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College Attended: Graduated from Humboldt State University Years at Sutter: 12 Hobbies/Interests: Golfing, Cooking/Baking, Travel, Bollywood Movies, and the San Francisco Giants Favorite App: MLB At Bat
Please contact Mr. Baradat through his class website.
College Attended: CSU, Chico Years at Sutter: since 1991 Favorite Sport: Tennis Favorite Activities: Running, stand up paddle boarding, mountain biking and reading
College Attended: University of Arizona..go wildcats! Years at Sutter: 19 Favorite App: Words with Friends…totally addicted!! Favorite Sutter Memory: Too many to list…air rock!!!!
Colleges Attended: Cal Poly SLO, Fresno State, Sac State Years at Sutter: Beginning 5th year; 25th in the district; 32nd in the profession and still loving it:-) Favorite Movie of the Summer: TBD Summer Reading:Through the Looking Glass Favorite Apps: Around Me, Fandango, Starbucks
College Attended: UC Davis- Go Aggs! Years at Sutter: counting my own 8th grade year :) 13 years Favorite Sport: waterpolo Favorite Activities: running, hiking, swimming, spending time with my three kids! Favorite Sutter Memory: There’s too many
Educational Career: 20+ years at Sutter; teacher/coach at Sierra College, Hiram Johnson; coach at Sac State NFL Career: 7 years w/ San Francisco 49ers & 1 year w/ Detroit Lions Bet You Didn’t Know: I’m also a Lavender Farmer
Colleges Attended: University of Colorado Co. Sprs., National University, and Sac State for Masters Years at Sutter: 30 Favorite Sports: soccer and swimming Favorite Sutter Memory: Students successfully performing in school talent show in front of entire student body with a general ed. class.
Colleges Attended: Northeastern University (on a scholarship for woman’s ice hockey); Gallaudet University; CSUS; Chapman University Years at Sutter: Since 2005 Favorite Drink: Double tall nonfat cappuccino Favorite Sutter Memory: Watching my students sing Sweet Caroline at the Red Sox Game
Google Classroom: You must have a SCUSD email account to access this classroom. The class code is: hsz834l (after the 4 is the lowercase letter L)
Colleges Attended: College of Redwoods (AA); CSU, Sacramento (BS) Years at Sutter: Came to Sutter in 2005 (12 years and counting….) Favorite Sports: golf, basketball, and football Favorite Sutter Memory: Students vs Staff Basketball Game 2009. The staff was up by 2 points with a few seconds left. Ike Iroegbu drained a half court shot at the buzzer and the students were victorious! Everyone stormed the court with excitement. We don’t like to lose…but that was AMAZING!
College attended: Sacramento State Years at Sutter: 5 Favorite Hobbies: playing and coaching basketball and shopping. Favorite Sutter Memory: winning in both volleyball and basketball games in the student versus staff games (2013-2014)!
College attended: Augusta State University, Augusta, GA Years in Education: 19 Years at Sutter: Starting my third year at Sutter Favorite Activities: Tennis, skiing, travel, gardening, sup-boarding, etc… Favorite Sutter Memory: Going to Ashland with the sieves for the Shakespeare Festival Favorite Quote: “Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” -Martin Luther King Jr
College Attended: CSUS Years at Sutter: starting 17th year Favorite Sutter Memory: snowboarding with students back when we had our club Most Embarrassing Moment: When my student burned popcorn in the microwave and it set off the fire alarm. The whole school had to line up on the grass during lunch. Also, the firemen came to my classroom ready to put out a fire in all their gear. I think they were annoyed with me.
College Attended: San Diego State University Years in Education: Since 1999… do the math Favorite App: MLB at Bat and Twitter Favorite Sutter Memory: Twisted Sister performance at Air Rock
College Attended: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Years at Sutter: Since Fall 2009 Favorite App: Nike+ Running Favorite Sutter Memory: One of my favorite Sutter Memories is when the 8th grade girls Basketball team won the 2010 City Championship and while celebrating I announced to them that I was pregnant with my first child! I’ll never forget those girls. Also, I can’t deny that I LOVED being on stage during Air Rock 2013 as Liam from One Direction… “You don’t know you’re beautiful!”
College Attended: Humboldt State University Years at Sutter: 14 Favorite App: iMovie Favorite Sutter Memory: During my first year at Sutter, I lined up my fourth period class for a fire drill when the city alarm rang on the last Friday of the month. The alarm occurred every month at the same time and some students were familiar with this and snickered when I was trying to get my class out of the building.
