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Colleges Attended: Sac State &
Middlebury College Years in Education: 5 years! I’ve
taught in France and the US. Hobbies include: running, tennis,
hiking, and listening to One Direction (best band ever) Niche interest: movie scores and
screenwriting
College attended: Arizona State
University Years in Education: Since 1998 Favorite Hobbies: kayaking ,
pottery, gardening, travel Favorite Starbucks Drink: Caramel
Macchiato, and Pumpkin Spice Latte of course!
Colleges Attended: College of Redwoods
(AA); CSU, Sacramento (BS) Years in Education: Favorite Sports: golf, basketball, and
football Favorite 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: Augusta State
University, Augusta, GA Years in
Education: 23 Favorite Activities: Gardening,
tennis, skiing, & traveling Favorite Memory: End
of the year Six Flags trip
College Attended: CSUS Years in Education: Favorite 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…
you can do the math! Favorite Starbucks Drinks: green
tea lemonade or vanilla latte
Favorite Activities: cycling and
traveling Favorite Memories: playing
Survival of the Fittest and Miner Quest with my students; Twisted
Sister Air Rock performance
Favorite Memory: Air Rocks of
course! Over the years the teachers and staff have put on
some fabulous performances. My top three favorites are 2018
Stranger Things “Ghostbusters”, 2022 Superbowl Hip Hop Mash Up,
and the 2023 tribute to Urbie the Miner “Holding Out for a
Hero”. Check out the website link on the PE Department Page
to see some fun photos!
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.
Colleges Attended: Sacramento City
College (AA); Cal Poly S.L.O.(BS) Years in Education: Bet You Didn’t Know: I played
college football (linebacker) and I am a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Black Belt. Favorite Sports: Golf, MMA, and
Football
College Attended: Graduate of UCSB (BS
& M.Ed.) Years in Education: 20+ Favorite Hobbies: fishing, traveling, &
the great outdoors Favorite Moment: Sharing my room with
Mr. Rogers 20ft. python
College Attended: San Diego State Years in Education: Favorite Memory: Track season in 2019, the
electric team finish at the City Championship meet. The
enthusiasm from the team and fans as the three 4 x 400 teams from
our school finished neck and neck. An exhilarating
finish everyone in attendance will remember.
Favorite activities: Paddle Boarding at
Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe, and exercise of any kind
College Attended: UC San Diego Years in Education: 11 Favorite Memory: Air
Rock Favorite Activities: traveling,
running, reading & hiking Favorite Sports Team: LIGHT THE BEAM!
College Attended: California State
University, East Bay Years in Education: Favorite Book: Gone With the Wind by
Margaret Mitchell Favorite Memory: In 2004 I
participated in my first middle school Rally as a teacher:
The students, teachers, and staff were so fired-up! The school
spirit was contagious!
College Attended: University of
California, Santa Cruz Years in Education: Since 2004 Hobbies: SUPing, reading,
cooking, eating, exercising, kayaking, hiking, and
traveling Favorite Memory: Air Rock!
Specifically, Mr. Eder dancing like Napoleon Dynamite and his wig
falling off when he did a somersault!
Colleges Attended: Cal Poly, San Luis
Obispo and Sac State Years in Education: Favorite Hobbies: Traveling, Yoga
and Fly Fishing Favorite Memory: Teacher
andStudent Air Rock performances!!
College Attended: UC Davis Years in Education: 13 Favorite Hobbies: reading, traveling,
walking my dogs, working out, hosting friends and family, eating
good food
College Attended: Cal Berkeley Years in Education: Since 1996 Favorite 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 yearly tradition right away.
College Attended: UC Davis Hobbies: World travel, youth group Favorite Sport: Soccer, attended 3
World Cups Favorite Memory: Watching 140 of my
students running, splashing, & playing at Ocean Beach, San
Francisco
Colleges Attended: Fresno State
and Sac State Years in Education: Since 2004… you
can do the math!
Favorite Sports Teams: The Miwok
Middle (formally Sutter) Cheerleaders and the SF
Giants Favorite Memory: Experiencing Air Rock
for the first time Favorite Activity: Traveling with
my family Favorite App: Facebook
Years in Education: 23 Favorite Author: Victor Villaseñor Favorite Sport: Boxing 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
Colleges Attended: Chico State
University and San Jose University Years in Education: 24 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 in Education: 23 Favorite App: Pandora Favorite Memory: the Miwok Music
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
College Attended: San Jose
State Years in Education: Since 1999 Favorite Author: Jane Austen Favorite
Activities: tennis, shopping, and
learning new languages
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Ashat, Loveleen
Science 7 ~ Science 8
Bianchi, Angela
Physical Education
Bovy, Diane
Math 8/1 ~ Spanish
College Attended: University of Arizona..go wildcats!
