High praise for Adele Harrison teacher

Editor: I want to compliment Kathleen Eschelman, an Adele Harrison english teacher, who goes the extra mile for her students.  She split off a talented bunch of students from  her 8th grade English class and  challenged them  to an eight-week  research project.  It meant extra work  in addition to  their regular class assignments.  Thus she created a sort of “Honors English” opportunity. A volunteer  met with the students weekly to encourage and guide their projects.  I was fortunate enough to attend the final oral presentation with the students’ parents at the school library recently.  The five eighth grade students  gave excellent oral presentations – well researched, written, presented and defended.   They readily answered questions in defense of their findings.   I was duly impressed with the maturity of the students. Kudos to Mrs. Esch for giving the students the opportunity – and the kids were incredible!     
               
Mirja Muncy
Sonoma