Mindy White

Degree: Interdisciplinary Studies:  Spanish, Psychology, Media Arts
Bilingual Certification- English/Spanish, University of Arizona

Graduate Studies:  Educational Psychology, Education

I have been in the educational field for 24 years.

Levels taught: Kindergarten, High School

Amanda Wolfe

Registrar
8 years

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Joy Barr

Transitional Services Coordinator
Bachelor’s Degree in Business specifically Management.
Arizona Department of Education certification in Adult Education.
I have 22 years experience in education including secondary and post-secondary. 

Dave Monson

Security/Discipline

I've been with Presidio for 8 years. Before Presidio, I was working in social services as a group home coordinator for mentally disabled adults and children for 4-5 years.

I'm now an official Brownie troop leader and proud of it! I should get an award for being an awesome dad and loving husband but no one has nominated me yet.

"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."
Malcom X

Erin Foudy

Security/Discipline

Taught 3rd grade math and reading
Recieved BA in Anthropology from the University of Arizona

Scott Duerstock

Exceptional Student Services
Tae Kwon Do Coach
B.A. Communications; Majors: Advertising, Public Relations Minor: Art & Design.
M.S. Anthropology
M.Ed. Special Education (in progress)
Black Belts in Tae Kwon Do & Hapkido.
Arizona Teaching Certificate :
Special Education, Gifted Education

I have taught at the university level for four years and at Presidio for eight years.

Joe Roos

Office Manager

Christine Moore

Attendance Coordinator            

Jack Lanning

Computer Operations and Network Administrator.
B.S. Plastics Engineering
I've worked directly in the computers field since 1995, indirectly from 1978.
This is my 7th year employed at Presidio.

Hypothesis: All electronic devices run on pressurized encapsulated blue smoke.
Empirical proof: If one lets enough blue smoke out of said electronic device, it will cease to function!

Molly Rogers

I earned a BS in Mathematics from Northern Arizona University in 1996 and then completed the requirements for my Arizona Teaching Certificate in 1998. I have been teaching High School Math for 9 years. This is my 8th year teaching at Presidio.

Shannon Mier

5-8 Social Studies, 7-8 Language Arts, Middle School and High School Basketball Coach
B.A. in Anthropology from The University of Virginia, 3 years teaching
Once received a mug that said "World's Best Teacher." I'm not sure if that was an official award or just an informal thing, but I stand by it.

"If the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, education is to be the chief instrument in effecting it." - Thomas Jefferson, founder of the University of Virginia.

Jim Sipchen

Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education and Rehabilitation.
Specialized Field of Study: Deaf Studies
I have been working for Presidio for 7 years.
Current position: Full-Time in-house substitute teacher/Part-time ASL Instructor
Certification: Substitute Teacher Certification issued by State of Arizona

Angela Jurado

I have a bachelor’s degree in History and Government and have completed master level courses in the fields of Education, ESL and Spanish.  My fields of study are History, Government, Spanish, ESL and Education.  I have 18 years of educational experience; 16 years have been spent in classroom teaching and 2 years have been spent as a Special Education advocate.  I am bilingual (English/Spanish).

Emily Whittington

7th & 8th Mathematics, K-8 Dance, HS Cheerleading

4 years teaching experience, B.A. with Honors in Physics, Austin College, 1997, M.A. Education, University of Phoenix, 2007, Arizona Certification, 2006

Marcia M. Wagner

I passed the paraprofessional state exam in 2000 and I have 25 years of teaching experience.

Paul Hudelson

I earned a BA in English Literature (minor in philosophy) from the University of Arizona in 1988, and I earned a MA in English Literature in 1991. I have taught High School mathematics five years.

Carrie Farnsworth

B.S. Elementary Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education.
Librarian
B.S. Elementary Education with an Emphasis in Early Childhood Education
M.A. Information Resources and Library Science
Arizona Teaching Certificate with endorsements in Early Childhood Education and Library Media Specialist
10 years of teaching experience.

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." ~Jorge Luis Borges

Hillary Dummer

Head of the Math Department-
teacher middle and high school math
B. S. in Food Science and M. S. in Agriculture, specializing in Food Science and Nutrition, both from Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo.

