Welcome to my webpage!

You've heard of a home away from home; well this will be your classroom away from the classroom.  
Find everything you need to be successful in my classes!

How to Reach Me

I'm always here!!!
*Email: clemens.d@beaconk12.org ***BEST***
*Message me on Google Classroom or Remind
*I am after school most nights until at least 3:30pm- if that doesn't work, make an appointment!

Google Classroom

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  • Go to classroom.google.com 
  • You will receive an email (at your BCSD email) with a link to sign up.
  • Please only sign up with your BCSD email address. 

Remind

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Stay in touch with me throughout the year via text messages!

Castle Learning

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We are going to use this to help us to review for the Regents exam!
ID: bcsd.lastname.firstinitial
      (ex. bcsd.clemens.d)
                    OR
      Your BCSD email
       (ex. clemens.d@beaconk12.org)
Password: castle247
Once you log-in, be sure to change your password

About Me

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  • June 2021 concludes my 21th year teaching!
  • I have been a social studies teacher at Beacon High School since September 2001.
  • I have taught: Global I, Global II, US History, APUSH, Participation in Government, Economics, Psychology, Contemporary Issues, and AIS.
  • For the 2021-2022 school year I will be teaching APUSH (which I've been teaching since 2015) and I will be starting a new elective: Social Justice In America.
  • I attended Plattsburgh State University for my Bachelors Degree (Secondary Education Social Studies) and the University at Albany for my Masters (Curriculum Development and Instructional Technology).

What am I reading/listening to?

Books
  • An Indigenous People's History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz- This book takes a look at American History through the eyes of Indigenous People. 
  • So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo- a "user-friendly examination of race in America". 
  • Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, by Ibram X. Kendi- This book "uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to drive this history: Puritan minister Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and legendary activist Angela Davis."  It's currently available for free from Spotify as an audiobook.  
  • The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson- This book tells about the mass migration of African Americans from the South to the North during the first half of the 20th century. 
Podcasts
  • Now and Then- Several of my favorite historians link current events to history!
  • Teaching Hard History- This is more for teachers than for students but it's still pretty great.  ​
  • The Daily- This podcast comes out every weekday and covers current events.  
  • My guilty pleasure podcast----Office Ladies---all about The Office tv series. I'm obsessed!
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