El Dorado High

School Home of the Golden

Hawks
1651 N. Valencia Avenue
Placentia, California 92870
(714) 986-7580

March 8, 2021

To whom it may concern:

It has been my pleasure to work with Ms. Mckenzie Jackson as a student teacher. She came to
EDHS as we were making the transition to on campus teaching and she has adjusted well to all
the challenges of the hybrid schedule that PYLUSD adopted.
During her 15 weeks of student teaching, McKenzie had about 1/3 of her students attending in
cohort A, another 1/3 in cohort B, and the last 1/3 staying home full time. Ms. Jackson worked
closely with Dr. Greg Beckman and she adapted to his style of teaching. She came to us from
CSU Fullerton and had already completed a semester of student teaching observations at Pioneer
High School. Ms. Jackson came with excellent recommendations but the Whittier district
decided to eliminate student teachers due to the pandemic. We were happy to have her on
campus. She connected well with students and took a job as an assistant girl’s soccer coach. In
my observations, she was prepared and comfortable with the material and the technology that
plays such an important role when teaching a hybrid class.
I hope that Ms. Jackson will be available to sub this spring, but I know that someday soon she
will have an opportunity to teach full time at high school. They will be lucky to have her.

Sincerely,

Joey Davis
Principal
Empowering Students For Success