Samantha Castagna

Local Address 321 West Montgomery St. Apartment 1 Milledgeville, GA, 31061 (404)409-1736 Career Objective Education To secure a job as a middle school or high school science teacher Permanent Address 311 Kensington Dr. Peachtree City, GA, 30269 samantha.castagna@bobcats.gcsu.edu

Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA - Major: Masters in Secondary Education Cumulative GPA: 4.0 Major GPA: 4.0\ - Student taught at Oak Hill Middle School and Baldwin High School Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA - Major: Biology Cumulative GPA: 3.36 Major GPA: 3.06 - Studied Abroad in Trinidad and Tobago: June 2012 - Tri-Beta Biological Honor Society: Secretary - 2012-2013 school year Starrs Mill High School, Fayette County, Georgia - Cumulative GPA: 3.8 - Activities: SMHS book club; member of National Honor Society; member of Beta Club; member of Color Guard/Marching Band; volunteered at the Reading Right after school program

Expected graduation May 2014

May 2013

May 2009

Related Upper Division Coursework Academic Experience

- Project Focus/Seminar: Teaching for Math and Science Majors (three semesters); Organismal Physiology; Integrated Life Science; Environmental Toxicology; Microbial Diversity; Organic Chemistry I Project Focus - Shadowed and observed three separate teachers; two in middle school and one in high school; Interacted in two inclusion classrooms; Appointed tasks included: assisting students during group and solo activities, teaching occasional group lessons, conducting minor research on topics of interest pertaining to teaching Braelinn Animal Hospital - Technician Assistant Assisting Veterinary Technicians with X-rays, blood draws, catheters, monitoring and administering medicine to hospitalized animals, and attend to other medical needs - Kennel Assistant In charge of cleaning, walking, feeding, bathing, and medicating boarders; monitoring hospitalized patients Ashton Lane Farm - Duties included feeding, cleaning and maintaining horses in the evenings Fall 2006 Summer 2007 Fall 2009 present Jan-May 2012 Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012

Work Experience

Fall 2007 present

Community Service

Sacred Heart Life Teen - Core leader: In charge of teaching Sunday school, small group leader and chaperoned field trips Youth Nights- Organized and supervised high school church members at their weekly Pizza and Prayer gatherings

Leisure Activities and Interests

Soccer played 11 years- Team Captain - three years Piano played since age 5, took lessons from age 7-16; received Honorable Mention at state level piano competition; played for three church bands in high school, and currently play in a church band at GCSU