss Peterson came to GSAA in 2016, in its first year in Salem, NH. She has been helping kids obtain a better understanding of the SAT since then.
English
l.peterson@gsaanh.com
Miss Peterson was born in Lynn, MA. She attended University of Massachusetts, Lowell where she majored in English/Literature and minored in Sociology. She finished her degree at University of Maine, Machias and University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, graduating magna cum laude.
Miss Peterson began her teaching career in the southwest in Santa Fe, NM and Los Lunas, NM. There she taught a variety of history courses as well as starting and running a drama program at Los Lunas Middle School for 7 years. She was also the head of a program called, A.V.I.D. which stands for Advancement via Individual Determination. In her time at Los Lunas Middle School, she wrote and directed plays for the middle school stage. By using pop culture references as well as music everyone could relate to, it was at Los Lunas Middle School that she adapted Shakespeare plays and make them more accessible to modern day audiences.
She also taught in Long Beach, CA for 4 years teaching a variety of history courses as well as starting and running a drama program for students in grades 6 through 8. It was in Long Beach that she learned the value of using hands on activities to teach history. She used simulations as well as performances to enhance the learning of history for her students. Students were able to reenact the Constitutional Convention of 1789 as well as go in a Lewis & Clark expedition around their campus. They were even known to hold press conferences to interview such famous world figures as John Locke, Abigail Adams, and Thomas Hobbes.
In 2010, Miss Peterson moved back east and worked at Timberlane Regional Middle School in Plaistow, NH. In every stop it seems she picked up a new way to help student access texts. It was at Timberlane that she was able to collaborate more with colleagues creating lessons and units involving both literature and history. It was at TRMS that she developed a passion for teaching YA novels to struggling readers. She has a knack for helping reluctant readers find books to love.
Miss Peterson came to GSAA in 2016, in its first year in Salem, NH. She has been helping kids obtain a better understanding of the SAT since then.