Years in Education:
Favorite App: Tik Tok
Favorite Memory: AIR ROCK!
Broderick, Rosie
Adv Core 8 ~ Core 8 ~ French
Colleges Attended: Sac State & Middlebury College
Years in Education: 5 years! I’ve taught in France and the US.
Hobbies include: running, tennis, hiking, and listening to One Direction (best band ever)
Niche interest: movie scores and screenwriting
Cortez, Cara
Art ~ Adv Art
College Attended: UC Davis
Years in Education: 9
Favorite Activities: painting, drawing, reading, listening to music, and spending time with my family
Eselekhomhen, Kim
Adv Core 8 ~ Core 8 ~ CTE 8
College attended: Arizona State University
Years in Education: Since 1998
Favorite Hobbies: kayaking , pottery, gardening, travel
Favorite Starbucks Drink: Caramel Macchiato, and Pumpkin Spice Latte of course!
Faeth, Gary
Physical Education
Colleges Attended: College of Redwoods (AA); CSU, Sacramento (BS)
Years in Education:
Favorite Sports: golf, basketball, and football
Favorite 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
History 8 ~ Yearbook
College attended: Sacramento State
Years in Education: Since 2013
Favorite Hobby: golf
Favorite Memory: Winning all the staff versus student games!
Fajardo, Kathryn
SDC Language Emphasis
Foreman, Peggyann
RSP History
College attended: Augusta State University, Augusta, GA
Years in Education: 23
Favorite Activities: Gardening, tennis, skiing, & traveling
Favorite Memory: End of the year Six Flags trip
Freer, Meritt
Science 7
College Attended: CSUS
Years in Education:
Favorite 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 7/8
College Attended: San Diego State University
Years in Education: Since 1999… you can do the math!
Favorite Starbucks Drinks: green tea lemonade or vanilla latte
Favorite Activities: cycling and traveling
Favorite Memories: playing Survival of the Fittest and Miner Quest with my students; Twisted Sister Air Rock performance
Gomez, Chris
Adv History 8 ~ Media Production
College attended: Sac State
Years in Education:
Hobby: GOLF! GOLF! GOLF!
Gonzales, Jenny
Physical Education
College Attended: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Years in Education: Since 2005
Favorite Memory: Air Rocks of course! Over the years the teachers and staff have put on some fabulous performances. My top three favorites are 2018 Stranger Things “Ghostbusters”, 2022 Superbowl Hip Hop Mash Up, and the 2023 tribute to Urbie the Miner “Holding Out for a Hero”. Check out the website link on the PE Department Page to see some fun photos!
Heckey, Kyle
Woodshop ~ 3-D Modeling
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.
Heeren, Ben
Math 7 ~ Math 8
Henning, Michelle
Physical Education
Henrikson, Elizabeth
Adv Core 7
College Attended: Whitworth University
Years in Education: Since 1998
TV show that always makes me laugh: Friends
Favorite Hobbies: Playing the piano, working out, walking my dogs
Foods You’ll Never Catch Me Eating: Mayonnaise and seafood
Favorite Starbucks Drink: Peach Green Tea Lemonade
Favorite Summer Activities: Anything outdoors! Boogie boarding, camping, paddle boarding, hiking…
Most Adventurous Thing I’ve Ever Done: skydiving!
Hopper, Larry
History 7
College Attended: Sac State (1 of many)
Years in Education:
Favorite Author: Steinbeck
Favorite Hobby: guitar
Favorite App: Remind 101
Latino, Christopher
Physical Education
Colleges Attended: Sacramento City College (AA); Cal Poly S.L.O.(BS)
Years in Education:
Bet You Didn’t Know: I played college football (linebacker) and I am a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt.
Favorite Sports: Golf, MMA, and Football
Lee, Marc
Adv Science 7
College Attended: Graduate of UCSB (BS & M.Ed.)
Years in Education: 20+
Favorite Hobbies: fishing, traveling, & the great outdoors
Favorite Moment: Sharing my room with Mr. Rogers 20ft. python
Martin, Loni
Math 7 ~ Math Games, Puzzles, & Logic Elective
College Attended: CSUS
Years in Education: Since 1988
Favorite Apps: Play Nine and Quordle
McKinnon, Arcolar
Adv Science 8 ~ CTE 7 ~ Robotics
Mitchell, Brian
Adv Core 8 ~ Speech & Debate
College Attended: Sac State
Years in Education:
Hobbies include: reading, woodworking, and being with my family.
