Brief Biography of Mr. Salvatierra
Dante Salvatierra was born in the San Francisco Bay Area of California in 1972. He went to high school in Concord, California where he excelled at cross-country running and track. When he graduated he moved to Olympia, Washington to attend college. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts at The Evergreen State College. After a year of service with the AmeriCorps program, he returned to Evergreen and received his Masters in Teaching Degree there in 1998. He student taught in a second grade class and a 4th/5th multi-age classroom. He moved to Omaha in 2000 where he began working at Pinewood Elementary. In 2004 he ran for US Congress and also began publishing a children's novel series, The Latchkey Kids. There are currently 4 novels. Mr. Salvatierra lives with his wife Sara and two dogs named Dixie and Stella.
The 2005-2006 school year for Mr. S was interrupted by surgery to remove a brain tumor. Mr. S had surgery on April 6th and returned to school on May 8th.
Are You a Mr. S Clone?
1) Pick a dog.
a) Rottweiler
b) Beagle
c) Chihuahua
d) West Highland White Terrier
2) Pick a band.
a) The Ministry of Magic
b) The Who
c) The Jackson Five
d) The Rolling Stones
3) Pick a Movie
a) Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
b) Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
c) Shrek
d) Because of Winn-Dixie
4) Pick a Book
a) Junie B. Jones
b) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
c) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
d) Because of Winn-Dixie
5) Pick a Sport
a) American football
b) Basketball
c) Soccer
d) Swimming
Answers:
1) d - The West Highland White Terrier
2) a - Ministry of Magic
3) b - Empire Strikes Back
4) c - Order of the Phoenix
5) c - Soccer
5 out of 5 - You are exactly like Mr. S, except not really.
4 out of 5 - You are pretty close to being like Mr. S. Find the one you missed and work on that.
3 out of 5 - Not bad, don't cry.
2 out of 5 - You might want to get to know your teacher better.
1 out of 5 - You aren't at all like Mr. S, which isn't a terrible thing.
0 out of 5 - You are the exact opposite of Mr. S, which could either be really bad, or really good.