Cholla Staff Information
Instructional Council/Department Chairs
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Counseling – Rashida Jeffery
C.T.E. – Tad Strickland
English – Jane Sult
Exceptional Education – Jerry Curley
Fine Arts – Sarah Perkins
Math – Melissa Hall
P.E. – Tony Gabusi
Science – Paula Bachman-William
Social Studies – Linda Santa Cruz
Special Programs – Steven Spiece,
Sky Saczko, Teresa Scruggs
 World Languages – Nour Jandali
o Disseminates school-wide
information to department
members
o Provides direction re:
curriculum maps, textbooks,
supplies, etc.
o Facilitates of department
meetings
Support Staff
 Learning Supports Coordinator – Dinora
Conwill
o Assists teachers with Positive
Behavior Intervention Systems
and Restorative Practices
o Facilitating restorative “lunchchats” and assisting with
excessive absences/tardies
 Drop-out Prevention – George Joe III
o Parent contact re: absences, low
credits, referrals to alternative
placements
 Community Relations – Isabel Valenzuela
o Home-School-Community
Liaison, Clothing bank, eye-glass
referrals, etc.
 Counseling
o Freshmen – Alexandra Tsosie
o Upperclassmen – Rashida Jeffery
& Ricardo Valdez
o Social Worker – Craig
Wunderlich
o Native American Advisor – Cathy
Polanco
o Mexican American Advisor –
Lindsay Lawson
o African American Advisor –
George Brown
o IB Coordinator – Natasha Conti
o College and Career Readiness
Counselor – Lupita Cabral
 Security Monitors
o Oscar Camacho, Ruth Daniel,
Brandon Evans, Maria Larra,
David Lemon, Raul Vega and
Bonnie Worthman
 Engineer – Larry Heath
 Food Service Manager – Gloria Otero
 Business Office Manager – Karla Kramer
Administration
 Principal – Frank Armenta
o Head of Administration/School
 Assistant Principal – Tara Bulleigh
o Instruction
o International Baccalaureate
o Technology
o Magnet
o Security
o Discipline:
 10th (A-L)
 11th (A-Z)
 Assistant Principal – Francisco Moraga
o Curriculum
o Counseling
o ELD
o Exceptional Education
o Discipline:
 10th (M-Z)
 12th (A-Z)
 Assistant Principal – Tariq Rasool
o Activities
o Facilities
o Athletics
o Freshmen Academy
o Discipline:
 9th (A-Z)
 Office Manager – Debby Stafford
(Armenta)
 Staff Assistant – Leslie Johnson
(Armenta)
 Administrative Assistants
o Marcia Pitman (Bulleigh)
o Lupita Rivera-Madrid (Moraga)
o Lily Krishniah (Rasool)
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Athletic Director – Peggy Baker
Athletic Trainer – Jenny Adams
Technology Service – Norma Leyva
Front Office Staff
o Registrar – Lee Pianka
o Registration/Attendance Techs –
Mary C. Gastellum, Mary I.
Gastellum
o OCR/ESL Tech – Margo Palma
Health Office
o Registered Nurse – Kathy Long
o LPN – Monica Valencia
o Health Assistant – Jenny Miles
Groundskeepers
o Marcus Aguilar & Martin Navarro
Custodial Staff
o Ralph Romero, Gabriel Cerezo,
Bill Lounsbury , Sandra Villalvaso,
Francisca Rodriguez, Lupita
Moreno, Benjamin Serrano,
Barbie DePalma, Hector
Valenzuela, Robert Soto
Media Specialist – Viola Watson
o Web page, Media presentations,
Marquee, ATI Test Scanning
(data), Copy Room, Public
Relations, GCC/Computer Labs
Academic Intervention Team (AIT)
o Dr. Debra Cunningham
(Curriculum, Instruction and
Assessment Coordinator),
Melissa Hall (Math
Interventionist), Peggy DeChecko
(Literacy Interventionist),
Andrew Walanski (Title 1
Specialist), Dinora Conwill (LSC),
Tara Bulleigh (Assistant Principal)
o Assists teachers with PLCs,
lesson plans, classroom
management, teaching
strategies, EEI, etc.