Estela Guillen

1
Canutillo High School Graduates
Staff over 20 yrs. in CISD
CLICK ON NAMES

• Estela Guillen
• Christen Garcia
• Rosa Santillano
• Carmela Lopez
• Margarita Villalobos
• Veronica Martinez
• Guadalupe Ostos

• Cynthia Enriquez
• Ana Merritt
• Barbara Barren
• Celia Sanchez
• Marta Stroback

DDE Principal
Photography, Reporters, and Editors5th
Grade/GT/Ms. Valle Canutillo Elementary School
2
Carmela Lopez

• My experience at the Canutillo High School was
  good, I had a lot of fun. I was in the Spanish
  club, I was also in quire. When I was in high
  school we all used the same building 1-12 grade
  and we hade only 3 buses.
• I played basketball in Canutillo Middle School.
• I have been teaching for 19 years, this is my
  20th year. My better classes were 2nd 3rd. I also
  used to teach 2nd grade GT. I wish that kids
  would take school more seriously, school can be a
  lot of fun too. I love being a teacher, I like
  it when kids that I had a long long time ago
  still remember me.
• My childhood was good, I was born in 2nd street
  in Canutillo. When I lived in Canutillo everybody
  knew each other because Canutillo was so small.
• My hobbies are reading, I love to read detective
  novels and science is my favorite subject. I
  also like to walk my dog Maurise and I love to
  cook.

GO TO MENU
3
Margarita Villalobos

• My Canutillo High School experience was
  Excellent! It was a lot of fun. I played
  volleyball, basketball, and I was the baseball
  sweetheart. 7th and 8th grade were my best years.
  I was an honor student every year and was a
  member of the Honor Society. I graduated in 1981.
• I have been working for 2 years with the this
  district.
• I feel that working with this district has many
  advantages because I work with kids. My 3 kids
  attend the schools in this district.
• My childhood was very simple. I attended all
  grades in this school district.

My hobbies are Motorcycle riding and I am a NFL
fan.
GO TO MENU
4
Veronica Martinez

• My experience at Canutillo High School was
  great! I loved being with my friends and I loved
  my teachers.
• I am currently working at Deanna Davenport
  Elementary. I am a Special Education Aide. I have
  been with the district for 2 years. It has been
  challenging because I work with students that
  have disabilities but at the same time I learn
  from this population.
• My childhood was pretty good. I had lots of
  friends from Canutillo Elementary, Canutillo
  Middle School, and Canutillo High School.
• My hobbies are listening to music, reading books,
  and watching movies.

GO TO MENU
5
Marta Stroback

• Marta Stroback it is good to work with other
  teachers in the campus.
• Mrs. Stroback has taught special Ed, 5th, 3rd,
  2nd, and adult education. Mrs. Stroback taught
  also at Canutillo High School, she so said it was
  a rewarding experience.
• In school her favorite subjects were reading
  because its a treasure to know how to read and
  write because it was a way to express yourself.
• She wanted to become a teacher because she wanted
  to help students. She first wanted to teach
  Special Ed because she wanted to be a part of
  helping the kids that are challenged.
• She thinks its an honor to work in the district
  and calls all her students family
• Mrs. Stroback has three children.

Click on picture to play video
GO TO MENU
6
Cynthia Enriquez

• Cynthia Enriquez has been a teacher for 23 years
  it is has been a great experience. Everybody has
  to achieve an experience like this one.
• In 1985 she taught 2nd, in 1986 she taught 3rd
  for 5 years and also 4th and 5th.
• Everybody knew everybody at CHS Mrs. Enriquez
  said.
• She had a great experience at CHS .
• She did not want to become a teacher but happy
  she now is.
• She has a husband that is in the army and has one
  son.
• CHS has produced many good students

Click on picture to play video
GO TO MENU
7
Ana Merritt

• Being a teacher has been very rewarding to me
  because of being able to instill in some of my
  students the desire to learn and continue their
  education.I have taught Pre-Kindergarten,
  Kindergarten, First Grade and Third Grade. All 
  grade levels have been a learning experience for
  me. I feel that throughout these years of
  teaching I have learned as much from my students
  as they have learned from me in many different
  ways.
• I never had the opportunity of being a student in
  this district, but I have been part of this
  community for a long time because before I
  started teaching for the Canutillo District, I
  was a student teacher here and the University of
  Texas of El Paso sent me to  field experiences
  several times.
• I love to be around people, especially children.
  It is very exciting to be able to bring new
  knowledge and different strategies of learning to
  my students every day.   I am married. My
  husband's name is Kenneth Merritt and he works
  for the City of El Paso.  I have 1 daughter. Her
  name is Mariana Aun and she is studying at the
  University of Texas of El Paso. Her major is
  Music Performance. I think that she is a very
  talented musician.
• I am very grateful to the Canutillo Independent
  School District for having given me the
  opportunity to teach all of these years.  I am
  very grateful in having had the experience to
  send many of my students on to a brighter future

