My name is Mrs. Marinaro, and I am the 6A homeroom teacher at Saint Ursula School. I teach reading and religion to 6A; math to Group 1, the Blue Group, and the Gold Group; and Spanish to 8-1 and the second grade. I am also the co-moderator of the Student Council.
I attended St. Ursula School from kindergarten through eighth grade (I was in the first kindergarten class!). Teachers that I had that you may know include Mrs. Delozier, Mrs. O'Keefe, Miss Culotta, Mrs. Riesett, Miss Hartman, Mrs. Deinlein, and Mrs. Barry. While at St. Ursula, I was a safety, an altar server, a lector, and a member of the National Junior Honor Society. After graduating in 1996, I then went on to The Catholic High School of Baltimore, where I was involved in the band, the National Honor Society, forensics (public speaking), and the Spanish Honor Society and club. I graduated from Catholic High in 2000 at the top of my class.
The next stop on my educational journey was the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. I began as a double-major in Spanish and math, but I eventually changed to a Spanish major and math minor. During my undergraduate years, I developed a close relationship with the professors in Notre Dame's International Center. As a result of this, I did a two-week study tour to Cuba in January 2002; I lived for a semester in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, during the Fall of 2002; and I assisted my advisor on a two-week submersion program in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in January of 2004. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish in May 2004.
Not quite willing to leave Notre Dame yet, I continued my education there as a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Teaching program. I did this full-time for slightly over a year until receiving my degree in August 2005. I remain active at CND as a member of the Alumnae Admissions Network.
I began teaching at St. Ursula School in September 2005. I hope to be at St. Ursula's for many years to come!
In my spare time (I believe that's called "summer"), I love to read, especially the Sue Grafton series, Jude Deveraux, Monk, Sharyn McCrumb, and Gone with the Wind. I also love watching movies, especially romantic comedies, suspense, and classics (guess what my favorite is). My favorite TV series include "How I Met Your Mother," "Scrubs," "The Office," and "Days of Our Lives." Other hobbies of mine include gardening, sewing, doing jigsaw puzzles, and playing with my three cats.
| Math | Spanish | Reading | Religion |
Acknowledgments:
SUS photo: http://www.stursula.org/
TCHS shield: http://www.thecatholichighschool.org/about/songseal.htm
CND photo: http://www.stateuniversity.com/assets/logo/image/1029/large/img_notre.jpg
