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Welcome!

This is my 22nd year as an educator (all at Esperanza) and I am excited to teach and work with all my scientists, decathletes, and AVID scholars this year.  I will be using Google classroom for information to students and parents.  You can find my teaching schedule below.  
 
2025-2026 Teaching Schedule:
Period 1: Conference
Period 2: Living Earth 
Period 3: AVID 12 
Period 4: AP Biology
Period 5: Living Earth 
Period 6: Living Earth
Period 7: Academic Decathlon (OCAD class fall semester)
 
If you are interested in donating to our classroom, I have an Amazon wishlist and a list of items that would be helpful in the classroom. https://bit.ly/nguyenvaldez-wishlist
You can also donate to AP Biology. Make a donation through the EHS Webstore under "Classroom Lab Supplies"
 
School Supplies Frequently Used in Class:
  • Binder for handouts and papers
  • Chromebook (assignments will be posted & sometimes turned in online)
  • Pens, pencils & highlighters
  • Notebook or lined paper (recommended)
  • Colored pencils (recommended)
  • Expo or dry erase markers (recommended - to use on individual white boards)
  • Metric ruler (recommended)
 
Academic Decathlon (Period 7) LinkTree with links for Remind, social media and Google Classroom: