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Susan Finks

Teacher

Bio:

Susan Finks wears many hats at Pardes. In addition to teaching middle school math, she administers Pardes’s Math Olympiad, works with lower school students to increase their math skills, and is our yearbook editor. With two Master’s degrees in education from Arizona State University – one in Curriculum and Instruction and one in Educational Leadership — Mrs. Finks holds an Arizona Highly Qualified teaching license with a Gifted Education endorsement. This is her ninth year at Pardes; Mrs. Finks has taught in Arizona public, alternative, and Jewish day schools and served as a private tutor. She comes from a secondary school background from Westview High School in Tolleson and Deer Valley Crossroads Alternative School in Deer Valley. She has taught courses ranging from Middle School Math 2 to College Algebra. Mrs. Finks was the STEM Specialist and the Unit Head for Counselors-in-Training at Camp Shemesh at the JCC. She was the founding Makerspace teacher at Pardes. She enjoys cooking, art, board games, and building with Legos. Mrs. Finks is the proud mother of two Pardes alumni sons.