GO TO MENU
8
Estela Guillen

• Mrs. Guillen says that her freshmen year was her
  best high school year. In her senior year she
  started to help in the office half a day, it was
  called office courtesy . She started at CHS
  getting experience to become a great secretary.
  She graduated in class of 1990.
• She has worked in human resources, as a district
  receptionist, attendance clerk , and a substitute
  coordinator for 16 years. She has enjoyed it,
  there is a lot to learn, and she likes being with
  the kids, it is very rewarding.
• She came from Mexico in 6th grade and she did not
  now how to speak English because her first
  language is Spanish. She had to push herself
  because she had to learn English.
• Mrs. Guillens hobbies are journalism, having fun
  with her children and likes serving her
  community.
• She says that Canutillo Eagles are the best in
  the west.

• Mrs. Guillen advises never give up, you can
  always reach your dreams.

GO TO MENU
9
Christen Garcia

• Mrs. Garcia says that her high school year was a
  great learning experience. She participated in
  many school activities like valley ball, basket
  ball, and track. She graduated in 1980.
• She worked at Thomason hospital in 1986 She came
  to work for the school in 1990. She loves working
  with children.
• She grew up in West Way, she played a lot with
  neighborhood children.
• Her hobbies are scrap booking, spending time with
  her family, and watching sport activities. She
  also likes watching movies.
• ! Class of 80 is the Best !

GO TO MENU
10
Rosa Santillano

• Mrs. Santillano said that she loved Canutillo
  High School and that she wished she could go
  back.
• She played basketball because she used to love
  playing sports.
• Her childhood was good. She was always a good
  little girl, she was very calm.
• She has been a lunch lady for 11 years. She is
  the assistant manager at DDE. She loves her job
  because she likes cooking for the kids and
  talking to the little kids.
• Her hobbies are sowing, going to the gym, and
  likes dancing.

• Mrs. Santillano is very proud of her school
  Canutillo. ! I love being an Eagle !

GO TO MENU
11
Barbara Barren

• Barbara Beran thinks that being a teacher is
  wonderful. She has two brothers and one sister.
  Her father had passed away.
  
• She enjoys working and teaching with children.
  Mrs. Barren has taught kinder,1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,
  5th, and 6th .
• In school her favorite subject was Social Studies
  because she wanted to learn more about the past
  and how people lived back then.
• She wanted to become a teacher because she wanted
  to help young people.

Click on picture to play video
GO TO MENU
12
Guadalupe Ostos

• Guadalupe Ostos was born in Canutillo in 1955.
• She says she has had some good years and bad
  years as a teacher. She has taught 5th, 6th,
  4th, 3rd and 2nd.
• As a teacher at Canutillo High School she saw
  good colleagues that helped each other. As a
  student at CHS it was a good experience because
  she had friends and good grades.
• Her favorite subjects in high school were art
  because she enjoyed drawing. She also enjoyed
  music because she loved to dance. Social Studies
  was another favorite because she liked learning
  about Florida, Hawaii, and California which were
  the places she once lived.
• She graduated high school in 1974. She first
  wanted to become a nurse but changed her mind and
  became a teacher because she thought the best way
  of help people was to help them learn.

Click on picture to play video
GO TO MENU
13
Cilia Sanchez

• Cilia Sanchez enjoys working with kids and has
  been teaching for 24 years. She has taught
  kinder, pre-kinder, 1st, and 4th.
• Celia went to Diana Davenport Elementary when
  shes was a kid.
• She had a good experience at high school and had
  a lot of friends. In school her favorite subjects
  in school were language arts and reading because
  she loves to read.
• She wanted to be a teacher because she liked
  working with kids and loves seeing their
  expressions on their faces when they learn
  something new.
• Mrs. Sanchez is married and has two sons, one is
  13 and the other one is 17.

Click on picture to play video