Teacher Profile: Mulugeta Walelign
Favorite Sport Team: Manchester United
Favorite Subjects to teach: English and Math
Hobbies: Playing pool and watching movies
Mulugeta Walelign has been teaching at IEICA (International Ethiopian Initiative Children’s Association) for a year and a half now, and in time, he has forged an indelible place for himself at the school and overwhelmingly won the affections of its students.
Mulugeta grew up in Addis Ababa, in Kechene and his affinity for his neighborhood has shown brightly through his dedicatin to the school and his students. A graduate of Alpha College, Mulugeta studied accounting as an undergraduate and is continuning his education currently taking graduate level accounting classes at Alpha in his spare time.
At IEICA, Mulugeta serves as the Grade 1 Amharic and Art teacher and the KG2 English teacher, as well as the KG1 Science teacher. It is in this role where Mulugeta shines brightest. His love for students and the skill with which he teaches and manages IEICA’s largest class has made him a favorite of the schools youngest and most impressionable students. Mulugeta is no less popular among the older students though he has been known to frustrate his Grade 1 opponents on the soccer field.
What makes Mulugeta such a valuable asset to IEICA is his love of children and his commitment to the community that raised him and that IEICA works so hard to serve.
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