College Attended: Whitworth University Years in Education: Since 1998 Favorite Exercise: Crossfit and Bikram Yoga Favorite Boys: Mark, Cameron, and Andrew ❤️ Favorite Starbucks Drink: Trenta Peach Green Tea Lemonade with 2 pumps Favorite Summer Memory: boogie boarding with my hubby and boys in Encinitas, CA Most Adventurous Thing I’ve Ever Done: skydiving!
College Attended: Graduate of UCSB (BS & M.Ed.) Years at Sutter: 15+ Favorite Hobbies: fishing, traveling, & the great outdoors Favorite Sutter Moment: Sharing my room with Mr. Rogers 20ft. python
Colleges Attended: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and Sac State Years at Sutter: 13 Favorite Hobbies: Traveling, Yoga and Fly Fishing Favorite Sutter Memory: Teacher and Student Air Rock performances!!
College Attended: UC San Diego Years at Sutter: Since 2013 Favorite Sutter Memory: Teacher Air Rock Favorite Activities: traveling, running, spin, boot camp, barre, & hiking Favorite Sports Team: GO KINGS!
Colleges Attended: Undergraduate – University of Minnesota; Graduate – CSU Hayward Years at Sutter: 12+ Favorite Band: Coldplay Favorite App: Words with Friends Favorite Activity: traveling with family Favorite TV Series: Downton Abbey
College Attended: California State University, East Bay Years at Sutter: 13 Favorite Book: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Favorite Sutter Memory: In 2004 I participated in my first Sutter Rally: The students, teachers, and staff were so fired-up! The Sutter Miner spirit was contagious!
Colleges Attended: University of Washington Years at Sutter: 15 Favorite App: Angry Birds Favorite Sutter Memory: First San Francisco Art Field Trip. Completely magical day with awesome kids!
College Attended: University of California, Santa Cruz Years at Sutter: Since 2004 Summer Reading:My Brilliant Friend, Wonder, The Glass Castle Hobbies: Reading, cooking, eating, exercising, kayaking Foreign Travel: Jamaica, Mexico, Indonesia, Fiji, France, Italy
USA Travel: Hawaii, Washington D.C. Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Florida, Maryland, Virginia
Favorite Sutter Memory: Air Rock! Specifically, James Eder dancing like Napoleon Dynamite and his wig falling off when he did a somersault!
College Attended: Arizona State University Years at Sutter: 14 Volunteer Activity: puppy raiser for CCI Favorite Activities: spoiling grandkids and traveling
College Attended: CSUS Years at Sutter: 20 Years Teaching: 26 Favorite Drop In: Starbucks Favorite Getaway: Monterey Favorite Sutter Memory: Drama trips to San Francisco
College Attended: Cal Berkeley Years in Education: Since 1996 Favorite Sutter Memory: The very first teacher Air Rock show was sometime in the 90’s. We were the “Pretend Pretender’s” performing the song, “Middle of the Road.” Ms. Bovy was the lead singer and Mr. Heckey surprised us by sliding onto the stage on his knees to perform the harmonica solo. Awesome. We knew it would be a Sutter tradition right away.
College Attended: UC Davis Hobbies: World travel, youth group Favorite Sport: Soccer, attended 3 World Cups Favorite Sutter Memory: Watching 140 of my students running, splashing, & playing at Ocean Beach, San Francisco
Colleges Attended: Fresno State and Sac State Favorite Sports Teams: The Sutter Cheerleaders and the SF Giants Favorite Sutter Memory: Experiencing Air Rock for the first time Favorite Activity: I love taking my boys to the Train Museum and Art Beast Favorite Apps: Facebook
Favorite Sport: Boxing and Raider’s Football Favorite Author: Victor Villaseñor Years at Sutter: 14 Years in Education: 19 Favorite Sutter Moment: Twisted Sister Air Rock!! Favorite Food: ALL food; it’s the way to my heart❤️, but especially Mexican food, Indian food, and cupcakes from scratch
Colleges Attended: Chico State University and San Jose University Years at Sutter: 9 Favorite App: Pinterest Favorite Thing To Do: Go to the beach and watch the sunset
Colleges Attended: CSU, Sacramento (Bachelor’s); University of South Carolina (Masters) Years at Sutter: Since 2012 Favorite App: Pandora Favorite Sutter Memory: the band concerts :)
Colleges Attended: Cosumnes River College, UC Davis and Sacramento State Teaching Since 1999 Favorite Sport: Soccer – have been playing since I was 4 Favorite Starbucks Drink: Caramel Light Frappucino with a chunk of caramel at the bottom – yummy!! Favorite Weekend Activity: Spending time with my family and watching my two sons play soccer
Baradat, Michael
Gate Core 8 / Speech & Debate
College Attended: Graduated from Humboldt State University
Years at Sutter: 12
Hobbies/Interests: Golfing, Cooking/Baking, Travel, Bollywood Movies, and the San Francisco Giants
Favorite App: MLB At Bat
Please contact Mr. Baradat through his class website.
