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Mr. Paul Dols and Mr. Tim Gomez: A Legacy Of Teaching At Monrovia High School

Published: Aug. 12, 2019, 2 p.m.

For this week’s episode, I (Leandra) asked my fellow Monrovia High Alumni (class of 2003) Tim Gomez to come in and record a conversation with a special Monrovia High School teacher. While Tim was a student at Monrovia High school he was inspired and influenced by his teacher Mr.Paul Dols. In this episode Tim has a conversation with his high school teacher, who is still currently teaching and leading at Monrovia High School. The two sit together and discuss education, their approaches, and how Paul’s work as a Monrovia High teacher has helped shape and inspire Tim as he went on to pursue a teaching career of his own. 

Timothy Gomez is starting his ninth year of teaching high school Humanities at Aspire Ollin University Prep Academy. He graduated from Monrovia High school in 2003 and Cal State University Fullerton in 2008 (BA English).  He then attended Sarah Lawrence College in New York, where he received an MFA in Nonfiction Writing in 2011. He spends a lot of time talking about his feelings (check out his instagram: @timfinitely)

Paul Dols will be starting his 24th year as a classroom teacher this year.  All but 2 of those years have been spent at Monrovia High School, where he served as a social science teacher as well as a Leadership Director.  He has been the Renaissance Coordinator since 2008 and last year added the title of Activities Director to his resume.  His official title is School Climate & Culture Coordinator.  He was Teacher of the year in Monrovia Unified in 2012 and was named National Coordinator of the Year by Jostens Renaissance in 2013.  In the summer of 2018, he was inducted into the National Jostens Renaissance Hall of Fame.

Hope you enjoy this heartwarming conversation as we hear about the legacies of caring for kids, seeing others well, being kind and helping kids develop and grow that has come out of Monrovia High School system.

Contact Mr. Dols:

pdols@monroviaschools.net

IG: @pauldwildcat

Contact Tim Gomez:

IG: @timfinitely

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