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Yolanda Alatorre
Spanish Community Liaison
yalatorre@ggusd.us
714-663-6344
Brian Alcaraz
Biology, Bio Health, Soccer
balcaraz@ggusd.us
Preston Aldous
Digital Photography & Film Studies
paldous@ggusd.us
Lucas Alexander
English Teacher
lalexander@ggusd.us
David Austin
Business Teacher
daustin@ggusd.us
Amy Avina
Principal
aavina@ggusd.net
Marc Azcona
Health & AP Psychology
mazcona@ggusd.us
Samantha Baksic
Spanish Teacher
sbaksic@ggusd.us
Alan Bui
Speech Pathologist
abui1@ggusd.us
Monica Bui
Attendance Clerk & Cheer Coach
Mbui1@ggusd.us
(714) 663-6344
Christina Burton
Science Teacher
cburton@ggusd.net
Grace Cao
Math Teacher
gcao@ggusd.us
Adrianna Cardoza
Secretary I
acardoza@ggusd.us
Laura Carroll
Science Teacher
lcarroll@ggusd.us
Jenny Chang
Assistant Principal (O-Z)
jchang2@ggusd.us
Sydney Chang
Office Clerk II
schang@ggusd.us
Mike Conlay
Math Teacher
mconlay@ggusd.us
Carrie Crowell
English Teacher
ccrowell@ggusd.us
Vi (Kimo) Dao
Vietnamese Teacher
vdao@ggusd.us
Blanca Davila
Guidance Clerk II
bdavila@ggusd.us
714-663-6375
Melissa Dela-Xiong
Teacher Librarian
mdela-xiong@ggusd.us
Jaime Dinh
English and AVID Teacher
jdinh1@ggusd.us
Stefan Dirghalli
Science Teacher
sdirghalli@ggusd.us
John Doles
Assistant Principal
jdoles@ggusd.us
Ken Elliott
English Teacher
kelliott@ggusd.us
Adriana Esquivel
Counselor (Gon - Lopez)
aesquivel@ggusd.us
(714) 663-6375
Tiffany Fang
Math Teacher/Athletic Director
tfang@ggusd.us
Jenna Farboud
Nurse
jfarboud@ggusd.us
Mau Figueroa
Bookstore Accounting Tech
ifigueroa@ggusd.us
714-663-6339
Beatriz Flores
Principal's Secretary
bflores@ggusd.us
Danielle Freeman
Math Teacher
dfreeman@ggusd.us
Carmel Gabriel
Dance Director, English Teacher
cgabriel@ggusd.us
Ervin Garcia
Teacher
egarcia4@ggusd.us
Nancy Garcia
M/S SPED Teacher
ngarcia@ggusd.us
David Garland
M/M Teacher, Athletic Director
dgarland@ggusd.us
Daniel Geil
Social Science Teacher
dgeil@ggusd.us
Greg Geil
English Teacher
ggeil@ggusd.us
Katherine Gomez
English & World History Teacher
kgomez@ggusd.us
Nicole Granat
M/M Teacher
ngranat@ggusd.us
Daisy Gutierrez
Counselor (Lu - Nguyen, J)
dgutierrez@ggusd.us
714-663-6375
Robert Ha
English Teacher
rha@ggusd.us
Shawn Hall
Math Teacher
shall@ggusd.us
Matt Henry
ELD Teacher
mhenry@ggusd.us
Oscar Jasso
Counselor (Tran,T - Z, AVID)
ojasso@ggusd.us
714-663-6375
Maricela Jauregui
Counselor (A - Gom)
mjauregui@ggusd.us
714-663-6375
Daisy Jimenez
Health Aide
djimenez3@ggusd.us
714-663-6375
E. Jiménez
Spanish Teacher
ejimenez@ggusd.us
Kyle Johnston
English & Drama Teacher
kjohnston@ggusd.us
Eric Kawahara
Teacher
ekawahara@ggusd.us
Jeff Kikawa
Spanish Teacher
jkikawa@ggusd.us
Matt Koch
M/M Teacher
mkoch@ggusd.us
Lawrence Lai
AP Chemistry, Chemistry Teacher; Science Dept. Co-Chair
llai@ggusd.us
Phuong Lam
Science Teacher
plam@ggusd.us
Amanda LaPera
English Teacher & Club Advisor
alapera@ggusd.us
Anh Le
Bookstore Clerk
ale6@ggusd.us
714-663-6339
