Meet Our Teachers & Staff

Our highly qualified teachers encourage and inspire our students to develop, learn, and share. We invite you to get to know the Jack Barnes Elementary teachers and support staff. Your active participation in your child's education sets an important example and makes a real difference. Our teachers value Jack Barnes Elementary parents and guardians as essential partners in education.

Administration

Dawn Kennaugh
Principal
dkennaugh@qcusd.org

Office Staff

Margie Semick
Administrative Assistant
msemick@qcusd.org

Carol Zamora
Attendance Specialist/Registrar
czamora2@qcusd.org

Teachers

Lauren Mazariegos
Kindergarten
lmazariegos@qcusd.org

Flor Noble
Kindergarten
fnoble@qcusd.org

Hannah Pieza
Kindergarten
hpieza@qcusd.org

Tamara Pope
Kindergarten
tpope@qcusd.org

Tangi Herndon
First Grade
therndon@qcusd.org

Marcia Hull
First Grade
mhull@qcusd.org

Julie McBride
First Grade
jmcbride2@qcusd.org

Leilani Alger
Second Grade
lalger@qcusd.org

Michelle Hampton
Second Grade
mhampton@qcusd.org

Lety LaPorte
Second Grade
llaporte@qcusd.org

Megan Ohland
Second Grade
mohland@qcusd.org

Angela Clegg
Third Grade
aclegg@qcusd.org

Kandace Reyes
Third Grade
kreyes@qcusd.org

Christy Zou
Third Grade
czou@qcusd.org

Jennifer Clonts
Fourth Grade
jclonts@qcusd.org

Rachel Laske
Fourth Grade
rlaske@qcusd.org

Rebecca Thuer
Fourth Grade
rthuer@qcusd.org

Madalyn Brooks
Fifth Grade
mbrooks@qcusd.org

Aubree Landau
Fifth Grade
alandau@qcusd.org

Emily Ruiz
Fifth Grade
eruiz@qcusd.org

Rachel Dean
Sixth Grade
rdean@qcusd.org

Laurie Vela
Sixth Grade
lvela@qcusd.org

Cassie Woods
Sixth Grade
cwoods@qcusd.org

Special Education

Alexandra Bennett-Clark
SPED Instructional Assistant

Kelsey Calton
SPED Instructional Assistant

Ladia Cortez
Special Education - Intermediate

Tara Johnston
Special Education - Primary
tjohnston@qcusd.org

Erica Leon
SPED Instructional Assistant
eleon@qcusd.org

Joan McDonnell
SPED Instructional Assistant

Cathleen Patten
SPED Instructional Assistant

Adriana Passos Pilon
SPED Instructional Assistant

Lissette Stone
SPED Instructional Assistant

Nicole Vasquez
SPED Instructional Assistant

Support Staff

Ryan Mescher
Band
rmescher@qcusd.org

Chris Li
Cafeteria Aide

Miriam Fernandez
Child Nutrition Manager
mfernandez@qcusd.org

Anna Neathery
Counselor
aneathery@qcusd.org

Marie Pinedo
Custodian

Teresita Rangel Mendoza
Custodian
trangel@qcusd.org

Lindsay Pennington
Data Specialist
lpennington@qcusd.org

Mike Urso
Day Custodian

Nancy Smith
ELL Teacher
nsmith3@qcusd.org

Desiree Graham
ELP Teacher
dgraham@qcusd.org

Melissa Villagomez
Health Aide
mvillagomez@qcusd.org

Laurisa Meehan
Instructional Assistant

Erynn Muench
Instructional Assistant

Brittany Shlosberg
Instructional Assistant

Cassandra Smith
Library Media Assistant
csmith2@qcusd.org

Mary Ann Stanley
Music
mstanley@qcusd.org

Rebekah Lowe
Music
rlowe2@qcusd.org

Abigail Mintz
Orchestra Teacher
amintz@qcusd.org

Michelle Kvamme
OT
mkvamme@qcusd.org

Donna Langaker
Physical Education
dlangaker@qcusd.org

Nicole Estrada
Playground Assistant

Christina Liberatore
Playground Assistant

Heather Petersen
Playground Assistant

Darlene Shumway
Reading Specialist
dshumway@qcusd.org

Wendy Aliano
Resource
waliano@qcusd.org

Ashley Franklin
Resource
afranklin@qcusd.org

Alyssa Daw
Technology Liaison
adaw@qcusd.org

PTO

Jack Barnes PTO

jbelionspto@gmail.com

Kelly Andrus
President

Kelsey Cole
Secretary

Erica Schutter
Vice President

Nicole Welty
Treasurer