Show " a¥' ' JohnlMa rs Ha I IT unci a me nta Second Teaching with a single goal helpedtransform DesprteJimrtedYesourcesRoypunada arSc h oo Ij n tojo n eottKe countrylsmostjmprovedlhigtichools A RICH prep school the scene in classroom might not seem so remark- -' But Marshall Fundamental is a poor public ' school in greater Los Angeles More than 709b of the ' 1 700 students are and Hispanic or A 60'S of the students' families qualify for freeor re- duced-pric- e lunches That makes the success Sunada i : spearheaded here ail the more revolutionary ' -In the six years since Sunada took pveras Marshall's jy " 1 j ' advanced placement coordinator the number of stur uL ' dents passing AP exams has exploded from 37 in " ' ' 997 to 1 87 last year Now nearly 33 of Marshall stii- cours- - 4 dents are enrolled in AP-- rigorous college-lev- el es that bestow college credits if students pass the jWfexam Dunng the same nal IF THIS WAS : frican-America- n! '? h" jj 1 v - 1 fi-- -r‘ - 1 £ from 57 to 88& TtiaWg s’' g ‘tftyf i:why this year Marshall was one of only three schools 'nationally to receive the fis prestigious College Board JO $ 2003 Inspiration Award fprjf-rf-i mprov ingsodnunatical ly and sending'so many ecov peems:'uil(ieyf)lu4 thft IlespeakssoTIS Students PSSSiHHoftly that you have to strain v— — “catiotu he sayiStandirig-- r Tin front of a class sittI makes me nisrv'ous x 7J v n 'V $uhada58was bom ih a tanmoit camp in Arkansias wfiete his family wascon-i- l - in-- Japanese-Amenca- Vt ' TNSTEIN PEERS DOWN encpuiraeinglyv Shakespeare LlJoverseeH'eCervthihirwith'asW Tv f ' - ' hisshrxilderwith' the confidence of achampkyk i AtthismiimenL he's pressing his students to 3V DSYid D i j Ji : Everyw here you took in Room 106i you see something inspiring From the phraaiB that gaze upon the walls eveiyinch of this class- and Berkdey room at Pasadena 's John Marshall Fundamenral Secondary SchixH urges soadera maim hiafu : coya pm7':uBirsTptLaEssA fok But the most inspiring presimce in Room 100 is pac- ng in fiipntof the class Wearing a white bunon-dow- n 'shiriahdatnl'-hhScn'-iyiori- e Rov Saida : fix II v raanqbscimefict about the reignof King i ifCmonl' people keapK for 'Tkhow' ix)u kiiow ihisfiAfter : blurtingour ihecorrea answer Vhchad JimeheZv 15 throws his anns up ihvtottry like he's hist hit a game- winning home ninSunadarewardshim with themer- est of apptosaL a took that says “CftOdL buc don’t get boo excited You have much more work ahead ofvouT Philip the tflA ft'i ilii iiJ ilid fe at UCSanta Barbara where he taught a martial-art- s ctassHe chose a career in education and wicidy iieJT fiom clisisrim teacher no assistant nrincioal to ad--i money and goitentoo Car iromwhat drewme to teach-vi- 'r ing: making adifference m the lives of young peopleT’i In 1992 Stinada asked ta inemumto r A Marshall i European approached him about teaiching iateowerthe school's HisBxyHe agreed only if lie could entire AP program Sunada says he returned to teaching with a single goal: to make conegeprcparttory classes available to ail students not just the privileged few who typkafly takethenv “Peqplealways ask me ‘NXluc about tclsroam p not a 200aeMtA0C WMUZMC 1 t |