Young Lee
Science/Business Teacher
ylee@ggusd.us
Nancy Logue
Registrar
nlogue@ggusd.us
714-663-6375
Patricia Lopez-Bates
Health Aide
plopez-bates@ggusd.us
Chelsea Louis
ELD Teacher
clouis@ggusd.us
Debra Lowry
Science Teacher
dlowry@ggusd.us
Darlene Machacon
Choral, Piano, AP Music Theory Teacher
dmachacon@ggusd.us
Ben Mai
Vietnamese Teacher
bmai@ggusd.us
Trang Mai
Visual Arts Teacher
tmai@ggusd.us
Juan Mendez
Mental Health Specialist
jmendez@ggusd.us
Jill Mirsch
English Teacher
jmirsch@ggusd.us
John Moore
Economics Teacher
jmoore1@ggusd.us
Jeff Nadeau
Social Science Teacher
jnadeau@ggusd.us
Steven Navarro
Science Teacher
snavarro1@ggusd.us
Kim Ngo
Math Teacher
kngo@ggusd.us
Carrie-Chau Nguyen
School Office Clerk
cnguyen9@ggusd.us
Heidi Nguyen
Teacher
hnguyen13@ggusd.us
Leon Nguyen
Vietnamese Teacher
lnguyen@ggusd.us
Luong Nguyen
Math Teacher
lnguyen7@ggusd.us
Terry Nguyen
Teacher
tnguyen19@ggusd.us
Peter Parcell
English Teacher
pparcell@ggusd.us
Lisa Park
English Teacher
lpark@ggusd.us
Nakul Poredi
Math Teacher
nporedi@ggusd.us
Wendy Rhinehart
Assistant Principal (A-K)
wrhinehart@ggusd.us
Mayra Rivera Montelongo
World Language Teacher
mrivera1@ggusd.us
Jason Rodewald
PE Teacher
jrodewald@ggusd.us
Michelle Rose
English Teacher
mrose@ggusd.us
Jenine Rumble
Business Teacher
jrumble@ggusd.us
Lou Rumble
Teacher
lrumble@ggusd.us
Nick Ruzzi
Business Teacher
nruzzi@ggusd.us
Naadiya Salihue
School Counselor (Phan - Tran, S)
fsalihue@ggusd.us
714-663-6375
Mark Sanchez
History Teacher
msanchez@ggusd.us
Betty Sarkis
French Teacher
bsarkis@ggusd.us
Julie Scheppele
Teacher
jscheppele@ggusd.us
Eric Schwenck
M/M Teacher
eschwenck@ggusd.us
Kilene Short
School Social Worker
kshort@ggusd.us
Tina Shum
Math Teacher
tshum@ggusd.us
Diane Smith
Activities and Athletics Secretary
dsmith@ggusd.us
Cork Snider
Math teacher
csnider@ggusd.us
Matt Snodgrass
M/M Teacher
msnodgrass@ggusd.us
Natalie Soto
Project Kinship
n.soto@ggusd.us
James Stewart
Social Science Teacher
jstewart@ggusd.us
Matt Swaney
Physics Teacher
mswaney@ggusd.us
Annie Ta
Visual Arts Teacher
ata@ggusd.us
Jodie To
Vietnamese Community Liaison
jto@ggusd.us
714-663-6344
Sarahi Torres
Psychologist
storres@ggusd.us
Ann Tran
Vietnamese Community Liaison
atran4@ggusd.us
714-663-6344
Bryan Tran
Social Science Teacher / Boys Varsity Tennis Coach
btran@ggusd.us
Patricia Tran
Counselor (Nguyen, K - Pham)
ptran2@ggusd.us
714-663-6375
Robert Tucciarone
Math Teacher
rtucciarone@ggusd.us
Kelly Uehara
M/S Teacher
kuehara@ggusd.us
Dionne Veselko
English Teacher
dveselko@ggusd.us
Eddie Viramontes
Special Ed. Teacher and Cheer Coach
eviramontes@ggusd.us
Johnathan Vu
Psychologist
jvu@ggusd.us
Quynh Wagoner
English Teacher
qwagoner@ggusd.us
Scott Wells
AP World History Teacher
swells@ggusd.us
Laura Westphal
Physical Education Teacher
lwestphal@ggusd.us
Anya Worthy
History Teacher
aworthy@ggusd.us
Gina Zahm
Visual Arts Teacher
gzahm@ggusd.us
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