Welcome to my Digital Portfolio

 My name is Jacqui Allen and I teach 6th grade math at Keiller Leadership Academy. I originally wanted to be a preschool teacher and received my college degree in early childhood education. After graduating from the University of New Hampshire seven years ago, I decided to pack up my bags, leave my parents and my puppy, Samson behind and head west to sunny San Diego. A short time after moving to San Diego, I ventured to Mammoth Mountain to run their mountain's preschool program.  I love skiing, snowboarding and hiking and I guess I just wasn’t ready to leave the cold altogether. After years of working with young children, I decided I wanted to teach older kids and went to San Diego State University to get my teaching credential. I have taught a fourth and fifth grade classroom and absolutely loved it but decided, yet again, I wanted to teach even older kids. So here I ended up at Keiller Leadership Academy, excited and pumped to teach sixth grade math!

After receiving an alternative education in a school very similar to HTH's model, I realized that my teaching philosophies and the ways I believe students learn best, coincides perfectly with HTH's GSE program. I am so excited to continue my journey through the world of education.