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✨ Manzanita Staff Favorites ✨

✨Kindergarten Teachers

Christy Goodell

Christine Fetzner

Christine Fetzner

🥤 Favorite Drink: Sparkling Water

🍿 Favorite Snacks: sweet & salty

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Starbucks, Target, & Trader Joes

🎨 Favorite Colors: blue

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: Seahawks, UofA, ASU, & Pitt

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Pine & Citrus
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Lavender

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Indoor plants, reading, walks, and traveling to see my college kids!

Christine Fetzner

Christine Fetzner

Christine Fetzner

🥤 Favorite Drink: Coffee, Waterloo seltzer, & Arnold Palmers 

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Pretzels, dark chocolate, or anything salty :)

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target

🎨 Favorite Colors: green & blues

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: Pittsburgh anything 

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Earthy, fall scents, or lavender
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Peony or Ranunculus

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Traveling to see family, reading, & baking 

Nicole Lise

Nicole Lise

Nicole Lise

🥤 Favorite Drink: Seltzers, Dr.Pepper, Iced Espresso 

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Salt and Vinegar chips, gummy candy, dark chocolate

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: TJ Maxx/Marshalls/Homegoods, & Amazon 

🎨 Favorite Colors: teal and purple

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: New York Yankees 

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Pumpkin and Vanilla
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Sunflowers

Sarah Sidi

Nicole Lise

Nicole Lise

 🥤 Favorite Drink: Soy latte

🍿 Favorite Snacks: salty

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Sprouts & Walmart

🎨 Favorite Colors: Yellow

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Citrus
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Daisies

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: reading, running, & rock climbing

✨First Grade Teachers

Melissa Landau

Melissa Landau

Melissa Landau

COMING SOON

Megan Winter

Melissa Landau

Melissa Landau

🥤 Favorite Drink: Cherry Coke

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Gardetto's, puffy Cheetos

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: no pork or shellfish

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target, & Amazon

🎨 Favorite Colors: bright yellow

🕯️ Favorite Scent: lemon/citrus, fresh scents
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: anything bright yellow

✨Second Grade Teachers

Kacie Casey

Kacie Casey

Kacie Casey

🥤 Favorite Drink: Starbucks

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Twizzlers or Pretzels

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target, Hobby Lobby, Amazon

🎨 Favorite Colors: purple

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Eucalyptus
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Peonies or succulents

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: yoga

Stacy Kraft

Kacie Casey

Kacie Casey

🥤 Favorite Drink: Vanilla latte, iced tea

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Pretzels, popcorn, chewy candies

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target, Loft, Lucky

🎨 Favorite Colors: Pink, teal, purple

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: U of A

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Vanilla, pumpkin
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Sunflowers 

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Hiking, shopping, family time 

✨Multiage Teachers

Angie Baser

Justine Guarrera

Justine Guarrera

🥤 Favorite Drink: Diet Coke

🍿 Favorite Snacks: kettle corn, Reese's peanut butter cups

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Amazon, Target

🎨 Favorite Colors: blue and pink

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: 49ers & Diamondbacks
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: petunias and impatients

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: playing with my frenchie, watching my daughter play volleyball

Justine Guarrera

Justine Guarrera

Justine Guarrera

🥤 Favorite Drink: Nonfat Iced Chai Tea Latte

🍿 Favorite Snacks: both sweet & salty

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Madewell

🎨 Favorite Colors: pink and lime green

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: U of A Wildcats
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: succulents

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: being with my family 

April Pollow

Justine Guarrera

April Pollow

COMING SOON!

✨Third Grade Teachers

Sarah Pifer

Amber Grilli

Amber Grilli

🥤 Favorite Drink: Waterloo or Rootbeer Ollipop or Almond milk Latte

🍿 Favorite Snacks: peanut m and m's, trail mix, smart pop

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Madewell, Target, Amazon, Stacks

🎨 Favorite Colors: Purple, Glitter

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: Raven Claw

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Lush- Shade
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Any flower

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Art, yoga, reading, hiking/camping

Amber Grilli

Amber Grilli

Amber Grilli

🥤 Favorite Drink: Bubbly Water, Pumpkin Spice Latte

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Dark Chocolate and jalapeno chips

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target, REI, Amazon

🎨 Favorite Colors: green

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: Boston Red Sox

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Balsam Fir, Pumpkin Spice
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Any succulent

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Running, traveling, time with family, hiking, camping

Kailey Sammons

Krista Westmoreland

Krista Westmoreland

🥤 Favorite Drink: Lemonade

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Khloud Sweet and Salty Popcorn, Chocolate chip cookies, anything lemon, Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos 

