Calvary Director Tapped for Teachers’

Marti Ingraham-Willens, Middle School director and eighth grade English teacher at Calvary Christian School, has been selected for inclusion in the 10th edition of “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2005/2006.” This publication honors a select 5 percent of U.S. teachers who have been nominated by former students. Palisades resident Jessie Kybartas, a Calvary graduate and current Marymount student, nominated Willens for this honor. Kybartas said: “Mrs. Willens is a teacher who has influenced me because of her true connection to us, the students. When it came to English, she taught with her heart. Mrs. Willens’ passion for literature gave my classmates and me the inspiration to become better writers. She is a teacher I’ll never forget.” Willens has been teaching eighth grade English at Calvary since 1995, became chairman of the English department in 1998 and director of the Middle School in 2000. In addition to academic and administrative duties, she has found time to coach the flag football team, advise the student council and sit on Calvary’s board of trustees as the Middle School representative. Currently she is a member of the board of trustees at the Bel-Air Bay Club. She received honorary service awards from Palisades Elementary School in 1995 and from the Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Dept. in 1996. Willens was born and raised in Texas and received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Texas in 1976. She is married to Ron Willens and has three children: Shane, Zack and Stephanie Ingraham.