This Curtis High School teacher connects with her students through community-based learning Updated Feb 10, 2021; Posted Feb 10, 2021 Ife Damon is an English teacher at Curtis High School, who is a long-time advocate of community-based learning. She said she knew that such culturally responsive programming would be especially impactful for her students this year. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel) Facebook Share we are shining a spotlight on the differences in opportunity and outcomes across the borough, focusing on key areas that include criminal justice, economic security, housing and education. This is the fifth of a series of stories focusing on educational inequities and struggles on Staten Island.