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Sra. Amanda Surdenik

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I am starting my eleventh year teaching at Ada Vista, and taught a semester of high school in southwest Virginia prior to teaching at Ada Vista.  I have a bachelor's degree from Aquinas College, where I received a Spanish, Bilingual Spanish and Elementary Education endorsement.  I completed my master's degree at Grand Valley State University, in the area of instruction and curriculum, with an emphasis on differentiated instruction.  I have a wonderful husband, Dan, a first grader here at AV, Evelyn, and a 3 year old daughter, Adelaide.   I enjoy hanging out with my family and playing with Evie and Addie, along with running, reading, drinking coffee and watching movies.  I am very excited about another great school year!  I will be teaching all subjects to my students except English, which will be taught by Srta. Zainea.  Srta. Zainea's students will receive their math instruction from me.  

I am very excited to implement some new learning from this summer, and help students take ownership of their learning, while creating a comfortable classroom environment to grow, make mistakes and learn - all while building their competence in the Spanish language!

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Meet Sra. Contreras, our native speaking teacher!
Adriana Contreras comes to us from Bogota, Colombia. Sra. Contreras has a daughter who is 10 years old and a son that is 15 years old. Both children also attend FHPS. Sra. Contreras has a degree in Psychology and some of her hobbies include reading and spending time with her family.  She also enjoys exercising and playing sports.

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Specials Schedule

Monday:  Culture, Learning Center
Tuesday: Music/Gym
Thursday: Art
Friday: Music/Gym

Specials (except Learning Center) times: 8:15-9:15; Learning Center 12:45-1:45 Mondays  

Don't Forget!

  • Make sure to return all of the paperwork from the first week of school! 
  • The first day of school is August 26!
  • The school day goes from 8:10-3:10.  Students who aren't in their seat at 8:10 are marked tardy.  The doors open to students at 8:00.

Check out the weekly newsletter for the most up-to-date information about important upcoming dates!
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    • English Language Arts
    • Mathematics
    • Science
    • Social Studies
    • Spanish Language Arts
    • Technology
    • Espacio de los genios
  • ZooLab!
  • Immerse!
  • Essentials
    • PTO
    • Lunch Info
    • AV Documents
    • Fourth Grade Documents
    • Edison/Zuñiga
    • Surdenik/Zainea