Electives

Overview

Electives Department

  • Art
  • Advanced Art
  • Advanced Band
  • Advanced Photography
  • Advanced Woodshop
  • Beginning Band
  • Business Art
  • Career Technical Education (CTE)
  • Computers
  • Creative Writing
  • Drama
  • Photography
  • Leadership
  • Math Games, Puzzles, & Logic
  • Media/Video Production
  • Spanish
  • Speech & Debate
  • Study Skills
  • Ukulele/Music
  • Woodshop
  • Yearbook
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Bovy, Diane
Math 7/8 ~ Math 8/1 ~ Spanish

College Attended: University of Arizona..go wildcats!
Years in Education: 
Favorite App: Tik Tok
Favorite Memory: AIR ROCK!

Diane-Bovy@scusd.edu
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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 in Education: 
Favorite Drink: Double tall nonfat cappuccino 
Favorite Memory: Watching my students sing Sweet Caroline at the Red Sox Game

Jody-Cooperman@scusd.edu
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Cortez, Cara
Art ~ Advanced Art

Cara-Cortez@scusd.edu
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Eselekhomhen, Kim
Core 8 ~ CTE 8

College Attended: Arizona State University

Years in Education: 24

Favorite Hobby: kayaking & gardening

Favorite Memory: Watching my former 6th grade student, Alejah Crump, petition for and found the Black Student Union.

Kim-Eselekhomhen@scusd.edu
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Fajardo, AJ
ELA 8 ~ History 8 ~ Yearbook

College attended: Sacramento State
Years in Education: Since 2013
Favorite Hobby: golf
Favorite Memory: Winning all the staff versus student games!

AJ-Fajardo@scusd.edu
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Gomez, Chris
History 8 ~ GATE History 8 ~ Media Production

College: Sac State
Years in Education: 
Hobbies:  GOLF! GOLF! GOLF!

Chris-Gomez@scusd.edu
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Heckey, Kyle
Woodshop ~ Advanced Woodshop

College Attended: Humboldt State University
Years in Education: 
Favorite App: iMovie
Favorite 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.

Kyle-Heckey@scusd.edu
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Hopper, Larry
History 7 ~ Business Art

College Attended: Sac State (1 of many)
Years in Education: 
Favorite Author: Steinbeck
Favorite Hobby: guitar
Favorite App: Remind 101

Larry-Hopper@scusd.edu
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Martin, Loni
Math 7 ~ Math Games, Puzzles, & Logic Elective

College Attended: CSUS
Years in Education: Since 1988
Favorite App: Play Nine and Quordle

Loni-Martin@scusd.edu
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McKinnon, Arcolar
Science 8 ~ CTE 7

Arcolar-McKinnon@scusd.edu
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Mitchell, Brian
ELA 8 ~ Creative Writing ~ Speech & Debate

College Attended: Sac State
Years in Education: 
Hobbies include: reading, woodworking, and being with my family.

Brian-Mitchell@scusd.edu
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Turner, Paula
History 8 ~ Intro Photography ~ Adv. Photography

Favorite Sport: Boxing
Favorite Author: Victor Villaseñor
Years in Education: 23
Favorite 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

Paula-Turner@scusd.edu
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Wassum, Patricia
Beg. Band ~ Adv. Band ~ Ukulele

Colleges Attended: CSU, Sacramento (Bachelor’s); University of South Carolina (Masters)
Years in Education:  
Favorite App: Pandora
Favorite Memory: the band concerts :)

Patricia-Wassum@scusd.edu
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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

Andrea-Guijarno-Zarate@scusd.edu
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