Faculty and Staff

Wildcat Directory

Office Staff


Gladys Diaz

Principal
gdiaz@dusd.net

Natalie Kacou

Vice Principal
nkacou@dusd.net

Jessica Perez Mendoza
Jessica Perez Mendoza

Office Manager
jperezmendoza@dusd.net


Cynthia Ambrosio

Office Clerk
cambrosio@dusd.net

Jose Lozano

Utility Worker
jlozanomota@dusd.net

TK/Kindergarten

Mariana ChavezMariana Chavez
Kindergarten Teacher
Room 4
machavez@dusd.net

Nicole Cook
TK Teacher
Room 5
ncook@dusd.net

Casey Kissell
Kindergarten Teacher
Room K1
ckissell@dusd.net

Ekena PenaElena Pena
TK Teacher
Room K2
epena@dusd.net

Cheryl Shellenberger
Kindergarten Teacher
Room 6
cshellenberger@dusd.net

First Grade

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Noelle Garland

1st Grade Teacher
ngarland@dusd.net

Lisa Giunchinin Lisa Giunchinin
1st Grade Teacher
Room 19
lgiunchini@dusd.net

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Madison McCaughan

1st Grade Teacher
mjacobs@dusd.net

Second Grade

Mary LeMonnier
2nd Grade Teacher
Room 10
mlemonnier@dusd.net

Terri NegreteTerri Negrete
2nd Grade Teacher
Room 11
tnegrete@dusd.net

Karina RamosKarina Ramos
2nd Grade Teacher
Room 9
kramos@dusd.net

Third Grade

Karen BeliakoffKaren Beliakoff
3rd Grade Teacher
Room 15
kbeliakoff@dusd.net

Beth MaiquesBeth Maiques
3rd Grade Teacher
Room 16
bmaiques@dusd.net

Julie Yearsley
3rd Grade Teacher
Room 17
jyearsley@dusd.net

Fourth Grade

Julie Bliss
4th and 5th Grade Teacher
Room 27
jbliss@dusd.net

Andrea OstermannAndrea Ostermann
4th Grade Teacher
Room 14
aostermann@dusd.net

Elisa RuizElisa Ruiz
4th Grade Teacher
Room 24
elruiz@dusd.net

Fifth Grade

Julie Bliss
4th and 5th Grade Teacher
Room 27
jbliss@dusd.net

Jessica MoralesJessica Morales
5th Grade Teacher
Room 25
jmorales@dusd.net

Karen Ramirez
5th Grade Teacher
Room 26
kramirez@dusd.net

Special Education

Kristian BassettKristian Bassett
SDC (4th–5th Grade)
Room 7
kbassett@dusd.net

Tracey FigueroaTracey Figueroa
SDC (Kinder)
Room 20
tfigueroa@dusd.net

Andrea Hood
SDC (TK/K)
Room 19
ahood@dusd.net

Stephanie Martinez
RSP
Room 1
stemartinez@dusd.net

Tricia Taggart
SDC (1st–3rd Grade)
Room 12
ptaggart@dusd.net

Lisa Thomas
RSP
Room 1
lthomas@dusd.net

Support Staff

Zoila Arzate
Assistant
zarzate@dusd.net

Lindsay Barnes
Categorical Resource Teacher
lbarnes@dusd.net

Adi Bautista
Speech Pathologist
Speech Room
abautista@dusd.net

Laura Beyrooty
Assistant
lbeyrooty@dusd.net

Samara Canjura Galvez
Instructional Media Tech
scanjuragalvez@dusd.net

Denise Evans
School Psychologist
devans@dusd.net

Vicky Davis
Assistant
vdavis@dusd.net

Diana Martinez
Assistant
dimartinez@dusd.net

Joanna Martinez
Assistant
jomartinez@dusd.net

Nickie Moore
Assistant
nmoore@dusd.net

Lucy Pacheco
Assistant
lpacheco@dusd.net

Sonia Serrato
Assistant
soserrato@dusd.net

Gloria Valdez
Assistant
gvaldez@dusd.net

Zulema Vazquez
Resident Sub

Interventionists

Vanessa Abrego Reyes

Brisa Lavelle

Julia Baca

Katelyn Hernandez

Colette Clark

Megan Nyman

Group photo of Ward staff Happy First Day of School sign