April 3, 2001

Cambridge Elementary was honored to have hosted a delegation of elementary school educators from the islands of Hawaii. The school was selected from elementary schools throughout the state because of its successful implementation of the Dale Seymore math program. Preparations for the visit were made through Ms. Iris Mizuguchi, State Resource Teacher for Mathematics and Literacy in Hawaii and Ms. Chelda Ruff, Mathematics Curriculum Associate for Travis Unified School District.

The Hawaiian teachers had the opportunity to visit several classrooms and dialogue with their colleagues at Cambridge during their one-day visit. Ms. June Seo, Special Education (K-3) Teacher; Ms. Susan Kurihara, 5th Grade Teacher; Ms. Pualani Wilmington, K-1 Teacher; Ms. Elizabeth Wormersley, Special Education Teacher (4th Grade); Ms. Mary Perreira, 5th/6th Grade Teacher; Ms. Lois Lum, Curriculum Coordinator; Ms. Leslie Beppu, 2nd Grade Teacher; Ms. Shelley Nakagawa, 3rd Grade Teacher; Ms. Jill Hirota, 2nd Grade Teacher and Ms. Stacie Kikuchi, Special Education (3rd and 4th Grade) Teacher headed the Hawaiian delegation. Ms. Olivares-Smith, 1st Grade Teacher; Ms. Barbara Marianno, 3rd Grade Teacher; Ms. Rebecca Hill, 5th Grade Teacher; Ms. Mary Page, 1st Grade Teacher; Ms. Annette Bennick, 4th Grade Teacher; Mr. Tom Adamick, 6th Grade Teacher; Ms. Jeannette Wylie, 3rd Grade Teacher; Ms. Carol Baker-Lopez and Ms. Stephanie Perlstein, 3rd Grade Teacher participated from Cambridge Elementary.