Sonia Woodbury is a founding partner and executive director of City Academy, a charter school that opened in 2000 serving students in grades 8 – 12 in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. City Academy is a First Amendment Schools’ project school, committed to establishing a learning environment for students that embraces diversity and fosters academic excellence, democracy, service, and community.
Sonia would like to promote a special event at City Academy on Saturday, Sept 24 from 9am- Noon at City Academy: GreenIt. Her students won a prize last year for being a green school. They are using some of their prize money to offer mini grants to students, teachers, parents at other schools who want to start green school projects. The Saturday morning workshop includes sharing of "how to's" for projects, guest speakers, and a Jane's Walk to look for more ideas.
City Academy is located at 555 South 200 E. Contact Sonia to register or for more information soniawoodbury@cbrei.org She will have flyers at the Thursday Aug 25 Rotary meeting.
Over the past 30 years Sonia has been involved most directly with mathematics education and educational reform. She has been a classroom teacher in secondary public schools as well as holding a teaching and research position in the department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Utah.
Sonia grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, but has spent the majority of her adult life in Salt Lake City. Sonia and her husband, Jeff have 4 children, 3 grandchildren, and 1 dog who is very much a part of the family. Throughout her life, Sonia has been actively involved with her passions: tap dancing, mathematics education, and traveling to interesting new places.
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