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Social Studies

Social Studies Department — Sequoia High School

Core Academics

Social Studies Department

The Sequoia Social Studies Department aims to provide the highest level of opportunities for all of our students. We strive to develop skills in the following areas, as well as many others.

  • Advanced writing skills
  • Critical thinking
  • Technological literacy
  • Primary and secondary source analysis
  • Research methods
  • Interactive education

Courses Offered at SHS

9th Grade

  • Life Skills
  • Ethnic Studies
  • EML Ethnic Studies

10th Grade

  • World History ICAP
  • World History PL/EML

11th Grade

  • US History
  • EML US History
  • IB History of the Americas

12th Grade

  • Government
  • EML Government
  • Economics
  • EML Economics
  • IB World History Topics

Electives

  • IB Psychology
  • IB Business Management
  • CTE Entrepreneurship

Meet and Contact the Teachers

DN

Diana Nguyen

Department Chair

dianguyen@seq.org
KB
Kathleen Banister kbanister@seq.org
JB
Jesse Bustos jbustos@seq.org
CC
Chris Caton ccaton@seq.org
EC
Erin Cespedes ecespedes@seq.org
MD
Melissa Diaz mdiaz@seq.org
MD
Mary (Meg) Diepenbrock mdiepenbrock@seq.org
JD
Juan Duran juduran@seq.org
WG
William (Ashley) Gray wgray@seq.org
DH
David Hartford dhartford@seq.org
CH
Claire Heritier-Kerby cheritierkerby@seq.org
SN
Saul Navarrete sanavarrete@seq.org
MP
Michelle Peyton mpeyton@seq.org
KR
Karen Ramroth kramroth@seq.org
CV
Carlos Villa cvilla@seq.org
AV
Avery Villalobos avillalobos@seq.org
DW
Dustin Waters dwaters@seq.org
KZ
Karin Zarcone kzarcone@seq.org
BR
Bradley Ramezane bramezane@seq.org Also teaches Work Experience
DB
Daniel Bliss dbliss@seq.org Also teaches AVID