All English Tutoring

Erin Torres

Erin Torres Tue, Jul 26, 2016, 1:39 PM to me Hello Ms. Caughey! It has been a while since I left school. Since I will not be coming back next year, I figured it would be best to email you my scores on my AP English Exam and English SAT subject test. I received a 5 on my AP and a 640 on my SAT subject test for English. I had a wonderful time as your student, and hope you have a wonderful year! Erin

2021-07-27

Daniella Rodriguez

Wed, Jul 5, 2017, 12:20 PM Hello Ms. Caughey! I hope you are doing well and enjoying your summer so far. I just wanted to thank you for being such an amazing teacher during the past two years. Because of all your preparation, I was able to receive a score of 4 on my AP Literature Exam, which I am very happy about. I'm looking forward to class with you this fall! Have a great summer! - Daniella Rodriguez

2021-07-27

Nicole Aquino

Hello Ms. Caughey, hope all is well. I just wanted to let you know I got a 5 on the AP Language Exam!!!!! Thank you for all your help in preparing for the test! I hope you have a great rest of the summer! 😄😄 Sincerely, Nicole

2021-07-27

Quyn McCaffrey

I got a 4 on the exam! Thank you so much for preparing me this year. I really appreciate it! Quyn McCaffrey

2021-07-27

Madison Garrett

Hi Ms. Caughey, I know I’ve thanked you already but once again, thank you so much! As I go through the bag and see the works of greats like Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez, and Langston Hughes, I can’t wait to dive in! The books are not only meaningful because they are older but because they were given to me by one of the world’s best English teachers 😊 Sincerely, Madison Garrett

2021-07-19

Teresa Collins

Ms. Caughey, How’s your summer been? I’m on liberty this weekend with my family down in Annapolis. Just wanted to tell you thanks for the letter. Also, because of my 5 on AP Language exam I validated English I and start with English II this semester. I did better on English than my 4 on Latin and 3 on Calc. Thanks for making English better than I thought, and for the college essay writing advice. We had a brief about PTSD that I could easily follow due to my research paper for you. Teresa Go navy beat army -- Teresa Collins

2021-07-19

Tiara Nurse

Good afternoon Ms.Caughey. I would like to thank you for serving as my teacher for three years. I have learned so much and am forever grateful. Even though I was not the best student, you did not give up on me and encouraged me to be the best that I could be. I have never been so glad to have taken a class until I reached college. Thanks to you, not only am I exempt from all English classes, but I am confident I have the knowledge, experience, and capability to write great essays and papers for any of my other classes. But after sending my sister off to school, I thought of the days when I would go with her and missed walking into familiar classrooms such as yours. I just want to thank you again for such a great three years full of hard work and times of laughter, that have fully prepared me and serve as cherished memories from Saint Saviour. Don't worry, I'll be back, as I am sure the others will, to visit and catch up. I hope you had a great first week of classes. Sincerely, Tiara Nurse

2021-07-19

Jade Schoolcraft

Dear Ms. Caughey On my first day of English class in college I realized that you have helped me grow so much as a writer. I already miss AP English. I want to thank you for all the hard work you put in to better all of your students. Because of you, I actually got a 5 on the AP exam. I don't think that that would have ever happened without your guidance.

2021-07-19

Camille Odom

Thank you so much! This made my day! I miss you and I want to thank you for the years you've been my teacher. You're, without a doubt, the best teacher I've ever had and I thank you for making me the writer and person I am.

2021-07-19

Ayisha Edwards

Dear Ms. Caughey I am happy to hear you are retiring and will get the opportunity to enjoy more of the world and your family. I must say that I am saddened by the news. I told Zoe several times this year that I loved you as her English teacher. You pushed her for excellence and held her accountable with her triumphs and shortcomings. I truly felt your dedication and commitment throughout this year and for that I am grateful. I hear the English regents is challenging and was really hoping that she would have had the opportunity to be taught by you again. Ms. Collins has large shoes to fill, hopefully she and Zoe will mesh well. All the best to you on this next chapter in your life. May God cover, guide and protect you. Thank you again 💓.

