I have nine years of teaching experience and all nine years are in my favorite subject: social studies! I earned a degree in history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (go Badgers!) and my master's degree in secondary education at National-Louis University. I taught for six years for CPS at Jahn Elementary School and three years at the University of Chicago Charter Schools-Carter G. Woodson Middle School. My students taught me as much as I taught them and I sure hope to have the same wonderful experiences here, too!

Please know this website will be updated as often as possible. I'll do my best to keep students and families informed of homework, projects, school-wide events, and anything else that comes up. Be sure to check the site often, especially the Calendar and Homework features, and if you don't find something then please let me know. I'm very open to suggestions for improvement so if you can think of a better way to do something I'm all ears!

If you have any questions about the work we do in or out of class, please contact me at: jimerel@cps.edu