About Mrs. Singer
Education
Graduating summa cum laude, Mrs. Gina Singer received a Bachelor's degree from Saint Xavier University in 2002. She majored in Secondary Education with minors in English and Studio Art. In 2007, she earned her Master's in Curriculum and Instruction from National Louis University. She achieved National Board Certification in 2009
At Curie High School
Mrs. Singer started her teaching career at Fenger High School, but transferred to Curie in August 2006. She and several Curie students participated in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's CPS Shakespeare program four times. They performed in Hamlet, Taming of the Shrew, Othello, and A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mrs. Singer co-organized four trips to England for Curie students. They visited Westminster Abbey, the London Eye, Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, Camden Market, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, and Bath. On the last trip, they stopped in Ireland and Wales
Mrs. Singer has taught English I, English II, English III, Creative Writing, and AP Literature and Composition. She hates Skyline
Personal Life
Mrs. Singer's favorite writers are William Shakespeare and Donal Ryan. Currently, her favorite book is Donal Ryan's From a Low and Quiet Sea. For several years, she's been a member of Between the Covers, a book club at Grand Prairie Library in Hazel Crest. So far, Mrs. Singer's favorite book club book is The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
Mrs. Singer enjoys traveling. She's been to several US States as well as France, Italy, Canada, and China. One of her goals is to see a baseball game in every MLB stadium. However, her ultimate trip is to follow Victor Frankestein's path throughout Europe
Mrs. Singer LOVES theater. She is convinced it is the closest humans have ever come to real magic. She enjoys watching plays and musicals. Some of her favorites include I am My Own Wife, Ragtime, Les Miserables, and Into the Woods. She tries to expose her students to as much theater as possible so they marvel at it, too.
On August 12, 2016, Mrs. Singer and her husband Marty married at the Paramount Theater in Aurora. Two years later, they welcomed their son Becken Quill into their family. Becken, who's autistic, is quite a handful! He's fixated on books, robots, airplanes, and trains
- Name
- Ms. Gina Singer
- Position
- English Teacher
- GMMiski@cps.edu
- Phone
- 773-535-2138
- Other
- Mrs. Singer graduated summa cum laude from Saint Xavier University; she majored in English and Secondary Education and minored in Studio Art. Later, she earned a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from National-Louis University. For several years, she participated in CPS Shakespeare at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. She started teaching at Fenger HS, but she's worked at Curie since 2006. She's been a National Board Certified Teacher.