Miyamoto, Amy
Math 8 ~ Math 8/1
Moreno, Bryan
Physical Education
College Attended: San Diego State
Years in Education:
Favorite Memory: Track season in 2019, the electric team finish at the City Championship meet. The enthusiasm from the team and fans as the three 4 x 400 teams from our school finished neck and neck. An exhilarating finish everyone in attendance will remember.
Favorite activities: Paddle Boarding at Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe, and exercise of any kind
Noguchi, Marisa
Math 8 ~ Math 7/8
College Attended: UC San Diego
Years in Education: 11
Favorite Memory: Air Rock
Favorite Activities: traveling, running, reading & hiking
Favorite Sports Team: LIGHT THE BEAM!
Norris, Claire
Adv Science 7 ~ Psychology
College Attended: UC Davis
Favorite Sport: Gymnastics
Favorite Memory: winning the first Sac City Volleyball Championship
O’Hara, Sheilah
Core 7
College Attended: California State University, East Bay
Years in Education:
Favorite Book: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Favorite Memory: In 2004 I participated in my first middle school Rally as a teacher: The students, teachers, and staff were so fired-up! The school spirit was contagious!
Ota, Melanie
Adv Core 8 ~ Leadership
Perra, Amanda
RSP ELA
Peters, Jennifer
Adv Core 7
College Attended: University of California, Santa Cruz
Years in Education: Since 2004
Hobbies: SUPing, reading, cooking, eating, exercising, kayaking, hiking, and traveling
Favorite Memory: Air Rock! Specifically, Mr. Eder dancing like Napoleon Dynamite and his wig falling off when he did a somersault!
Poole, Katie
Adv Core 8
Colleges Attended: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and Sac State
Years in Education:
Favorite Hobbies: Traveling, Yoga and Fly Fishing
Favorite Memory: Teacher and Student Air Rock performances!!
Robinson, Anda
ELA 8 ~ Adv ELA 8 ~ Study Skills
College Attended: UC Davis
Years in Education: 13
Favorite Hobbies: reading, traveling, walking my dogs, working out, hosting friends and family, eating good food
Roome, Joshua
Science 8 ~ Adv Science 8
Sasser, Brooke
Core 8
Tammi, Jill
Science 8 ~ Adv Science 8
College Attended: Cal Berkeley
Years in Education: Since 1996
Favorite 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 yearly tradition right away.
Thomas, Jenny
Science 8 ~ Adv Science 8
College Attended: UC Davis
Hobbies: World travel, youth group
Favorite Sport: Soccer, attended 3 World Cups
Favorite Memory: Watching 140 of my students running, splashing, & playing at Ocean Beach, San Francisco
Tindell, Elizabeth
RSP Math
Colleges Attended: Fresno State and Sac State
Years in Education: Since 2004… you can do the math!
Favorite Sports Teams: The Miwok Middle (formally Sutter) Cheerleaders and the SF Giants
Favorite Memory: Experiencing Air Rock for the first time
Favorite Activity: Traveling with my family
Favorite App: Facebook
Tom, Elaine
Adv Core 7 ~ ELA 7
Years in Education:
Snacks to Enjoy: Chocolate, Almonds, Ice Cream, and the top of a donut
Favorite Things to do: Imagine, Jog, Art Projects, and Read
Trost, Ya’ara
Math 7 ~ Math 2+
Turner, Paula
History 8 ~ Intro Photography ~ Adv Photography
Years in Education: 23
Favorite Author: Victor Villaseñor
Favorite Sport: Boxing
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
Vicari, Jane
Special Education ~ Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH)
Colleges Attended: Chico State University and San Jose University
Years in Education: 24
Favorite App: Pinterest
Favorite Thing To Do: Go to the beach and watch the sunset
Wassum, Patricia
Beg. Band ~ Adv. Band ~ Ukulele ~ Beg. Orchestra
Colleges Attended: CSU, Sacramento (Bachelor’s); University of South Carolina (Masters)
Years in Education: 23
Favorite App: Pandora
Favorite Memory: the Miwok Music concerts:-)
Yagi, Lauren
SDC
Zarate, Andrea
Adv 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
Math 7/8 ~ Math 8/1
College Attended: San Jose State
Years in Education: Since 1999
Favorite Author: Jane Austen
Favorite Activities: tennis, shopping, and learning new languages