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Front Office Staff

Our wonderful Front Office staff is always available to assist. Our Front Office staff even includes family members of our namesake Alicia Sanchez. All members have years of experience with elementary students.

Interventionists

Reading Recovery

Terry and Karen are reading specialists that work with all students in intensive reading instruction. Both are very experienced teachers in Boulder Valley Schools.

Literacy Specialists

Stacey Mandel

I graduated from the University of Colorado, MA in Education; National Board Certified in Literacy I love sharing the "a-ha!" moments with children when they discover something new(especially about reading I love spending time with my family.

I have a 1 year old nephew who is already fascinated by books and smiles all the time. Other family members include my parents, brother, sister-in-law, and all the family dogs. The highest compliment you can get in my family is to be called "a good dog."

I love running, hiking and spending lots of time outside. My inside hobbies are reading and cooking.

E.S.L.

Christy Bouldin

My name is Christy Bouldin and I feel very lucky to be teaching at Sanchez. What we do here for kids is amazing! The teacher collaboration, climate, and the students make me enjoy coming to school each day. I can’t imagine doing anything else as a career. As a person who needs to stay busy, teaching keeps me motivated and happy. This is my 13^th year of teaching in the primary grades and teaching English and Reading are my passion.

I am fortunate to live in two places every year. My fiancé and I are building a cabin in the woods on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. We spend long summer days fishing for salmon and halibut, dodging moose on the trails, and listening to loons on the lake. We both love Colorado, as Alaskan winters are long, and commit to the sunnier days here during most of the year.

I am looking forward to my wedding in August here in Colorado. Alaska was a little far for guests to attend, so we chose something a little more convenient for traveling!

My southern accent will tell you that I’m not a Colorado native. I was born and raised in a small Virginia town where you knew practically everyone. My parents and brother still reside there. After I graduated from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA I made a big move to the wide open spaces of Jackson Hole, WY and fell in love with the mountains. I won’t go back home! My free time is spent hiking, fishing, skiing, walking my dog, reading and enjoying the mountain air. I love the lifestyle here and it makes me a better person.

Eda Leptich

Eda has four different endorsements: Preschool, Elementary Ed., Special Ed. and E.S.L. Besides loving the outdoors Eda is an avid distance runner. She is Mom to three kids that all attended B.V.S.D. schools.

Corby Connolly

Corby is an expert in E.S.L. and is a professor at Regis university. She also developed her own E.S.L. system called Volando and uses it with our students. Corby has a beautiful daughter and family in Mexico.

Math Coaches

Our math specialists work with our students for interventions as well as enrichment. Our math specialists are Paige Wild and Jess Evans.

Paige Wild

Jess Evans
I graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder (both for undergrad and Master’s degrees.
I love that every day is different and exciting things happen all the time. I love when learning is the result of kids persevering through challenges and supporting each other.
At home I have a husband and a dog. I love to bake, read, and travel. I also like being active, especially running, biking, and skiing.

Special Education

Erin Brennan

I attended the Univ. of Northern Colorado where I received a bachelors and the Univ. of New Mexico for my Masters. I am a National Board Certified Teacher.

I enjoy the amazing students and incredible Sanchez staff.

I love having fun being a grandma as well as beekeeping, hiking, tennis, snowshoeing, art and movies.

Carol Campbell

Day Treatment

We have both a k-2 Day Treatment staff as well as a 3-5 Day Treatment program. Our teachers are Heather Pecic and Susan Lee and Luann Sosa, Mandy Ambrosio and Samantha Villanueva are our Day Treatment Paras.

Heather Pecic

I graduated from with my Bachelors from Auburn Iniversity in 1998 and a Masters in Education in 1999. I received my MA from the University of Colorado in 2010.

I love figuring out the ways to make children succeed. I really love being creative and thinking outside the box to get success!

I grew up in Florida with my family and will never go back because the skiing is really bad there!

I love to garden, ski, knit, and have quiet time!

Luann Sosa

I started working as a Para in 2003. I've been a Day Treatment Para since 2005. I'm married, and have two daughters.

