About+the+Teacher

//Mr. Degenkolb grew up in the Boston area and has been a proud member of the [|Malden High School] faculty since 2007. At a young age, he discovered that// //languages were his favorite school subject. He especially loved learning about new ways of communicating and about life in other countries. He also, much to the shock of most, loved learning about grammar.//

//After high school, young Mr. Degenkolb went on to study French at [|Yale University], where he also pursued coursework in both Portuguese and Spanish. While living in New Haven, he became involved in a few after-school programs and discovered that he loved teaching. He spent summers during college teaching in a program for middle school students in Cambridge. He also spent a semester studying in [|Angers, France]. After college, Mr. Degenkolb worked in youth and immigrant education non-profit organizations in Boston for several years. He also pursued graduate work in secondary education at [|Boston College] and studied Haitian Creole at [|UMass Boston].//

//Please be sure to check out the other pages connected to this wiki to learn more about the French program here in [|Malden]. Navigate between pages by clicking on the menu items on the left side of the page as well as the individual course pages.// //Thank you for visiting!//