JUSD Alumni Teachers: 5-10 years of service
The celebration of our incredible JUSD alumni teachers continues! ✨ This second installment of our three-part series features a high school instructional aide and two elementary teachers who have served our district for 5-10 years.
🐆 Candy Acosta
Current school site: Jurupa Valley High School
Subject: Instructional Aide
Years serving in JUSD: 6
JUSD schools attended: Mission Bell Elementary School, Mira Loma Middle School, and Jurupa Valley High School ('14).
"JUSD is special because many of us who were once students here choose to come back and give to our community."
👩🏫 Korina Díaz
Current school site: Pedley Elementary School
Subject: Dual Immersion Kindergarten
Years serving in JUSD: 7
JUSD schools attended: Pedley Elementary, Mira Loma Middle School, and Jurupa Valley High School ('08)
"My dream was always to become a teacher and teach in the District/School that I attended as a child. That dream came true! I am now working in the same elementary school I went to, Pedley Elementary, and I am working with one of my former teachers."
🐲 Katherine Gomez
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Current school site: West Riverside Elementary School
Subject: 1st grade
Years serving in JUSD: 8
JUSD schools attended: Rustic Lane Elementary School, Mission Middle School, Rubidoux High School, Patriot High School ('08)
"What I think is special about JUSD is the strong sense of family and belonging. As soon as I started teaching at West Riverside Elementary I felt it right away. I work with some of the people I went to school with and it makes it that much more welcoming."
Bloom where You are Planted, Part 1
JUSD Alumni Teachers: 30+ years of service
Here in JUSD, many of our incredible teachers and instructional staff were once Jurupa Unified students who now give back to the community that shaped them. To celebrate their unique contributions to our district, we are sharing a few of their inspiring stories in a three-part video series.
Part 1 features the following alumni teachers with 30+ years of service:
🐼 Lisa Cook
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Current school site: Peralta Elementary School
Subject: 4th grade
Years serving in JUSD: 31
JUSD schools attended: Pacific Avenue Elementary School, West Riverside Elementary School, Mission Middle School, and Rubidoux High School ('84)
"JUSD has a tradition of excellence going back a hundred-plus years. I worked at Glen Avon when we celebrated the school's hundred-year anniversary. I love that our schools have been such an important part of the Jurupa Valley community."
🐱 Toni Fletcher
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Current school site: Mira Loma Middle School
Subject: English Language Arts
Years serving in JUSD: 33
JUSD schools attended: Van Buren Elementary School, Jurupa Jr. High School, and Rubidoux High School ('84)
"JUSD has many great programs for both students and parents. In addition, it's refreshing that teachers have the ability to give instruction that allows them to use a variety of tools to teach."
🎵 Hector Sanchez
Current school site: Pacific Avenue Academy of Music
Subject: 5th grade
Years serving in JUSD: 30
JUSD schools attended: West Riverside Elementary School, Mission Middle School, and Rubidoux High School ('84)
"[JUSD] teachers are dedicated to their students and work incredibly hard every day. We've always risen to the cause and have faced and overcome many challenges over the years."