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target and Trader Joe's

🎨 Favorite Colors: yellow or pink

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: Denver Broncos & U of A

🕯️ Favorite Scent: lemon or sandalwood/teakwood for either
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Tulips, Hydrangeas, any house plant

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: HYoga, reading, gym, traveling

Krista Westmoreland

Krista Westmoreland

Krista Westmoreland

🥤 Favorite Drink: Unsweetened Ice Tea/Cold Coffees (lightly sweetened), or season Fall/Winter Hot Drinks Light sweetener

🍿 Favorite Snacks: both sweet & salty

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Lots of places, always love a surprise

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: University of Arizona

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Seasonal soy candle smells
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: All :-) 

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Traveling, family, R&R activities 

✨Fourth Grade Teachers

Cheryl Cook

Linda Deputy

Linda Deputy

🥤 Favorite Drink: coffee

🍿 Favorite Snacks: salty

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target and Amazon

🎨 Favorite Colors: green

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: U of A!

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Fruity scented candles (no scented lotion)
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Love all plants and flowers

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: journaling, journaling supplies

Linda Deputy

Linda Deputy

Linda Deputy

🥤 Favorite Drink: Coke Zero and Starbucks

🍿 Favorite Snacks: salty & sweet

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: strong scents are tough on my allergies

🛍️ Favorite Shops: everywhere :)  Marshalls, Target, anywhere

🎨 Favorite Colors: black/brown/gray

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: Vikings, and the Vikings, and Phoenix Suns
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: all

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: horseback riding and reading

Myke Hitchcock

Myke Hitchcock

Myke Hitchcock

🥤 Favorite Drink: Coffee, Coke Zero, Pepsi Zero

🍿 Favorite Snacks: both sweet and salty, Gluten Free though

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: Celiac Disease - no wheat

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target

🎨 Favorite Colors: purple and blue

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: WILDCATS!

🕯️ Favorite Scent: sweat
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: succulents, cactus

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Running, hiking, reading, biking

Tina Moricz

Myke Hitchcock

Myke Hitchcock

COMING SOON

✨Fifth Grade Teachers

Mike Allie

Laura Kupper

Laura Kupper

🥤 Favorite Drink: Alani 

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Skittles 

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: REI, Dick's Sporting Goods, Target 

🎨 Favorite Colors: pink and green

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: Arizona, Arsenal 

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Tropical (like coconut and sunscreen)  
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Something easy to take care of-succulents

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Running, soccer, cycling, photography 

Laura Kupper

Laura Kupper

Laura Kupper

🥤 Favorite Drink: Iced latte

🍿 Favorite Snacks: salty & sweet

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target and Amazon

🎨 Favorite Colors: black and white

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: Arizona Wildcats

🕯️ Favorite Scent: light- vanilla, coconuts
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: peonies


Julie Michel

Nicole Williams

Nicole Williams

🥤 Favorite Drink: Herbal tea (hot or cold)

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Chips, Reese's anything

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: No caffeine, or vanilla anything please

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Trader Joe's, Bookman's, Target

🎨 Favorite Colors: black and purple

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Herbal (rosemary, lavender, mint, eucalyptus, etc)
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Lavender, peonies

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Reading, cooking, going to movies

Nicole Williams

Nicole Williams

Nicole Williams

🥤 Favorite Drink: Sweet tea or Venti Brown sugar oatmilk shaken espresso with one splenda and whip (a mouthful I know!) 

🍿 Favorite Snacks: trail mix, BBQ or sour cream and chive chips

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Amazon and Target

🎨 Favorite Colors: Yellow, blue, and pink

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: Seattle Seahawks and anything UA

🕯️ Favorite Scent: sandalwoods. Not a fan of food smells (vanilla, warm cookie) as they make me want to eat!
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Things that I can plant in the ground that will survive in the desert.  Any fresh cut flowers.

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: I play Taiko Drums, travel, and run (ish).  I also like to see movies, plays, and visit art museums.

✨Office Staff

Maveny Marin

Sheri Rosquist

Sheri Rosquist

🥤 Favorite Drink: Iced green tea, unsweetened.

🍿 Favorite Snacks: mixed nuts

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Trader Joes

🎨 Favorite Colors: purple and yellow

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Citrus, mint
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: live plants

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Arts and Crafts

Sheri Rosquist

Sheri Rosquist

Sheri Rosquist

🥤 Favorite Drink: Coffee drinks with plant milk or iced green tea (no sweetener)

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Anything vegan

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: Vegan-no meat, no dairy, no eggs

🛍️ Favorite Shops: World Market, Michael's & Trader Joe's

🎨 Favorite Colors: purple & green

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: Team Manzanita :)

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Lavender
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Easy to grow plants, no flowers