Barnett, Maureen
Physical Education
College Attended: CSU, Chico
Years at Sutter: since 1991
Favorite Sport: Tennis
Favorite Activities: Running, stand up paddle boarding, mountain biking and reading
Bovy, Diane
Math 8 & Spanish
College Attended: University of Arizona..go wildcats!
Years at Sutter: 19
Favorite App: Words with Friends…totally addicted!!
Favorite Sutter Memory: Too many to list…air rock!!!!
Brandt, Terri
Gate Core 8 / Computers
Colleges Attended: Cal Poly SLO, Fresno State, Sac State
Years at Sutter: Beginning 5th year; 25th in the district; 32nd in the profession and still loving it:-)
Favorite Movie of the Summer: TBD
Summer Reading: Through the Looking Glass
Favorite Apps: Around Me, Fandango, Starbucks
Brinzer, Jennifer
Physical Education
College Attended: UC Davis- Go Aggs!
Years at Sutter: counting my own 8th grade year :) 13 years
Favorite Sport: waterpolo
Favorite Activities: running, hiking, swimming, spending time with my three kids!
Favorite Sutter Memory: There’s too many
Bunz, Dan
Physical Education
Educational Career: 20+ years at Sutter; teacher/coach at Sierra College, Hiram Johnson; coach at Sac State
NFL Career: 7 years w/ San Francisco 49ers & 1 year w/ Detroit Lions
Bet You Didn’t Know: I’m also a Lavender Farmer
Carboni, Grant
Librarian
College Attended: Chico State
Years at Sutter: 4th
Favorite Activities: I LOVE BOOKS!!
Carnie, Ruth
Special Education / SHDD / SDC
Colleges Attended: University of Colorado Co. Sprs., National University, and Sac State for Masters
Years at Sutter: 30
Favorite Sports: soccer and swimming
Favorite Sutter Memory: Students successfully performing in school talent show in front of entire student body with a general ed. class.
Chavez, Christine
Gate Core 8 / Language Arts 8
College Attended: Sac State; Bachelors and Masters
Favorite Authors: James Patterson, Debbie Macomber
Favorite Activities: Reading, knitting, jogging, eating
Cooperman, Jody
Gate Core 8 / Study Skills
Colleges Attended: Northeastern University (on a scholarship for woman’s ice hockey); Gallaudet University; CSUS; Chapman University
Years at Sutter: Since 2005
Favorite Drink: Double tall nonfat cappuccino
Favorite Sutter Memory: Watching my students sing Sweet Caroline at the Red Sox Game
Google Classroom: You must have a SCUSD email account to access this classroom. The class code is: hsz834l (after the 4 is the lowercase letter L)
Cortes, Robert
Math 7 / Math 8
Costanzo, Nicole
Science 8
Faeth, Gary
Physical Education
Colleges Attended: College of Redwoods (AA); CSU, Sacramento (BS)
Years at Sutter: Came to Sutter in 2005 (12 years and counting….)
Favorite Sports: golf, basketball, and football
Favorite Sutter Memory: Students vs Staff Basketball Game 2009. The staff was up by 2 points with a few seconds left. Ike Iroegbu drained a half court shot at the buzzer and the students were victorious! Everyone stormed the court with excitement. We don’t like to lose…but that was AMAZING!
Fajardo, AJ
Special Education / Language Emphasis / SDC
College attended: Sacramento State
Years at Sutter: 5
Favorite Hobbies: playing and coaching basketball and shopping.
Favorite Sutter Memory: winning in both volleyball and basketball games in the student versus staff games (2013-2014)!
Fong, Robert
Physical Education
Addiction: Golf
Favorite Sports Team: SF Giants fan for 51 years and counting!!