Instructional Paras

Frances Staubitz

Jasmine Romo

I went to school at UNC. I like the chance to make a positive impact on the lives of little people. I have a wonderful life with the best man in the world. I like people, adventure, hiking, camping, gardening.

Edith Blakeslee

I graduated from the Univ. of Northern Colorado

What I love about teaching: the children, their energy and enthusiasm, their excitement about learning, and seeing their delight upon discovering .......

My family: has lived in Colorado for more than 40 years; several have been educators; some are published authors

Interests: photography, travel, reading, natural history - particularly birds

Kyle Burto

Heidi West

Special Services

I.B. Coordinator

Terri Mitchell
Terri Mitchell became a teacher in 1997 in Southern California where she was born and raised. She and her husband Jason moved to Colorado in 2001, where she continued her teaching career in the Boulder Valley School District. She eagerly joined the Sanchez staff in the fall of 2007 and has since worked as both a classroom teacher and as the IB Coordinator. She holds a MA in Multi Cultural Education from CU Boulder as well as being a National Board Certified Teacher. She loves working closely with the students and staff to make Sanchez International the best it can be. When she is not at school, you can find her walking Kihei her dog, taking dance lessons, traveling to new places, inventing new recipes, learning the guitar, camping or making crafts from recycled materials!

Special Services

Tiffany Roby is our OT here at Sanchez, Alisha Romero, our speech specialist, and Demian Mesa- Hall is our school psychologist.

Alisha Romero
I graduated with my bachelors degree from the University of New Mexico and my masters degree from the University of Colorado. My bachelors degree is in Speech and Hearing Sciences and my masters degree is in Speech-Language Pathology.

My favorite thing about teaching is watching children progress in their knowledge and developing confidence as a result of their accomplishments.

I do not have children yet but my siblings and parents live in New Mexico. I have a dog named Douglas and he is like a child.

I enjoy outdoor activities like snowboarding, rock climbing, and running. I also enjoy going home to see my family to play with my nieces and nephews.

Tiffany Roby
“A child’s work is play”

I grew up in a small town called Paradise in Northern CA, but have found Colorado to be my true “Paradise”. I received my Bachelors Degree in Occupational Therapy from Creighton University in Omaha, NE and have worked in a variety of settings. I first started my O.T. career in a private pediatric clinic in CA, specializing in sensory processing/integration and have enjoyed working in the school setting for the past 9 years. I love children and feel very blessed to have a job where I get to play every day! You will find me with paint, markers, or clay on my clothing, but I will always have a big smile on my face. I truly believe a child’s work is play and I always try to incorporate play into my therapy sessions. As an Occupational Therapist, I support students when movement (motor) skills interfere with their ability to participate in school and classroom activities such as self-care, writing, PE, art and music. Therapists help students improve specific skills or help students adapt to classroom demands. When I'm not at work, I enjoy spending time with my husband and our two engaging and energetic boy, Caleb(4 years) and Max(12 months). We have two beautiful hukies who keep us walking and hiking on a daily basis. We also love snow skiing, cycling and swimming.

Demian Mesa- Hall

Counselor

Victor Carl Sanchez – School Counselor
Mr. Sanchez is starting his 8^th year at Alicia Sanchez International. Before that he was a counselor and teacher for several years in New Mexico. Though he still misses the food and his family, he loves the staff, students and families of Sanchez Elementary. Carl loves drawing, hiking, spending tons of time with his family and writing about himself in the first person.He would also like it known that he is not named after, nor does he own the school – though he strives every day to live up to the integrity and life of Alicia Sanchez herself.

Talented and Gifted

Danielle Shaw
Danielle Shaw is the Talented Gifted Educational Advisor at Sanchez Elementary. She is grateful to be part of such an amazing community of learners! She has a BA in Psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Masters in Education from the University of California Los Angeles. Danielle is the proud mother of two, lovely girls. Her interests include spending time with her family, taking walks, reading and craft making.

Dragon Discovery

Jovita Schiffer

Noninstructional Staff

Custodial Staff

Food Services

Sanchez Elementary School
720-561-7300
Email: bvsd.sae@bvsd.org
655 Sir Galahad Drive, Lafayette, CO 80026

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