Rio TV Profiles Departing Educators
Episode also includes the segment, “Seniors process an emotional year”
Robotics teacher Matt Cole is among the departing staff featured in a special segment on Rio TV.
At the end of the semster, several longtime members of the Rio Americano faculty will depart, some heading into retirement enticed by the districts buy-out offer, others moving on to new jobs.
Rio TV interviewed departing staff and those who have worked with them and learned from them.
Educators profiled in this special edition of Rio TV are: Principal Brian Ginter, who has been promoted to a district position; Robotics teacher Matt Cole, who has taken a position with the state Department of Education; and biology teacher Stephen Kenyon, Spanish teachers Michael Carroll and Antonio Losada, ELD/ English Transition teacher Mirna Jope, study skills teacher Kerry Barlow, and physics teacher Dean Baird.
Also in this episode seniors process a challenging year.
Watch the Rio TV episode here.
Breanna Borja • Jun 1, 2021 at 12:02 AM
I’m curious to see how rio will be next year with a new principal
Mikhayla O'Kelley • May 31, 2021 at 11:55 PM
Even though it’s sad to see teachers leave it’s nice to see them moving on to new things and some change can always be nice.
Daniel Norris • May 31, 2021 at 7:00 PM
It’s always sad to see teachers leave especially because a few of the teachers leaving I’ve known my whole time at Rio. Hopefully, the new teachers are good.
Keshav Sreedharan • May 30, 2021 at 9:28 PM
Seeing these teachers is weird especially this year. We barely even got a year if you could call it that. Learning physics with Mr. Baird has been an interesting experience I wish I could have had under normal circumstances. From what he’s shown us in class, I have no doubt he going to stay busy doing crazy things after moving on.
Evie Hofioni • May 29, 2021 at 5:45 PM
That Rio TV episode was so cute and I enjoyed it very much. It is sad to see those teachers leaving; they have all done so much for this school.
Grace Szejda • May 27, 2021 at 12:32 PM
It is so hard to see these teachers go, but it is exciting to see them have new opportunities. Mr. Cole has always been one of my favorite teachers and has made Rio a safe place for me.