Lakeshore Middle School

900 S. Cutler Grand Haven, MI 49417

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'(anda Sorrelle, 'ssistant )rinci&al, sorrel*%ha&s.or%
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.o $ho( it (a/ concer n,
I a( honor ed to $rite a lett er o0 reco((e nd a t i on on 1ehal0 o0 2endra )rudho((e. I
have kno$n her &ro0essi onall/ and &ersonall / 0or the last three /ears. 2endra $as hired
to re&l ace (/ &osition as a 3rench and S&anish teacher at Lakeshor e Middle School 0or
the ,011! 1, school /ear as I transi tioned to assist ant &rinci&al. She 4uickl/ devel o&ed
relationshi &s $ith st a00 and stood out as a student advocat e. 2endr a at t ende d $eekl/
tea( (eet i n%s and al$a/s o00ered %reat insi%ht on student s 1ein% discuss ed, as $ell as
a vari et / o0 strat e%i es to hel& the(. Her couns elin% de%r ee %ave her the a1ilit/ to
&ro1l e( solve a vari et / o0 issues, 1ut her innat e a1ilit/ to see student s and issues 0ro(
di00erent &oint s o0 vie$ $as invalua1l e to the tea( and student s.
's a teacher, 2endra used a variet / o0 strat e%i es and techni 4ues to en%a%e student s
and hel& the( e5cel in the lan%ua%es . Man/ ti(es she o00ered e5tr a hel& to student s
durin% lunch and a0t er school. 2endra6s instructi on, classroo( environ(e nt , and
&lanni n% $ere e5ce&ti onal. She $as a cat al /st 0or a 7tI intervent i on class 0or student s
$ho $ere needi n% e5tr a hel& in 3rench and S&anish. She titled her class 89er1 Ca(&:.
Student s accel er at ed in the class, and the/ 0elt %ood a1out usin% the (at eri al in their
assi%ned lan%ua%e class. Man/ o0 the student s $ant ed to continue even a0t er the class
$as 0inished. 'nother &ositive att ri1ut e o0 2endra is her a1ilit/ to &lan and or%ani;e a
lar%e event . 'n e5a(&l e o0 this is $hen she or%ani;ed overni %ht ei%ht h %rade ca(& 0or
40 student s in the 0all o0 ,01, at Grace 'dvent ur es . <ur school $as under %oi n% a
transi tion (er%i n% t$o school s to%et her , and 2endra $as instru(ent al in the transi tion
0or all our student s, as $ell as 1uildin% our cultur e 0or our ne$ 1uildin%.
)ersonall/, Mrs. )rudho((e is an a(a;i n%, stron% $o(an. She has used adver s e
situati ons to creat e &ositive outco(es 0or hersel0 and other s around her. 2endr a e5udes
hones t /, kindnes s, and e(&at h/. 2endra $as a loss 0or our st a00 and student s $he n she
le0t Lakeshor e to &ursue her drea( o0 1ein% a couns el or. Man/ st a00 (e(1er s have
re(ai ned in cont act $ith her. 2endra6s co(&as si on 0or other s, ener %/, e(oti onal
(at uri t /, en%a%i n% &ersonali t /, $ork et hic, sel0! re0lective nat ur e, devoti on to 0a(il/,
hones t /, and int e%ri t / are all reasons I hi%hl/ reco((e nd 2endra is a $onder0ul
addition as a school couns el or to an/ school 0acult/.
)leas e do not hesit at e to cont act (e 0or an/ 0urther co((ent s or 4uesti ons.
Sincer el /,
'(anda Sorrell e