Our Administrators

Mrs. Celia Layton, Principal
AKA TEPSA President
2007 - 2008
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Mrs. Vicki Lenio, Assistant Principal
 

Pre-Kindergarten

Norma Jimenez, TL
Stefanie Richardson
Gustavo Morales  

Assistants - Diana Campos, Ann Pineda, and Maria Martinez
 

Kindergarten
   
Gloria DeLaCruz, TL
Dawn Black  
Gabriela Duran    
Nelda Grizzafi    
Jennifer Towe
Roxanne Aquines   

Assistant - Oralia Elizondo
  

First Grade

Kristi Allbritton, TL
Elma Benavidez  
 Esther Garza   
Scott Giles
Karla Parker     
Zelma Perez

Assistant - Liliana Galvan

Second Grade

Cynthia Saenz, TL
Tahnisha Bernard
Rosemarie Cerda
Joyce McConnville
Margie Palco
Ana Olmedo Santos
Beverly Dement
 

Third Grade

Rachel Ervin, TL
Fernando Alejandro
Beverly Bucsanyi
Diana Madrigal
Brenda Reyes
Kimberly Townsend, Tech Liaison
Fernando Velarde

Assistant - Velma Espinoza
 

Assistant - Maria Garcia
 

Assistants - Sue Bodine, Kady Deaton, Lisa Baker
 

Shauna Pratt    Website   spratt@pasadenaisd.org

Assistant - Manuelita Gonzalez 
 

 Music

Mary Black    mwiedner@pasadenaisd.org 

Kimberly Buskirk   Website   kbuskirk@pasadenaisd.org

Physical Education

Sharon Akers  Website   sakers@pasadenaisd.org

Assistant - Martha Quiroga
 

Peer Facilitators

Dina Saenz    Website    dsaenz@pasadenaisd.org

Alta Nute    anute@pasadenaisd.org

Janice Merritt (Special Ed)  jmerritt@pasadenaisd.org

Assistants - Mayra Quintanilla and Gracie Alonso
 

Librarian

Brenda Putnam 
Website 
bputnam@pasadenaisd.org

 Counselor
Liliana Garza  
Website
ligarza@pasadenaisd.org

CIS Counselor
Maria Murillo
mmurillo@pasadenaisd.org

 Dyslexia Intervention Specialist

Paula Hagan
Website
phagan@pasadenaisd.org

 Speech
Angela Prejean
Website
aprejean@pasadenaisd.org

Diagnostician
Erika Willis 
EWillis@pasadenaisd.org

 Office Staff
Celia Layton, Principal  CLayton@pasadenaisd.org
Debbie Armstrong, Secretary   darmstrong@pasadenaisd.org
Eliza Garza,
Maria Baez, Master List Clerk   mbaez@pasadenaisd.org
Irene Lefew, Materials Specialist
Libby Pierce, Attendance Clerk   opierce@pasadenaisd.org
Vicki Lenio, Assistant Principal  vlenio@pasadenaisd.org

 

Clinic

Sylvia Moreno, Nurse
smoreno@pasadenaisd.org

Patsy Holodnak, Health Clerk
pholodnak@pasadenaisd.org
 

THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM

Liliana Rosales Siles, Director  lrosales@pasadenaisd.org
Cynthia Saenz and Dina Saenz, Important People
 

The mission of Gardens Elementary is to provide a positive learning climate where children are taught skills and process for learning that will last a lifetime.