Changing the Paradigms
This is an endorsement for collaboration and the arts in education. The question is how do educators do this? Where do they start? Something to think about.
A brief history of Alvarado Elementary school in Union City, California ending with the year 2014.
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Welcome
This the history of Alvarado Elementary School from the beginning through 2014 as viewed by the contributors of this blog.
Contributors
- Baer, Jill - Secretary
- Benafield, Cheri - Assistant Principal 2000-2010
- Bordenave, Nancy - teacher 1979-2004
- Calubiran, Anna - teacher 1998
- Chambers, Sharon - media specialist 1991-2009
- Chen, Laverne Sheu - music teacher 2002-2007
- Desandies, ManYee - teacher 1984-2010
- DeSousa, Ivan - music teacher 1998-2002
- Fivelstad, Susan, Reading Specialist AP 1983-2000
- Gill, Sukhy Pannu - teacher 1993
- Hampton, Cathaleen - teacher 1988
- Jordan, Liz - teacher 1984-1997
- Jorgenson, Carmen - principal 2004-2007
- Kafin, Tammy - teacher 1993-1997
- Kaneko, Sally - teacher 1990-2001
- Koehler, Laurie - teacher 1996
- Lindain, Vince - teacher 2006
- Logue, Joan - teacher 1964-1999
- Mabie, Kathy Jones - Speech/Language Specialist 1994-2011
- McBride, Rita - teacher 1977-2004
- Muhlestein, Bernadette, science teacher 1982-2006
- Mumm, Nancy - Secretary 1986
- Neagle, Rhonda - media specialist 1987-1990
- Pickering, Jeff - teacher 2006
- Reyes, Joe - teacher 1998-2003
- Sanchez, Leonore - secretary 1984-1998
- Silva, Betty - aide 1986-
- Simmons, Mark - Coach 1983-2004
- Snelling, Greg - teacher 1994
- Tecson, Maureen Leus - teacher 1995
- Valles, Sharen - Speech Teacher
- Zanzinger, Margo - Teacher 1987-2005
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- Alvarado Family
- Leonore Sanchez
- Holly Scroggins
- Cathy Woods Hampton
- Lynne Thomson
- Anna Calubiran
- Debbie Knoth
- Cathy Woods Hampton
- Jill Baer
- Cheryl Konno Speakman
- Anna Calubiran
- Mark Simmons
- Harriet Gore
- Sharon Chambers
- Carolyn Launchberry
- John Cavers
- Paul Hornbrook
- Sharon Chambers
- Liz Marotta-Jordan
- Al Rivera Memorial
- La Verne Shue Chen
- Maureen Tecson
- Colleen Quirk Paltrineri
- Rachel Saucedo
- Margo Zanzinger
- Vince Lindain
- Lea Castro
- Donna Smith-Harrison
- Keith Guernsey
- Betty Silvia
- Tammy Kafin Taylor
- Liz Marotta-Jordan
- Sharen Valles
- Ruth Houseworth
- Maureen Tecson
- Sonia Wong
- Greg Snelling
- Dance Group 2009
- Joe Fitzgerald
- Letty Gonzales
- Roxanne Ramerize
- ManYee Desandies
- Rachel Saucedo
- Cheri Benafield
- Karen Saucedo
- Otis Amey
- Wynelle Amey
- Sue Shepard
- Wei Stevens
- Tina Handshy
- Debbie Brazil
- Marge Slakey
- Judy Casey
- Nancy Bordenave
- Mary O'Connor
- Sally Kaneko
- Greg Snelling
- Bernadette Muhlestein
- Socorro (Coco) Enriquez
- Nancy Mumm
- Kathy Mabie
- Clinton Pucket
- Laurie Koehler
- Chris Moriuchi
- Alisha Valine
- Paul Brewer
- Debbie Fryman
- Sukhy Gill
- Chris Moriuchi
- Michele Kelley
- Stacy Bastress
- Donna Howell
- Anita Schumann
- Jeff Pickering
- Steve Partridge
- Cathy Ortiz
- Mani Allen
- Carmen Jorgenson
- Alex Schwerin
- Carol Engberg
- Debbie Fryman
- Marty Brown
- Rita McBride
- Mike Guevarra
- Mary Ogden
- Otis Amey
- Will Feliciano
- Colleen Quirk Paltrineri
- Nahida Feroz
- Rachel Saucedo
- Roxanne Ramerize
- Laverne Shue Chen
- Maureen Tecson
- Thora Cahil
- Donna Smith-Harrison
- Kim Pratt
- Kelly Cunningham Bua
- Belen Magers
- Angie Usher
- 3rd grd teachers 2010
- Alisha Valine
- Halloween Ninja Turtles 2011
- Clinton Pucket
- Letty Munoz-Gonzales
- Maureen Tecson
- Vince Lindain
- Tracie Noriega
- Mrs. Loza
- Paul Brewer
- Steven Partridge
- Keith Guernsey
- Vince Lindain
- Greg Snelling
- Carmen Jorgenson
- Mark Simmons
- Will Feliciano
- Margo Zanzinger
- Joan Logue
- Sharen Valles
- Mike Guevarra
- Rhonda Neagle
- Barbara Debarger
- Andrea Lamindola Lemos
- Margo Zanzinger
- Mary Ogden
- Debbie Fryman
- Sharen Valles
- Marty Brown
- Laurie Taner
- Joan Logue
- Lynne Thomson
- Bee Legaspi Medders
- Mary Okamoto Small
- Keith Guernsey
- Jeff Pickering
- Joe Reyes
- Ivan DeSousa
- Tiffany King Martin
- Jesse Reta
- Rachna Lindstrom
- Rachel Saucedo's Wedding 2011
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