Teachers
Transitional Kindergarten
Teacher |
Subject |
Room |
Jennifer Baron |
English Plus Pathway |
102 |
Kindergarten
Teacher |
Subject |
Room |
Sarah Pantoja |
Spanish immersion |
101 |
Charlotte La Riviere |
English Plus Pathway |
104 |
Anaheli Stegner (maternity) |
Spanish Immersion |
103 |
First Grade
Teacher |
Subject |
Room |
Cristy Kinahan |
English Plus Pathway |
202 |
Mario Juarez |
Spanish Immersion |
100 |
Kandy Ruiz |
Spanish Immersion |
206 |
Second Grade
Teacher |
Subject |
Room |
TBD |
English Plus Pathway |
203 |
Jessica Sandoval |
Spanish Immersion |
208 |
Aryanna Hamidi |
Spanish Immersion |
202 |
Second and Third Grades
Teacher |
Subject |
Room |
Lisa Cowles |
English Plus Pathway | 308 |
Third Grade
Teacher |
Subject |
Room |
Adrienne Ferreobeuf |
English Plus Pathway |
311 |
Laura Rodrigo |
Spanish Immersion |
309 |
Brayner Zarco |
Spanish Immersion |
310 |
Fourth Grade
Teacher |
Subject |
Room |
TBD |
Spanish Immersion |
302 |
AJ Johnson |
English Plus Pathway |
301 |
Alyssa Johnson |
English Plus Pathway |
308 |
Fourth and Fifth Grades
Teacher |
Subject |
Room |
Cynthia Meza |
Spanish Immersion |
306 |
Fifth Grade
Teacher |
Subject |
Room |
Brett Fox |
English Plus Pathway |
304 |
Jasmin Rodriguez Cruz |
Spanish Immersion |
302 |
SOAR (Success, Opportunity, Achievement, Resiliency)
Teacher | Subject | Room |
Michelle Sahadi |
3-5 SOAR | 312 |
Chevea Jackson |
SOAR Paraprofessional | |
Chris Horn |
SOAR Paraprofessional | |
Megan Moore |
SOAR Paraprofessional |
Staff
Support Staff
Name |
Title |
Dr. Luis Rodriguez |
Principal |
Ronald Louie |
Assistant Principal |
Jessica Rosales |
Secretary |
Jaqueline Medina |
Agency Nurse |
Carmen Daniel |
Art Teacher |
Susie Kameny |
Art Teacher |
Lisa Cowels |
ARTIF |
Jackie Hernandez |
ARTIF |
Alba Chavez |
Bilingual Instructional Para |
Iris Tablas |
Bilingual Instructional Para |
Melissa Alvarez |
Community Schools Manager |
Araceli Garcia |
Family Liaison |
Nisha Srinivasa |
IRF |
Julia Gelormino |
Literacy Coach |
Ariana Contreras |
Math Coach |
Gretchen Schuessler |
Math Interventionist |
Charlotte Peterson |
Math Interventionist |
Nicholas Berry |
PBIS |
Jharel Lopez |
Playworks Coach |
Michael McNamara |
RSP |
David Hemminger |
RSP .5 |
Jennifer Escobar |
RSP Para |
Stehen Hong |
RSP Para |
Christina Quintas |
School Psychologist |
Maedeh Golshirazi |
School Psychologist .5 |
Melvin Ong |
School Site Sub |
Fernando Miguel |
Site Support Para |
Alisa Wolf |
Social Worker |
Speech Pathologist |
Margarita Fajardo |
Mike Jensen |
Teacher - Computers |
Hilary Mason |
Teacher - Librarian |
TBD |
Teacher - Music |
Iveta Bartos |
Teacher - PE |
Noon Monitors
Theresa Dorn
Pam Canada
Eula Trotter
Honors For Teachers
Cynthia Meza Earns CABE Teacher of the Year Award
Cynthia Meza, a Spanish bilingual/immersion teacher at Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School, has won the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) 2016 Teacher of the Year Award. She is being recognized for her excellence, dedication and promotion of bilingual education, and to the education of English learners.
Honors For Teachers
Cynthia Meza earns CABE Teacher of the Year award
Cynthia Meza, a Spanish bilingual/immersion teacher at Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School, has won the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) 2016 Teacher of the Year award. She is being recognized for her excellence, dedication and promotion of bilingual education and to the education of English learners.
"I am very honored," says Meza. "But it's more than an honor. It shows that CABE values the importance of a commitment to social justice in education."
Meza was born in Los Angeles, CA, but also lived in Mexico as she grew up. Her family had to move often, which resulted in her changing schools quite a bit, sometimes in the middle of the school year.
"It exposed me to a lot of teachers, and I learned how some provided a safe place for a child like me to thrive and learn, but some did not."
Meza became inspired to go into bilingual education herself to create the welcoming, safe and culturally-rich environment she knows all students need. She wants her students to feel excited to come to school as they anticipate the lessons and activities for the day.
Meza has spent her entire 13-year career as a Spanish bilingual teacher at Flynn Elementary.
She has advice for those thinking of following in her footsteps.
"You have to know—or be completely willing to know—the community your students live in. You need to do whatever it takes to understand what kids go home to each night and what's going on in their community, and intentionally integrate who they are and where they come from in the day to day of their classroom experience."
Meza adds that her outlook on her work is far reaching.
"It's important that we look at children in terms of where they're going to be in five, ten, 20 years," she says. "And always keep in mind that we are modeling for the children by what we do."
Meza will receive the award during the Educator and Parent of the Year Awards Luncheon at 12 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2016 in the Continental Ballroom at Hilton Hotel in San Francisco.
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