Love Traveling To: the Hawaiian Islands
Foreman, Peggyann
Special Education / RSP
College attended: Augusta State University, Augusta, GA
Years in Education: 19
Years at Sutter: Starting my third year at Sutter
Favorite Activities: Tennis, skiing, travel, gardening, sup-boarding, etc…
Favorite Sutter Memory: Going to Ashland with the sieves for the Shakespeare Festival Favorite Quote: “Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” -Martin Luther King Jr
Freer, Meritt
Science 7
College Attended: CSUS
Years at Sutter: starting 17th year
Favorite Sutter Memory: snowboarding with students back when we had our club
Most Embarrassing Moment: When my student burned popcorn in the microwave and it set off the fire alarm. The whole school had to line up on the grass during lunch. Also, the firemen came to my classroom ready to put out a fire in all their gear. I think they were annoyed with me.
Gaynor, Heidi
Math 7 & Math 7/8
College Attended: San Diego State University
Years in Education: Since 1999… do the math
Favorite App: MLB at Bat and Twitter
Favorite Sutter Memory: Twisted Sister performance at Air Rock
Gonzales, Jenny
Physical Education
College Attended: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Years at Sutter: Since Fall 2009
Favorite App: Nike+ Running
Favorite Sutter Memory: One of my favorite Sutter Memories is when the 8th grade girls Basketball team won the 2010 City Championship and while celebrating I announced to them that I was pregnant with my first child! I’ll never forget those girls. Also, I can’t deny that I LOVED being on stage during Air Rock 2013 as Liam from One Direction… “You don’t know you’re beautiful!”
Gorona, Heather
Math 8 / Math 8-1 / Math 2
Heckey, Kyle
Science 8 / Media Production / Crafts-Industrial Art
College Attended: Humboldt State University
Years at Sutter: 14
Favorite App: iMovie
Favorite Sutter Memory: During my first year at Sutter, I lined up my fourth period class for a fire drill when the city alarm rang on the last Friday of the month. The alarm occurred every month at the same time and some students were familiar with this and snickered when I was trying to get my class out of the building.
Henrikson, Elizabeth
Gate Core 7
College Attended: Whitworth University Years in Education: Since 1998
Favorite Exercise: Crossfit and Bikram Yoga
Favorite Boys: Mark, Cameron, and Andrew ❤️
Favorite Starbucks Drink: Trenta Peach Green Tea Lemonade with 2 pumps
Favorite Summer Memory: boogie boarding with my hubby and boys in Encinitas, CA
Most Adventurous Thing I’ve Ever Done: skydiving!
Herlehy, Gayle
Special Education / SED / SDC
College Attended: University of Guelph
Favorite Author: Lee Child
Favorite Sutter Memory: Graduation…after all their hard work!
Hopper, Larry
Core 8 / Study Skills
College Attended: Sac State (1 of many)
Years at Sutter: 6
Favorite Author: Steinbeck
Favorite Hobby: guitar
Favorite App: Remind 101
Karlovich, Vicki
Gate Science 8
College Attended: UC Berkeley
Favorite Sports Team: Kings!!!!
Favorite Activities: I love to travel and explore the outdoors.
Keller, Marissa
Core 7
Lee, Marc
Gate Science 7
College Attended: Graduate of UCSB (BS & M.Ed.)
Years at Sutter: 15+
Favorite Hobbies: fishing, traveling, & the great outdoors
Favorite Sutter Moment: Sharing my room with Mr. Rogers 20ft. python
Martin, Loni
Math 7 / Math 8
College Attended: CSUS
Years at Sutter: 9
Favorite App: Sudoku and Candy Crush
Miller, Katie
Gate Core 8 / Business Art
Colleges Attended: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and Sac State
Years at Sutter: 13
Favorite Hobbies: Traveling, Yoga and Fly Fishing
Favorite Sutter Memory: Teacher and Student Air Rock performances!!
Mitchell, Brian
Gate Core 8 / Creative Writing
College Attended: Sac State
Years at Sutter: 3 completed, starting my 4th year; 11 yrs in the district
Favorite App: Kiku apple is my favorite app.
Neuburger, Vince
Math 7
Noguchi, Marisa
Core 8 / Leadership / Study Skills
College Attended: UC San Diego
Years at Sutter: Since 2013
Favorite Sutter Memory: Teacher Air Rock
Favorite Activities: traveling, running, spin, boot camp, barre, & hiking
Favorite Sports Team: GO KINGS!
Norris, Claire
Gate Science 7 / MESA
College Attended: UC Davis
Favorite Sport: Gymnastics
Favorite Sutter Memory: winning the first Sac City Volleyball Championship
Olson, Janice
Math 7 / History 7
Colleges Attended: Undergraduate – University of Minnesota; Graduate – CSU Hayward
Years at Sutter: 12+
Favorite Band: Coldplay
Favorite App: Words with Friends
Favorite Activity: traveling with family Favorite TV Series: Downton Abbey
O’Hara, Sheilah
Gate Core 7 / Core 7
College Attended: California State University, East Bay
Years at Sutter: 13
Favorite Book: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Favorite Sutter Memory: In 2004 I participated in my first Sutter Rally: The students, teachers, and staff were so fired-up! The Sutter Miner spirit was contagious!