This is my 8th year teaching.

Vaughn Mantor

Teaches Physics, Chemistry, Integrated Laboratory, Forensics, Science.
BS in Chemistry and Math Ed., MS in Computer and Information Science, Sixteen years teaching experience.

"It is easier to be wise for others than for oneself." Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld.

Scott Knight

Teacher

Catherine Engle

I have an Associates degree. My field of study is elementary education and I have been in the education field for 2 years.

Lisa Corkill

I received my Bachelor of Arts with a major in Political Science and a minor in history from the University of Arizona in 1997. I have certification in U.S. Government/Political Science. I am currently attending the University of Phoenix for my Master’s in Education. This is my fourth year teaching.

Jillian Mathews

I have taught Kindergarten, 1st grade and 6th grade Social Studies. I have a bacholer's in Business Management and a Master's in Education. This is my fourth year teaching. I love teaching 1st grade.

My favorite quote by Harry Wong is "You can teach a lesson for a day, but if you teach curiosity, you teach for a lifetime."

Dana Severance

I am a TA and Tech at Presidio. This is my second year.

"Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality." - George Santayana

Mateo Cimadevilla

I have worked as a TA at Presidio since 2005, primarily with K-3 classes. This year, I am working in the library.

Heidi Giles

I teach freshman/sophomore reading and junior/senior language arts I earned a BA in English literature (with minors in music and Spanish) at the University of Arizona in May 2007. This is my first year teaching.

“To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.” –Edmund Burke

Bob Williamson

My Degrees are BS Geology 1988 (U of A), MS in Economic Geology 1993 (U of A),  MBA 2000 (U. of Phoenix).
I have been teaching for 5 years.

Eric Knight

Eric Knight teaches Language Arts for grades 7-9. He has a degree from the University of Arizona in Creative Writing and is in the second half of his first year of teaching (after a 14-year hiatus!). Awards and recognition have been slow in coming but doubtless many await just beyond the horizon. Until then he is content to labor in obscurity.

Barbara Buchanan

I have my degree in elementary education K-8, my minor is in Native American studies. I have been a 2nd grade teacher for 4 years, prior to that I taught Braille and supported children with visual impairments in grades K-12 in the Marana school district.

Susan Cohn

Received her BA from City University of New York, York College, majoring in anthropology.

She received her highly qualified certification 7 years ago in New Jersey, where she taught computer technology in Kindergarten through fourth grade.

She is now highly qualified and certified in Arizona and is here at Presidio for a second year with her third grade class, The Roadrunners.

Areli Ocasio

I have been a musician for 20 years and
worked as a Spanish translator at an elementary school. I work as a teacher's assistant for the Caterpillars. This is my second year at Presidio High School.

Kendra Godfrey

I majored in journalism and minored in philosophy at Sam Houston State University in Texas. I have also completed master level courses in counseling. My certificates include elementary education and secondary English. Currently, I teach high school and middle school English as well as journalism. This is my fourth year as an educator.

Alissa Nichols

    Alissa Nichols graduated cum laude from University of Nebraska-Omaha with a degree in Secondary Education with emphases in journalism and English. She taught sophomore honors English for two years in Omaha before moving to Tucson in 2005. She has been the junior high reading teacher for three years at Presidio; this is her first year teaching high school reading AIMS.

Deborah Cannon

This is my first year teaching at Presidio. I have taught for 4 years. I have my teacher certification in elementary. I have a Bachelors Degree from Prescott College. My passion is teaching young students the joy of reading.

Kim Petrikowski

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a focus in Child Development Kindergarten
Twelve years experience teaching/assisting with kindergarten, preschool, and visually impaired children
National and College Deans Lists, Graduated with high honors,
Member of three Honor Societies, NAEYC Member.
Current Kindergarten teacher.

"The greatest gift you can give a child is your time."

James Nabham

Academic Lab

Debbie Bianco

BSBA

Owner/Director (18 yrs) of the Bianco Theatre Company, a children/teen theater troupe that rehearses and performs at the Gaslight Theater.

Former substitute teacher at Desert Springs Academy.

Current Presidio Kindergarten teacher.

Jessika Faires

2nd Grade T.A.