2009-2010 Star Teachers & Pride of Sunnyside

2009-10 Star Teachers
The Sunnyside District honors one teacher from each school with the annual
Star Teacher Awards.

Karen Johnson, Early Childhood Education
Stephanie Ponce, Craycroft Elementary School
John Underhill, Drexel Elementary School
Margaret Hackett, Elvira Elementary School
Bernadette Quiroz, Esperanza Elementary School
Marilyn Higginbotham, Gallego Basic Elementary School
Carmen Lamas, Liberty Elementary School
Stephanie Shay, Los Amigos Elementary School
Jean Olson, Los Niños Elementary School
Cristina Guevara, Los Ranchitos Elementary School
Kristi Hamblen, Mission Manor Elementary School
Cindy Gay, Ocotillo Elementary School
Ann Arnold, Rosemarie Rivera Elementary School
Norma Mahoney, Santa Clara Elementary School
Erica Patrick-Vejar, Summit View Elementary School
Jennifer Trujillo-Johnson, Apollo Middle School
Jackie Nichols, Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School
Martin Wiggins, Challenger Middle School
Karen Rogers, Chaparral Middle School
Nicholas Duddleston, Sierra Middle School
Anne Hamilton, Desert View High School
Lupe Cantau, S.T.A.R. Academic Center
Kurt Fischer, Sunnyside High School

2009-10 Pride of Sunnyside
The Sunnyside District also honors one staff member from each school with the annual Pride of Sunnyside Awards.

Martin “Chito” Valdez, warehouse manager, Food Services
Ernie Menchaca, lead carpenter, Maintenance
Sandy Vasquez, dispatcher, Transportation
Bernadette Martin, program assistant, Administration
Bella Rosete, personal care attendant, Early Childhood Ed.
Lisa Rabago, interventionist, Craycroft
Norma Castro, library clerk, Drexel
Lori Carbajal, attendance clerk, Elvira
Erlinda Silvas, intervention assistant, Esperanza
Ardith Varga, school nurse, Gallego Basic
Betty Camacho, SEI support, Liberty
Enriquetta Yanez, instructional asst., special ed., Los Amigos
Chris Garcia, office assistant, Los Niños
Beatriz Lopez, instructional assistant, Los Ranchitos
Angelica Norzagaray, school secretary, Mission Manor
Gloria Gomez, instructional asst., special ed., Ocotillo
Ronald Harris, campus monitor, Rosemarie Rivera
Renee Singleton, reading interventionist, Santa Clara
Karla Brockman, ELL interventionist, Summit View
Gonzalo Ferreira, 7th grade advisor, Apollo
Chris Higgins, campus monitor, Billy Lane Lauffer
Jody Disney, school nurse, Challenger
Mary Morris, prevention specialist, Chaparral
Michael Fester, prevention specialist & JAG coord., Sierra
Olga Lozano, attendance clerk, Desert View
Brent Stahnke, head custodian, S.T.A.R. Academic
Mary Martinez, instructional assistant, special ed., Sunnyside