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I have been teaching in Lakeside for over twenty years and I am thrilled to be at Lakeside Farms.  What a wonderful school! 
I am happily married to a Lakeside Firefighter I met during a 911 call and we have two daughters. 
I am also very involved with P.E.O., a philanthropic education organization. If you know any college bound girls who would like to attend an affordable, private, women's college for her first two years of her four year college career please come see me!!  Cottey College is an amazing school in Missouri. 

I have been teaching here at the Farms for over 20 plus years!  I am a graduate of San Diego State University. (Go Aztecs!) I earned my Masters  and reading specialization from National University.
I have two children (18 and 22) who also attended Lakeside Farms.  It has always been a pleasure to be a mom and a teacher at such a wonderful school.
In my spare time I like to read, walk and enjoy my family.  In addition, I have two spoiled dogs.

I'm Brandy Delyser. I am so excited to start another year! We have a wonderful school with great staff, students, and parents. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Our classroom was originally constructed in 1961 as Fallout Shelter that was big enough to shelter the entire community of Lakeside.  The shelter was equipped with a water purifier, generator, and provisions.  As the world changed, our shelter was remodeled and turned into classrooms.  Today, we have modern amenities and a true community of 5th graders that enjoy the uniqueness of their sub-terranian classroom!

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Welcome! This will be my 24th year teaching for Lakeside Union School District.  I have taught at Winter Gardens, Riverview, and Lakeside Farms.  The grades I've taught in my career as a teacher have been, fifth, fourth, and third grades. I grew up in Santee and Lakeside and graduated high school from El Capitan High School, my parents also graduated from El Cap!  I then attended Grossmont College, San Diego State University and received my Bachelor's Degree and teaching credential from National University in Interdisciplinary Studies and my Master's Degree in Educational Technology. 

My father's family has been in Lakeside since the1880's,  I even have a photo of my great grandparents in a wagon on Maine Street with a horse pulling them!  I live in Lakeside, have three daughters and one granddaughter; the older two have now graduated from college, our oldest works as a Social Worker in San Diego, my middle daughter is a Sspecial Education Teacher, an my youngest is in her third year at Southern Utah University working on a degree in Biology and Criminal Justice.  My grandaughter started Transitional Kindergarten this year!  

In my free time and during school holidays, I love to spend time traveling.  I've been to Italy, France, England, Ireland, and over thirty states!  When on breaks from school, I love to read books; detective mysteries are my current favorites, photography and art are also hobbies I dabble in and when I have time, I also try to squeeze in creating scrapbooks of my trips.  

I'm so excited to be working at Lakeside Farms at the K/1 SDC teacher. I’m originally from Massachusetts, and I moved to San Diego 2 years ago and love it! I have worked in Special Education for the past 12 years. I started my career as a Speech Language Pathology Assistant, then I received my M.S. Ed with a major in Assistive Technology from Simmons College in Boston, MA. My passion is to work with students that have disabilities and help them find tools and strategies that make them more independent and successful.

One could say I am a native of Lakeside.  After attending the LUSD school system and graduating from El Capitan, I ventured to UCSB.  Eventually, I found my way back down to San Diego and Graduated from UCSD  and continued on with their teacher education program. 
I was fortunate enough to get my first teaching job at Tierra del Sol Middle School working as a Special Education teacher.  While at TdS, I completed my Masters of Education in Special Education at SDSU.  In 1995 an opportunity to work at Lakeview opened up and I transferred into a 5th grade classroom.  Since then, I have taught a variety of grade levels and became a Nationally Board Certified Teacher.  For 16 years I had been fortunate enough to share a contract with some amazing teachers.  This allowed me to find the perfect balance for the two main passions in my life, my teaching career and my family.  In 2015, I decided to go full circle and teach at the school that I attended as a child.  What a fantastic decision to join the Lakeside Farms team!
I have been blessed with 2 daughters and a wonderful husband.  My family enjoys spending time together volunteering, camping and traveling.
Be it a friend from my youth, a former student, or someone new, please come by and say hello!

Welcome to the 2017-18 school year. This is my 27th year for the Lakeside School District, and my 32nd year teaching.  I have taught grades Kindergarten through 8th.  I attended the University of Texas, El Paso where I received a Bachelor of Science in Education with teaching fields in Life/Earth Science and a Master of Education-Curriculum Specialist in Earth Science.  In addition to teaching children, I am working on the IDEAS2.0 Science Grant as a teacher leader and teaching teachers science content.  I am also working as a Lead Teacher on the NGSS Early Implementation Grant.  It is an exciting time to be a teacher and a learner, as technology is opening up endless possibilities for us to explore, discover, and learn new things in new ways.  I love new challenges!

Hello, my name is Manal Mansour and I was born in Baghdad, Iraq.  When I was 6 years old, my family moved to San Diego, California. I have been teaching for 16 years, and the majority of my teaching career has been at Lakeside Farms Elementary School teaching 5^th grade.  

I graduated from San Diego State University where I earned my Bachelors Degree in Liberal Studies with an emphasis in education. I also have a Master degree in Collaborative Education and an Administrative Credential from Fielding University.

I am very lucky to be teaching at Lakeside Farms and enjoy exploring the world of science with the children of Lakeside. I believe that all of our students can be successful, and I strive to encourage my students to do their best in all subject areas.

In my spare time, I like to read, spend time with my family and friends, and travel around the world! 

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Greetings! My name is Kat McNiece, and I am a speech-language pathologist.
I have been working in the field of speech pathology for over 15 years, and I've had jobs in a variety of settings within my field, from private clinics to hospitals, and now in the schools. I have found that I absolutely love working with kids--there is always so much fun and excitement with kids, so much hope and joy. Because of my medical background in speech pathology, and now my 8 years of experience in the school system, I feel like I can tackle many questions in my field. So please feel free to call me any time, or stop me in the halls. I love to talk about my profession!
When I'm not at work, I'm busy spending time with my family of 6, going on picnics, roller skating, bowling, and inventing new recipes in my kitchen. I love the simple things in life, like playing catch, hiking, card games, and singing and dancing with my family.
I look forward to each and every day of working with your students, answering your questions, and developing friendships at this wonderful school!

I have been at this wonderful school since 1996. I'm so excited to be teaching 4th grade with my wonderful team members. Mrs. Cortes, Mrs. Pyszcynski, and I look forward to working with your child this year! 
I received my BA at SDSU and my teaching credential from National University. I'm married and have a 17 year old daughter. She attended Lakeside Farms, LMS and is now at El Capitan. We enjoy going to the desert with family and friends. I'm so lucky to be part of the wonderful staff at Lakeside Farms!

Hello, my name is Terri Segel and I have been teaching in Lakeside for 30 years.  This is my tenth year at Lakeside Farms.  I  enjoy teaching third grade. I grew up in the East County and have raised my family here.  I enjoy the fact that we live close to the beach and the mountains.  We love visiting both of these areas on weekends or vacations.

Hi! My name is Karen Wright and I was a teacher at Lindo Park since 1996. I have taught Kindergarten, First grade, Second grade and Fourth grade.  I am really looking forward to this year!!  I seems that things continue to get better and better every single year!

Teaching is my 2nd career. I received my Degrees in Ornamental Horticulture and Art from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.  After college, I managed my own business called, "Karen's Interior Gardens."   I created wedding flowers, designed gardens, indoors and outdoors and I also had all of the branches of the once popular, "Grossmont  Bank."  I did the gardening...inside and out at all of their bank branches. I had my business for about 19 years and I enjoyed every minute of it! From it, I still continue my love of flowers, plants, teaching plant care classes, and designing gardens.