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Meet Ms. Kenney Benson!  



Welcome to Wekiva High School, AP World History. This is my 12th!! year teaching World History in Orange County, Florida. Prior to that, I lived in Israel and taught English to professional engineers and consulate officials. My undergraduate degree is in political science and secondary education, a Bachelor of Arts from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. I received my Masters in Education from the University of New Haven in Connecticut. I have professional experience working in the corporate world in Washington, D.C. and New York City. I've travelled extensively through Europe and the Middle East. I enjoy sharing my stories of other places and the amazing people that make up our global community. Although we are all different, I believe in tolerance and understanding as the means to achieve peace at home, in school, in our neighborhoods and communities.

 I am the proud mother of two boys, Charlie (7) and Ari (14), and stepmother of two girls (18 and 23). Below are my two dogs, a Cockapoo "Choopie" and a Havenese "Napoleon Dynamite."

I am looking forward to a great 2012-13 school year! We can work together towards success.

**__THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU ACT__:** 
 * "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." -- The Golden Rule **
 * "What goes around comes around." -- Law of Karma **
 * "To save one life is to save the world entire." -- Jewish Talmud ** **"A small group of thoughtful people can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has." **
 * -- Margaret ****Mead **