Blackburn, Michael

Welcome to Mr. Blackburn's English Class! This is my first year teaching at Chino High School and I am excited to be a Cowboy. My journey in education started at the University of California, Irvine where I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in English. From there I went on to receive my teaching credential from National University. I spent the past five years working for the Huntington Beach Union High School District, most of that time at Westminster High School. My goal as an educator is to create a safe and welcoming learning environment in which students feel comfortable enough to challenge themselves. We have all been faced with the challenge of that learning environment being moved into a new space with distance learning.  I am very familiar with and comfortable in this environment and hope I can help my students feel the same way. My goal as an English teacher is for my students to have the ability to communicate, not only with effective writing skills, but also reading, speaking, and listening skills that they can take with them into whatever field they choose to pursue after graduating.