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Susan Armenta teaches at Monarch High School, a two-room school
in downtown San Diego, California. The school primarily serves homeless
students. Susan’s formidable task is to reach and educate children
who have lived transient lives, often with little education. She
teaches 12-year-olds who can’t read, 19-year-olds who take
college level courses, and students at many levels in between, so
Susan must tailor her instruction for each individual student. Susan
demonstrates the belief that all students can learn and how teachers
must adapt their methods to the individual needs of students.
Monarch High School is part of the Progressive Learning
Alternative Center for Education, or “The P.L.A.C.E.” The
P.L.A.C.E. provides educational services on a daily basis for
approximately 50 transient teenage young men and women,
ages 15-19 in grades 9-12. Some of the students are
temporarily residing in various shelters and others are on the
street without safe residence. This program allows students to
continue to pursue all courses required for graduation. They
also may prepare for and/or take the G.E.D. exam or California
High School Proficiency Exam. Extensive career guidance,
employment referral, and personal counseling through a variety
of community-based agencies are also available.
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