Flynn Teachers & Staff

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

Spanish Immersion

103

First Grade

Teacher

Subject

Room

Cynthia Sanchez 

English Plus Pathway 

201

Cristy Kinahan

English Plus Pathway

212

Mario Juarez

Spanish Immersion

100

Kandy Ruiz

Spanish Immersion

206

Second Grade

Teacher

Subject

Room

Raqshan Khan

English Plus Pathway 

203

Jessica Sandoval 

Spanish Immersion

208

Aryanna Hamidi

Spanish Immersion

202

Second and Third Grades

Teacher

Subject

Room

Katie Huber

English Plus Pathway 308

Third Grade

Teacher

Subject

Room

Adrienne Ferreobeuf  

English Plus Pathway

311

Nicholas Berry

Spanish Immersion

309

Brayner Zarco

Spanish Immersion

310

Fourth Grade

Teacher

Subject

Room

Jasmin Rodriguez Cruz  

Spanish Immersion

302

Brett Fox

English Plus Pathway 

304

Fourth and Fifth Grades

Teacher

Subject

Room

Cynthia Meza  

Spanish Immersion 

306

Fifth Grade

Teacher

Subject

Room

AJ Johnson 

English Plus Pathway 

301

Karina Hwang

Spanish Immersion 

303

SOAR (Success, Opportunity, Achievement, Resiliency)

Teacher Subject Room

Michelle Sahadi

3-5 SOAR 312

Chevea Jackson 

SOAR Paraprofessional   

Mr. Chris

SOAR Paraprofessional  

Staff

Support Staff

Name

Title

Tyler Woods

Principal

Amber Cooper

Assistant Principal

Jessica Rosales

Secretary

Jackie Hernandez

ARTIF

Rustin Carlson

ARTIF

Jasmine Redmond

Family & Community Engagement

Araceli Garcia

Family Liasion

Carmen Daniel

Art Teacher

Emma Randall

Art Teacher

Anu Oza

Teacher - Librarian

Mike Jensen

Teacher - Computer

Dorisiya Yosifova

Teacher - Music

Iveta Bartos

Teacher - PE

Michelle Leitzke

RSP Paraprofessional

Alba Chavez

Bilingual Instructional Paraprofessional 

Iris Tablas

Bilingual Instructional Paraprofessional

Anna Magaña

School Psychologist

Fernando Miguel

Instructional Paraeducator

Jennifer Escobar

Instructional Paraeducator

Julia Gelormino

Literacy Coach

Gretchen Schuessler  

Math Interventionist

Kevin Mullins

Math Interventionist

Jasmine Rodriguez

Nurse

Ramon Thompson

Paraeducator

Margarita Fajardo

Speech Therapist 

Michael Macnamara

Site Support Para

Alisa Wolf

Social Worker

 

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.

Read more about Cynthia's award

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.

This page was last updated on March 23, 2023