East Otero School District R-1

La Junta, Colorado

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LJHS Staff
1 Paul Jebe Principal (719) 384-4371
2 John Haberman Assistant Principal (719) 384-4467
3 Dan Nuschy Athletic Director (719) 384-4467
4 Malle Schindler Secretary (719) 384-4467
5 Cindy Wallin Secretary/Bookkeeper (719) 384-3043
6 Jill Dellinger Secretary/Attendance Clerk (719) 384-4371
7 Jennifer Weber Registrar/Attendance Clerk (719) 384-4469
8 Linda Clawson Guidance Secretary (719) 384-4460
9 Brad Clabo ELL Director (719) 468-0930
10 Rhonda Obermiller Counselor (719) 384-4467
11 Kevin Finke Counselor
12 Rebecca Morlan Career & Tech Ed Director/ Academic Counselor (719) 384-4460 ext 233
13 Louis Ascione Student Advocate (719) 384-4467
14 Delma Maldonado Attendance Officer (719) 384-4467
15 Jake Villegas Resource Officer (719) 384-4467
16 Cheryl Henderson Instructional Coach (719) 384-4467
17 Tammy Evett Library/Media Teacher (719) 384-4467
18 Tami Thomas IT Support Supervisor (719) 384-5633
19 Nancy Westfall Technical Support Coach (719) 384-4467
20 Rick Salazar Technical Support Coach (719) 384-4467
21 Shawn Borton 7th Grade Reading Teacher (719) 384-4467
22 Molly Johnson 7th/8th Grade Writing Teacher (719) 384-4467
23 Kathy Lay 7th Grade Math Teacher (719) 384-4467
24 Yolonda Jaramillo 7th Grade Science Teacher (719) 384-4467
25 Mike Maik 8th Grade Math Teacher (719) 384-4467
26 Marty Roberson 8th Grade Science Teacher (719) 384-4467
27 Kayla Bay 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher (719) 384-4467
28 DC DiPrince Enrichment - Physical Education Teacher (719) 384-4467
29 Sam Grimsley Enrichment - Industrial Arts Teacher (719) 384-4467
30 Janell Cranson Enrichment - Personal Resource Development (719) 384-4467
31 Lindy Bay Special Education/Intervention Teacher (719) 384-4467
32 Kelly Jo Smith English/Drama/Speech Teacher (719) 384-4467
33 Julie Meiklejohn English Teacher (719) 384-4467
34 Joe Trainor English Teacher (719) 384-4467
35 Tad Banker English Teacher (719) 384-4467
36 Eva Rodriguez Spanish Teacher (719) 384-4467
37 Rodney Bickel Social Studies Teacher (719) 384-4467
38 Tracy Blevins Social Studies Teacher (719) 384-4467
39 Todd Corn Social Studies Teacher (719) 384-4467
40 Kendra Smith Math Teacher (719) 384-4467
41 Susan Jones Math Teacher (719) 384-4467
42 Melissa Martinez Math Teacher (719) 384-4467
43 Chris Ludwig Science Teacher (719) 384-4467
44 Bruce Vining Science Teacher (719) 384-4467
45 Monya Jackson Science Teacher (719) 384-4467
46 Shawna Frankmore Business Teacher (719) 384-4467
47 Justin Miller Fine Arts Teacher (719) 384-4467
48 Joshua Race Band/Music Teacher (719) 384-4467
49 Kristin Langston Choir Teacher (719) 384-4467
50 Caroline DiDomenico Swimming/Health Teacher (719) 384-4467
51 Justin Weber Physical Education Teacher (719) 384-4467
52 Clint Buderus Physical Education Teacher (719) 384-4467
53 Rebecca Kappel Special Education Teacher (719) 384-4467
54 Lynne Niston Special Education Paraprofessional (719) 384-4467
55 Denice Eden Special Education Paraprofessional (719) 384-4467
56 Gale Eveatt Special Education Paraprofessional (719) 384-4467
57 Regina Nolte Special Education Paraprofessional (719) 384-4467
58 Chris Moreno Special Education Paraprofessional (719) 384-4467
59 Aubrey Cook Special Education Paraprofessional (719) 384-4467
60 Annabelle Marquez Special Education Paraprofessional (719) 384-4467
61 David Eckhart Special Education Paraprofessional (719) 384-4467
62 Bev Jackson Kitchen Staff (719) 384-4467
63 Genie Brumit Kitchen Staff (719 384-4467
64 Dorothy Pearson Kitchen Staff (719) 384-4467
65 Crystal Martinez Kitchen Staff (719) 384-4467
66 Isaac Medina Custodian (719) 384-4467
67 Toby Whatley Custodian (719) 384-4467
68 Martin Gabehart Custodian (719) 384-4467
69 John Mestas Custodian (719) 384-4467

La Junta Jr/Sr High School
Home of the Tigers

LJHS Tiger

1817 Smithland Ave
La Junta, CO 81050

(719) 384-4467
(719) 384-9160 Fax
(719) 384-3047 Pool

Principal: Paul Jebe
Assistant Principal: John Haberman


LJHS Mission

La Junta High School will strive to create responsible and productive citizens through rigorous academics, enriching extracurricular activities and positive relationships among students, parents and community.

LJHS Guiding Principles

(To guide our decisions and keep us focused on our mission)

  1. Provide an appropriate, rigorous academic environment to develop post secondary and workforce readiness in every student.
  2. Promote excellence in academics, the arts, activities and career skills to meet the needs of the 21st century.
  3. Students shall attend class, uphold the charge of education and be responsible for their contribution to the learning process.
  4. Administrators, staff and students shall uphold ethical behavior.
  5. Staff and students shall be encouraged to demonstrate leadership and service to school, community and global world.
  6. Appropriate classroom behavior that promotes learning shall be the norm and appropriate school-wide behavior shall be expected and enforced by staff and students.
  7. Instill in each student the desire to reach his/her full potential and become a life long learner
  8. Creative thinking and imagination shall be fostered through the offering of the fine arts programs.