Faculty and Staff | Ward Elementary School

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Office Staff

Gladys Diaz
Principal
Front Office
gdiaz@dusd.net

Dr. Amanda Cermak
Vice Principal
Front Office
acermak@dusd.net

Jessica Perez
Office Manager
Front Office
jperezmendoza@dusd.net

Cynthia Ambrosio
Office Clerk
Front Office
cambrosio@dusd.net

TK/Kindergarten

Mariana Chavez
Kindergarten Teacher
Room 4
machavez@dusd.net

Nicole Cook
TK Teacher
Room 5
ncook@dusd.net

Megan Nyman
Kindergarten Teacher
Room K1
mnyman@dusd.net

Elena Pena
TK Teacher
Room K2
epena@dusd.net

Cheryl Shellenberger
Kindergarten Teacher
Room 6
cshellenberger@dusd.net

First Grade

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

Madison McCaughan
1st Grade Teacher
Room 21
mjacobs@dusd.net

Alexandra Rocha
1st Grade Teacher
Room 8
arocha@dusd.net

Second Grade

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

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

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

Third Grade

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

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

Mr. Lance Maxwell
4th / 5th Grade Teacher
Online
lmaxwell@dusd.net

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

Fifth Grade

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

Matt Boynton
5th Grade Teacher
Room 13
mboynton@dusd.net

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

Special Education

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

Tracey Figueroa
SDC (TK/K)
Room 20
tfigueroa@dusd.net

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

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

Lisa Thomas
RSP
Room 1
lthomas@dusd.net

Support Staff

Yesenia Gomez
Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Liaison
Front Office
ygomezramirez@dusd.net

Lindsay Barnes
Categorical Resource Teacher
lbarnes@dusd.net

Casey Palin
Clinical School Therapist
Room 23

Jose Lozano
Utility Worker
jlozanomota@dusd.net

Samara Canjura Galvez
Instructional Media Tech
scanjuragalvez@dusd.net

Denise Evans
School Psychologist
devans@dusd.net

Assistants

Zoila Arzate
Assistant
zarzate@dusd.net

Laura Beyrooty
Assistant
lbeyrooty@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

Christina Morales
Assistant

Jacqueline Sanchez
Assistant

Edith Yerena
Assistant

Zulema Vazquez
Resident Sub

Interventionists

Vanessa Abrego Reyes

Julia Baca

Colette Clark

Group photo of Ward staff Happy First Day of School sign