O’Neill, Kelly
Art
Colleges Attended: University of Washington
Years at Sutter: 15
Favorite App: Angry Birds
Favorite Sutter Memory: First San Francisco Art Field Trip. Completely magical day with awesome kids!
Peters, Jennifer
Gate Core 7
College Attended: University of California, Santa Cruz
Years at Sutter: Since 2004
Summer Reading: My Brilliant Friend, Wonder, The Glass Castle
Hobbies: Reading, cooking, eating, exercising, kayaking
Foreign Travel: Jamaica, Mexico, Indonesia, Fiji, France, Italy
USA Travel: Hawaii, Washington D.C. Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Florida, Maryland, Virginia
Favorite Sutter Memory: Air Rock! Specifically, James Eder dancing like Napoleon Dynamite and his wig falling off when he did a somersault!
Reeve, Kathy
Math 8-1 / Math 1
College Attended: Arizona State University
Years at Sutter: 14
Volunteer Activity: puppy raiser for CCI
Favorite Activities: spoiling grandkids and traveling
Scripa, Angela
Drama / Publications
College Attended: CSUS
Years at Sutter: 20 Years Teaching: 26
Favorite Drop In: Starbucks
Favorite Getaway: Monterey
Favorite Sutter Memory: Drama trips to San Francisco
Tammi, Jill
Gate Science 8
College Attended: Cal Berkeley
Years in Education: Since 1996
Favorite Sutter Memory: The very first teacher Air Rock show was sometime in the 90’s. We were the “Pretend Pretender’s” performing the song, “Middle of the Road.” Ms. Bovy was the lead singer and Mr. Heckey surprised us by sliding onto the stage on his knees to perform the harmonica solo. Awesome. We knew it would be a Sutter tradition right away.
Thomas, Jenny
Gate Science 7 / Science 7
College Attended: UC Davis
Hobbies: World travel, youth group
Favorite Sport: Soccer, attended 3 World Cups
Favorite Sutter Memory: Watching 140 of my students running, splashing, & playing at Ocean Beach, San Francisco
Tindell, Elizabeth
Special Education / RSP
Colleges Attended: Fresno State and Sac State
Favorite Sports Teams: The Sutter Cheerleaders and the SF Giants
Favorite Sutter Memory: Experiencing Air Rock for the first time
Favorite Activity: I love taking my boys to the Train Museum and Art Beast
Favorite Apps: Facebook
Tom, Elaine
Gate Core 7
Years at Sutter: 12
Snacks to Enjoy: Chocolate, Almonds, Ice Cream, and the top of a donut
Favorite Things to do: Imagine, Jog, Art Projects, and Read
Turner, Paula
Photography
Favorite Sport: Boxing and Raider’s Football
Favorite Author: Victor Villaseñor
Years at Sutter: 14 Years in Education: 19
Favorite Sutter Moment: Twisted Sister Air Rock!!
Favorite Food: ALL food; it’s the way to my heart❤️, but especially Mexican food, Indian food, and cupcakes from scratch
Valdez, Jane
Core 8
Valdez, Sandy
Core 8 / ELD
Vicari, Jane
Special Education / DHH
Colleges Attended: Chico State University and San Jose University
Years at Sutter: 9
Favorite App: Pinterest
Favorite Thing To Do: Go to the beach and watch the sunset
Wassum, Patricia
Band
Colleges Attended: CSU, Sacramento (Bachelor’s); University of South Carolina (Masters)
Years at Sutter: Since 2012
Favorite App: Pandora
Favorite Sutter Memory: the band concerts :)
Zarate, Andrea
Gate Core 7 / Leadership
Colleges Attended: Cosumnes River College, UC Davis and Sacramento State Teaching Since 1999
Favorite Sport: Soccer – have been playing since I was 4
Favorite Starbucks Drink: Caramel Light Frappucino with a chunk of caramel at the bottom – yummy!!
Favorite Weekend Activity: Spending time with my family and watching my two sons play soccer
Zasoski, Andrea
Core 7 / Math 7
College Attended: San Jose State
Years at Sutter: 10
Favorite Author: Jane Austen
Favorite Activities: tennis, shopping, and learning new languages