2021-07-19

Megan Galvin

Dear Ms. Caughey, Thank you so much for everything you have done for the Galvin girls! We are all so appreciative. I hope that you have a relaxing summer, and if you ever want to join us for a day at the bay in Roxbury, we would love to see you (so would the cormorants, laughing gulls, and American oystercatchers, to name a few😉). Gillian was so proud to receive your email yesterday regarding AP English. I am so happy for her, and I would like to thank you for setting the standards high, and always offering support to help the students meet those standards. Gillian is excited, and her summer reading books are already on the way! Thanks again for your dedication. Hope to see you soon! Sincerely, Megan Galvin

2021-07-19

Richard Russo

Hope all is well with you. I meant to send you this a few weeks ago but it slipped my mind. While we were waiting for news of the ACT prep course from St. Saviour, we registered Angelina in an SAT prop course that meets once per week on a Wednesday night for an hour. It’s just her and her cousin, who goes to Xavier, with the teacher. On the first night of class the teacher asked them to do some things, I believe writing some sort of short essay was one of them. When Angelina went to class the following week the teacher told her how impressed she was with her writing and grammar skills,

2021-07-19

Claudia Nell Ward

Hello Ms. Caughey, This is me, Claudia Nell (Now Nell Ward). As we are in a pandemic and it is summer time, I find myself with time on my hands. Over the course of the last twenty some odd years, I have tried to locate you. This evening, my children and I were in the process (so far a 3-week endeavor) to name our new family kitten. We settled on Judith and I thought you should know. Thanks to Google, I found what I assume is a current email. Please write me back as this is but one small story of many that I have to share that makes reference to you, my favorite teacher of all time.

2021-07-18

Jane Marie Manfredi

Hello Ms. Caughey! This is Jane Manfredi Holy Child ‘96 -the class of Megan Duffy and Cathy Bermudez. I hope this finds you well! I am part of the kamallah FB stream which got us all thinking about this! Just wanted to send a belated thank you for being an amazing teacher. I teach at a veterinary school now (Michigan state) and my teaching style is very much inspired by my high school experiences. I am also very thankful for all of the writing and analysis we did as part of your class. Majoring in English was the highlight of my college experience and I love using what I learned almost every day with writing grants and research papers. Also I’m pretty sure I sealed my acceptance into veterinary school when I got into a discussion with one of the veterinarians during the interview on Nadine Gordimer’s work- definitely all thanks to you for that! Jane Jane Marie Manfredi, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVS-LA, DACVSMR (Equine)

2021-07-18

Chrissy Pusz

Chrissy Pusz Tue, Apr 19, 2016, 1:46 PM to me My One, My Only, My Caughey, As I sit here at school/work, poised at my laptop, puzzling over note cards, deliberating over my last research paper, I think to myself, "CAUGHEY WOULD APPRECIATE THIS. SHE HAS TRAINED ME FOR THIS DAY." I found myself in Prospect Park this weekend for Bernie, and I thought how much I would love to go bird-watching again. When I regain my personhood in May, can we have an adventure? I do apologize for my tardy reply, but as the poet sayeth "April is the cruellest month" and I have been stripped of my personhood (see above) at the hands of graduation/end of semester prep. (On a side note, this past week marked the second class in which I yelled about Tom throwing Vivienne into the hospital to steal her money, and each time I do so I think of you.) We must come together soon and discuss life and literature and how Chrissy will fend in ~the real world~ in which people do not talk about jouissance and Marxist undertones on a daily basis. I hope you are well and that your students are writing better papers than I currently am. I also heard that Mrs. Sanders paid SSHS a visit; how was that? All of My Love, Chrissy

2021-07-18

Kamalah Fletcher

Kamalah Fletcher ([email protected]) Ms. Caughey I just love you so much. Your name comes up at least once a month BC of how significant you were in my education life. - you were the first person to ever realize that I needed to do a tests untimed - you were the only person who seem to understand what my home/emotional/family situation was doing in my life as a student and as a teenager - to date, the best assignment I’ve ever had was when you asked us to read all of the books by one author and do a review on them - I channel your Richard III when I am talking to young people about being authentic and passionate about my work - If memory serves me correctly, you had us read The Salt Eaters, which somehow represents the work I do. The theme of, “people don’t heal until they’re ready” has helped me in my life as a helper/healer.

2021-07-18

Princess Francois

way to get there. . . . . . . Ms. Caughey taught me the importance of building relationships with students without being their friend, and of believing in and challenging them to reach their full potential. She immediately saw that I did not belong in a regular English class my sophomore year and made sure to put me in her AP English class junior year.

