WELCOME TO WORLD HISTORY CLASS! I AM MR. KESSELRING. THIS WILL BE MY 25TH YEAR TEACHING! THE FIRST 5 YEARS WERE SPENT TEACHING 6TH GRADE CORE (LANGUAGE ARTS/SOCIAL STUDIES) AT GRAHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MTN. VIEW, CA. THE NEXT 16 YEARS I TAUGHT AT ROMEO HIGH SCHOOL IN ROMEO, MICHIGAN. I TAUGHT ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIOLOGY, WORLD AND UNITED STATES HISTORY, HONORS AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES HISTORY AT ROMEO HIGH SCHOOL. IN ADDITION TO TEACHING, I COACHED HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FOR 20 YEARS. I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK HOME IN THE BAY AREA TEACHING AT EGAN JR. HIGH SCHOOL. I RECEIVED MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT CHICO. MY TEACHING CERTIFICATE AND MASTER'S DEGREE ARE FROM THE COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME, BELMONT, CA (NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR UNIVERSITY).