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We see time after time how students can blossom and flourish when just one adult in their life shows that they care. Tanja Politiski in our Lake Elsinore school is that inspiring, caring teacher for so many of her students…like Zane, a homeless student she was determined to help meet his goal of graduating. He was doing well with school, but then his foster mother asked him to leave their home. At age 17, the last thing he wanted to do was go back in the system and enter another foster home. So, he ran.
The pandemic was just starting, and Zane was couch-surfing from one city to the next. Tanja drove three hours to take him a Chromebook one weekend, traveled two hours to give him a hotspot the next weekend. Fortunately, he stayed in touch with school…and Tanja was not about to give up on him. His goal was to graduate before his 18th birthday — and he did it!
Her compassion for and dedication to her students comes from two of her own teachers who had a huge impact on her life.
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