"What is important is not what you look at, but what you see." --Thoreau

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008 16:22

A little about Ms. Moore...
There are many non-academic things I enjoy besides reading, writing, gardening, watching movies, etc. Here are a few with links following for more information!

Snowboarding--I've been snowboarding (no, not skiing) for almost twenty years. I learned to board at Snow Summit, in Caliofrnia; my brother taught me, although the first time I got off the lift I pushed him into a crowd of people and the other guy on the lift down into a ravine. I, however, stayed standing. In the 2007-8 school year, the Snowboard and Ski Club at PVHS was created; **Any students interested in running or participation in this club should see me by October 1 of each school year.***

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Soccer--Since I was six years old, I've been on the "football pitch" (soccer field) both as a player and a coach. My best and favorite positions are defensive: goalie and sweeper. When I was in junior high, I ripped the tendons out of my right thumb making a save--ask me sometime about my trick thumb! Currently, I am the JV Boys coach at Palo Verde High School.





Environment--Growing up in Laguna Beach, CA made me very aware of my environment; if the oncean is polluted, us surfers got sick. This expanded into really considering how humans impact the environment, both positively and negatively. I am proud to say that I'm a "tree-hugging granola": I carpool, recycle, xeroscaped my backyard, and do whatever I can in order to be a better "friend" to the environment.





Travel--I urge people to travel whenever possible. My favorite type of traveling is backpacking through foreign countries. My goal is to visit every continent before I die; so far, I've been to, well, North America (duh), Australia, and Europe (Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, England, France, Germany, and the Czech Republic). Personally, I think every American (especially right around college years) should spend time backpacking through foreign countries; submersion in other cultures betters our understanding of our own.