About Mrs. Cavalluzzi
Mama of the three most fabulous (and fabulously good-looking!!) children on the planet: Lucy (EDHS Class of 2023; now at Cal Berkeley), JD (EDHS Class of 2025; now at UCLA), and Micah (EDHS Claas of 2027) and an EDHS grad from the famous Class of '93. I'm proud to have coached the ROCK STAR EDHS Mock Trial team (Orange County Champions 1989, 1992, 1994, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2019, 2024) for decades and to be a former Hawk swimming and water polo coach. I'm a UCSD grad (Go Fightin' Tritons!) from Thurgood Marshall College, where I double majored in political science and United States history, and I also spent a semester at Queen Mary - part of the University of London system- in London (the best thing I did in college - I encourage ALL of my students to study abroad and it was fun to have Lucy spend her junior fall at my same school and even in my same dorm!!). I'd served as a C-SPAN Senior Fellow, helping to create content for the treasure trove of resources for teachers that they house at their C-SPAN Classroom website, and I occasionally liaise with the Grammy Museum and their Jane Ortner Education Award team on projects related to arts integration into traditional curriculum.
I really really believe in Gandhi's idea that "You must be the change you wish to see in the world" and Margaret Mead's reminder to "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
and I LOVE: my family, my amazing circle of friends, my students, EDHS, Mock Trial, yummy food, traveling, swimming, THE BEACH, good quotes, good books...especially To Kill A Mockingbird (Lucy's middle name is Harper after Harper Lee and Micah's middle name is Atticus) and all things Percy Jackson, funny and fabulous TV (Parks & Rec, Jeopardy!, The West Wing, Abbott Elementary, The Bear, The Pitt, Top Chef, The Good Place, political comedy), and active, energetic, and ongoing discussions about INTERESTING THINGS. :)
I am so privileged to have a job where I can spend the entire day immersed in a subject I love with amazing and engaged students who are learning to love it, as well. I look forward to getting to know each of my students as the year unfolds and being a resource to them on their academic (and life!) journey.
I'm always available to answer questions or provide extra help! Before school and sixth period are typically the best times, but I'm available at other times by appointment - please contact me (via email or in class!) to set something up!
REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER:
1. VOTE - early, often, and EVERY CHANCE YOU GET!
2. CHERISH and EMBRACE your rights - don't take them lightly or disregard them!
3. Jury duty is not only a DUTY, it is FUN - enjoy the chance to make the Bill of Rights meaningful!
4. INVEST early and often - in yourself, in your education, in your life, in your future. Let COMPOUND INTEREST work for you in both the financial and "other" sectors of your life, and BE WARY of the many ways businesses are trying to separate you from your money!
I really really believe in Gandhi's idea that "You must be the change you wish to see in the world" and Margaret Mead's reminder to "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
and I LOVE: my family, my amazing circle of friends, my students, EDHS, Mock Trial, yummy food, traveling, swimming, THE BEACH, good quotes, good books...especially To Kill A Mockingbird (Lucy's middle name is Harper after Harper Lee and Micah's middle name is Atticus) and all things Percy Jackson, funny and fabulous TV (Parks & Rec, Jeopardy!, The West Wing, Abbott Elementary, The Bear, The Pitt, Top Chef, The Good Place, political comedy), and active, energetic, and ongoing discussions about INTERESTING THINGS. :)
I am so privileged to have a job where I can spend the entire day immersed in a subject I love with amazing and engaged students who are learning to love it, as well. I look forward to getting to know each of my students as the year unfolds and being a resource to them on their academic (and life!) journey.
I'm always available to answer questions or provide extra help! Before school and sixth period are typically the best times, but I'm available at other times by appointment - please contact me (via email or in class!) to set something up!
REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER:
1. VOTE - early, often, and EVERY CHANCE YOU GET!
2. CHERISH and EMBRACE your rights - don't take them lightly or disregard them!
3. Jury duty is not only a DUTY, it is FUN - enjoy the chance to make the Bill of Rights meaningful!
4. INVEST early and often - in yourself, in your education, in your life, in your future. Let COMPOUND INTEREST work for you in both the financial and "other" sectors of your life, and BE WARY of the many ways businesses are trying to separate you from your money!
5. GET INVOLVED - be an ACTIVE and ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPANT in your life! This doesn't look the same for everyone. But anything you find worth doing is worth doing well. Interesting people are interested people!
6. We are SO LUCKY to be Americans. Don't ever take that for granted.
