Valley High School

Mr. Matt Smith

Honors English 10- Periods 1 and 2 | Journalism Period 4
AP Psychology- Period 5 | Social Psychology- Period 6

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East of Eden Film Festival 2008

There is only one sound method of moral education. It is teaching people to think.
-Everett Dean Martin

How To Contact Me:
Email: mrmattsmith@comcast.net.
Phone: 345-9021, extension 82161.
Mailing address: 1505 Candelaria Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 Attn: Matt Smith.
Room: C 25.


About Me:

  • Eleventh year teaching at Valley High School.
  • Certified NBCT- National Board of Professional Teaching Standards.
  • Member of the Journalism Education Association (JEA).
  • Member of the American Psychological Association Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS).
  • Attended AP Summer Institute- Pre-AP English, University of New Mexico, June 2007.
  • Attended the AP National Conference- July, 2006, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
  • Attended AP Summer Institute- English Poetry, University of New Mexico, June 2006.
  • Former English Department Chairperson.
  • College Board AP Fellow- 2006.
  • Attended the Advanced Placement Psychology Summer Institute, University of Texas-Arlington in 2005.
  • National Honor Roll Outstanding Teacher- 2005-2006.
  • Who's Who Among American High School Teachers- 2002, 2004, 2005.
  • Completed the Advanced Placement English Workshop in 2000 and many other workshops and conferences.
  • Valley's yearbook adviser from 1997-2000.
  • Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from the University of New Mexico in 1995 and teaching certification from UNM College of Education in 1997.
  • Graduated from Manzano High School in 1985 and attended elementary and middle schools in Albuquerque.
  • Resident of New Mexico since 1972.

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