Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: The 2023-24 school year begins with 17 new teachers heading district classrooms on July 26. The additions number three for Metcalf Elementary School, five for Fairbanks Middle School, eight for Morenci High School, and one for the Accommodation School. New to the district are, front, from left, Denita Marble (MHS), Yadira Fierro (MHS), Esther Kessler (MHS), Allison Reigel (Metcalf), Angela Hernandez (Metcalf), Sabyn Martinez (MHS), Janel Cervantez (Metcalf), and Christy Parrott (FMS). In the back are Jasmine Aguinaga (FMS), Tony Aguinaga (MHS), Manny Manuz (FMS), Melanie Hilton (accommodation), Richard Davis (MHS), Scarlatte Ludvingson (FMS), Tawnya Shy (MHS), Cassidy Corbell (FMS), and Tesla Aguirre (MHS).
By Raymundo Frasquillo
MORENCI – The start of the 2022-23 school year gets underway today, July 26.
Although a large number of students wishing to attend Morenci High School registered in mid-month and it continues for those that did not.
The new school year begins for the district’s schools, with 17 teachers, three for Metcalf (grades 1-4), five for Fairbanks (5-8), eight for the high school (9-12), and one for the accommodation school filling in the vacancies.
The “new kids on the block” are Allison Reigel for 3rd grade, Janel Cervantez and Angela Hernandez for 4th grade; Cassidy Corbell for 6th grade, Jasmine Aguinaga, Scarlatte Ludvingson and Christy Parrott for 7th grade, and Manny Manuz for coding; Tony Aguinaga (welding), Tessla Aguirre (Spanish, counselor), Richard Davis (math), Yadira Fierro (business), Esther Kessler (English), Denita Marble (culinary arts), Sabyn Martinez (math), Tawnya Shy (English), and Melanie Hilton (accommodation).
