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Murrieta Mesa High School

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Stone, Katherine

Email: kstone@murrieta.k12.ca.us

Phone: 951-677-0568 X6255

Qualifications: B.A. in English, minor in Theater Arts (1995) Secondary Credential in English (1996) M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, emphasis in Literacy (1997) CLAD certification (1997) RIAP certification (2005) AVID certification (2007 - ongoing) ERWC certification (2008, 2016) Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator (2017) AP English Language Summer Institute (2006, 2010, 2019) Leading Edge Certification (2020) Turnitin Master Advocate (2020) Zoom Academy Certification (2020) AP English Language Reader (2020-2022) San Marcos Writing Project Fellow (2023) AP English Language Table Leader (2023-2024)

Mrs. Stone has been teaching English since 1995, and has been doing so in the Murrieta Valley Unified School District since 1998.  She taught English and AVID at Murrieta Valley High School until she opened Murrieta Mesa High School in 2009, continuing to teach English and AVID, along with maintaining several leadership positions at the site and district levels.  She has four children, one of whom graduated from Murrieta Mesa High School in 2019 and from CSUSM in 2022, two of whom graduated from MMHS in 2021 and are both in college (NAU and Gallaudet University), and one of whom graduated from MMHS in 2024 and is a student-athlete at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan.

Mrs. Stone's Class Schedule

Period 1 - AP English Language and Composition

Period 2 - Expository Reading and Writing 11

Period 3 - Prep Period

Period 4 - AVID 10

Period 5 - AP English Language and Composition

Period 6 - Expository Reading and Writing 11

Period 7 - AVID 10

Mrs. Stone's Wish List

To support your students in being as successful as possible, I need the following more than you can know:

  • Student engagement
    • talk with them about how it is going and what they are doing
    • encourage them to engage in their learning 
    • make sure they reach out to me if they are struggling at all
  • Communication
  • Support
  • Patience
  • Honest, responsible, respectful feedback
  • Faith - that I care about your kids and their learning, and will work very hard to give them the best education possible

Classroom Supplies:

I know they're not in elementary school anymore, but your kids go through a lot of supplies!!!  :-)

Every year, I go to the back to school sales and buy as much as I can, but we invariably run out every year of the items in the "Needed" list.  Any contributions will be appreciated.   California's education budget doesn't support the number of tissues, highlighters and pens my students go through every year.

Items (in order of need)

Needed

  • highlighters - yellow, pink, blue, green, orange (for annotation)
  • box of manila files (5 tab placements)
  • Pencils
  • Different color post-its (for annotation)
  • Lined paper (preferably college ruled)
  • Pens for annotation - green, red
  • Pens - blue or black
  • Expo Markers (dark colors)
  • Tissues
  • Composition books (for kids who can't afford to buy their own)

 

Amazon Wish List

Includes a few specialized items we could use in the classroom

Extras 

Novels/books for classroom library (high-interest, appropriate titles

Classroom Library Wish List

Students may add books to this list using the link