Hi Everyone,
My name is Melissa Ortuno and this is my 17th year of teaching and my sixth year teaching Transitional Kindergarten, the best grade! I have been at Stoneman Elementary for 10 years, teaching kindergarten and first grade before moving to TK. My first 7 years I taught Technology at Highlands here in Pittsburg. I love using my techKnowledge in the TK classroom and as the EduTech mentor teacher for Stoneman and as a volunteer staff member with Whole Brain Teaching.
I have always wanted to be a teacher and love to create new and exciting activities for my students. I started my teaching career after graduating from California State University, Fresno with a bachelors degree in Deaf Education and Clear Multiple Subjects teaching credential. I am currently taking TK Early Childhood Coursework and working towards a Masters degree.
Below are some more fun facts about Mrs. Ortuno:
I love to scrapbook.
I don’t like shopping.
I repeated second grade and skipped eighth.
I have lived here in Pittsburg for 17 years.
I have a wonderful husband who I met at college, a daughter, who is in 8th grade this year and twin boys, who are in 3rd grade.
Mrs. Ortuno’s Favorites
My Favorite Restaurants:
Old Spaghetti Factory, Olive Garden and Lumpi's
My Favorite Animals:
Sea otters, hedgehogs, turtles and rabbits
My Favorite School Things:
Picture books, colorful markers, blocks
My Favorite Color:
Don’t have one
My Favorite TV Shows:
Reading Rainbow, Sid the Science Kid, and Between the Lions
My Favorite Songs:
Hero, Enrique Iglesias; Beethoven’s Wig, Richard Perlmutter