2021-07-18

Kaya Francis

Kaya Francis Tue, May 19, 9:39 AM to me Good morning Ms. Caughey, I would like to take the time to say thank you for all that you've done for me. Thank you for pushing me to do my best not only in the world of English, but in the real world. Your classes have always been the highlight of my days at Saint Saviour. Thank you for welcoming my friends and I into your classroom with open arms during our free periods. I will miss your candy jar as well as our interesting 3rd and 9th period talks. Thank you for opening my mind to the world of literature and making me a stronger writer. (I know I'll need it in college!) You will always have a special place in my heart. Though I wish I could say all of this to you in person, these circumstances outside do not allow me to. I hope to see you again in the upcoming school year. Thank you again for all of the information you've instilled in me to be the greatest version of myself I could be in my high school career. From, Kayá Francis

2021-07-18

Jessica Scarpati

Jessica Scarpati Sat, Apr 27, 2013, 12:09 PM Hi Ms. Caughey, First, I hope this message finds you well. In case you don't recall, I graduated in 2009 and was lucky enough to take junior year English honors with you. I'm graduating from Emerson College in a couple of weeks, and I just completed my undergraduate Honors thesis. With that, I can't help but want to thank you. My thesis presents a postclassical approach to narrative studies by reinterpreting Roland Barthes's Structural analysis of narrative through a cognitive framework called conceptual integration. It's not a light read. More importantly though, I would not have developed such an interest in Barthes, had we not read Mythologies in your class. The book was challenging at the time, but that must be why it made such an impression on me. In my admissions essay to Emerson's honors program (the one you guided me through), I remember writing that Barthes inspires me, and I'm glad to say the same holds true today. And for that, I have to thank you. Sincerely, Jessica

2021-07-18

Robbie Haines Fischer

to Judith How wonderful to be in contact with you! I just read Watership Down with my 10-year-old son, and I got to tell him about the English teacher I had when I first read it—you—and how we discussed the idea that the book can be seen as more than just a story about rabbits. I have so many memories of things I learned from you or discussions we had. I still think of you when I use certain vocabulary words, for example, or when I choose to end a list of supporting facts with the most persuasive one. Many other lessons and discussions and happy times will be with me forever, too. I am a teacher now, too. I teach Medical Microbiology, at Santa Barbara City College, to students on their way into nursing or other health care-related fields. The bad news about that is none of my students actually wants to take my class, but the good news is that they work hard because they’re all motivated to do well. I love teaching and I think I’m reasonably good at it, and I credit that partially to you. So thank you for the hard work and dedication you put into your career! It certainly made a difference in my case. Very best wishes to you, Robbie Fischer Santa Barbara, California

2021-07-18

Leslie Cruz

Hi Ms.Caughey, I just wanted to let you know that I finished my exam! During the entirety of the exam I felt very comfortable with myself and what I was writing. The task I was given was to state what rhetorical structures were used in a tribute Ronald Reagan paid to John F. Kennedy. Thankfully I was able to recognize the use of diction and anaphora in the passage. But I just wanted to thank you for everything. English class has always been one of my favorite subjects and I've always loved every single one of my teachers, especially you. It's a bit upsetting that the entire class can't say goodbye to you in person, but I know that each one of us will miss this class and each other. I'll make sure to visit, maybe I'll schedule a visit with Angelique so we can come to say hello to you together. You're truly an amazing teacher. I'll miss you in college! Leslie C.

2021-07-18

Angelique Cordova

Hi Ms. Caughey, I'm writing this email to tell you I just submitted my response! My passage was from Helen Keller's autobiography, The Story Of My Life. It was a pretty easy passage for me to understand thankfully. As soon as I finished reading, I knew exactly what devices I would use. I used diction, imagery and tone. I don't want to make this a sad email but I have to tell you I'll miss your class. I must admit there were many times I didn't appreciate going into your classroom everyday, but now I wish I could go back. You were an amazing English teacher and I'll forever be grateful. There were times I was annoyed because I thought you were being harder on me than with others, but I realized it was tough love. Thank you for everything you've done for me. I hope to find a teacher just like you during my college years. A teacher that genuinely cares about me and my grades. Have an awesome summer! And don't worry, I'll definitely visit! Sincerely, Angelique Cordova

2021-07-18

Megan Mazza

Good afternoon! I just finished the AP Language and Composition Exam. The question itself asked about the analysis of rhetorical devices used, so needless to say, your list of rhetorics was very helpful! I feel confident in what I wrote and even had a few minutes to reread and edit my essay. I took note of your edits/comment on the second dry run, which helped me (I did use diction as one of my rhetorical devices to analyze) and I cannot thank you enough for how well prepared I felt taking this exam. Your class was a pleasure to be in and I am glad that I had the opportunity to be a part of it. Thank you again, Megan Mazza

2021-07-18

Lauren Duggan

Hi Ms. Caughey, I don't know why I just remembered this, but last year I took a Writing 107 class and I should've reached out to you. I just wanted to let you know that I got a 100 on all 4 of my essays and ended up receiving an A in the class. Thank you so much for being such a motivating teacher. I wasn't the best at English in high school, but last semester I ended up taking an Intro to Poetry class and enjoyed it a lot more than I thought. Lauren Duggan

2021-07-18