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: paint, draw and crochet 

✨Spanish Teachers

Graciela Kumar

Bridgette Urtaza

Bridgette Urtaza

🥤 Favorite Drink: Unsweetened Iced Tea or Iced Coffee with Cream

🍿 Favorite Snacks:Dark Chocolate and  Plain Sea Salt Kettle Chips 

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a, don't like carmel

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target, Trader Joe's, Home Goods

🎨 Favorite Colors: yellow, navy blue and  earth tones

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: U of A

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Clean and Citrus
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Carnations, Sunflowers and Succulents

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Baking, Arts and Crafts

Bridgette Urtaza

Bridgette Urtaza

Bridgette Urtaza

🥤 Favorite Drink: coffee

🍿 Favorite Snacks: sweet & salty 

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target, Marshall's, Talbots

🎨 Favorite Colors: Earth tones (brown,beige, blue, green)

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: anything U of A, New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Light and fruity for both candles and lotion
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Anything pink colored

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: movies, romantic novels (Nicolas Sparks), meditation

✨Specialists

Christian Alcantara: Music

Christian Alcantara: Music

Christian Alcantara: Music

COMING SOON

Jesus Campa: PE

Christian Alcantara: Music

Christian Alcantara: Music

🥤 Favorite Drink: Body Armor

🍿 Favorite Snacks: sweet

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🎨 Favorite Colors: blue

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics, Arizona State University

🕯️ Favorite Scent: any
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: any plant

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Playing basketball, spending time with family

Devon Inglee: Art

Jocelyn Smerz: Robotics

Jocelyn Smerz: Robotics

🥤 Favorite Drink: Starbucks

🍿 Favorite Snacks: sweet and salty

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target, Trader Joe's, Amazon

🎨 Favorite Colors: all of them

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Pine, amber, woodsy stuff
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: Snake plants!

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: My dogs, riding my bike, live music, reading and making art 

Jocelyn Smerz: Robotics

Jocelyn Smerz: Robotics

Jocelyn Smerz: Robotics

🥤 Favorite Drink: Presta Teas

🍿 Favorite Snacks: sweet & salty

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Trader Joe's

🎨 Favorite Colors: all of them!

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: University of Arizona

🕯️ Favorite Scent: Warm earth scents
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: all the flowers

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Travel and reading

✨Counselors

Kit Heyser

Shea Flores

Shea Flores

🥤 Favorite Drink: Iced green tea or an iced shaken espresso with honey with non dairy milk

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Soley fruit Jerky, Hu creamy coconut dark chocolate bites 

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: Dairy, cane sugar, watermelon, barley, butternut squash, rosemary, cabbage, chicken, corn, grapefruit, lemon, sweet potato, reg. potato, scallions, tomato, tuna, no seed oils, canola oil, and vegetable oil 

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Loft, Target, Tractor Supply, AJ's, Whole Foods 

🎨 Favorite Colors: navy blue,  hot pink,  dark purple 

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: University of Arizona, Texas AM, Texas Christian U 

🕯️ Favorite Scent: anything stress relieving (no food smelling stuff)
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: succulents, sunflowers, lilies, and carnations  

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: horse back riding, reading, playing outside with my pup, nature, hanging with family. 

Shea Flores

Shea Flores

Shea Flores

Coming Soon

✨Other SUPER STAR STAFF MEMBERS

Rebecca Garcia: Read Strong

Julia Ratynski: Speech & Language Pathologist

Julia Ratynski: Speech & Language Pathologist

🥤 Favorite Drink: Coffee and bubbly water

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Salt and Vinegar Potato chips

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: Vegetarian

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Trader Joe's

🎨 Favorite Colors: green

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: Wildcat basketball

🕯️ Favorite Scent: lavender
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: succulents,  

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Gardening, hiking, family time

Julia Ratynski: Speech & Language Pathologist

Julia Ratynski: Speech & Language Pathologist

Julia Ratynski: Speech & Language Pathologist

🥤 Favorite Drink: Diet Coke

🍿 Favorite Snacks: Potato Chips, Chocolate Chip Cookies 

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Target

🎨 Favorite Colors: red and pink

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: University of Alabama anything (but mostly Football!) 

🕯️ Favorite Scent: vanilla
🪴 Favorite Flower or Plant: roses

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: Pickleball, Tennis, Golf and reading 

Melissa Walker: Special Education K, 2, 4, 5

Julia Ratynski: Speech & Language Pathologist

Melissa Walker: Special Education K, 2, 4, 5

🥤 Favorite Drink: Diet Coke

🍿 Favorite Snacks: both sweet & salty

📋 Do you have any food allergies, dietary restrictions: n/a

🛍️ Favorite Shops: Amazon, Target

🎨 Favorite Colors: purple 

🏟️ Favorite Sports Teams: LA Dodgers

✨ Hobbies or Interests outside of school: reading


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