2019-20 New Staff

After one of Clark’s Spanish teachers left, a new position opened up within the Spanish department. And soon enough, that position was fulfilled when Oralia Snyder joined Clark’s teaching staff. Yet, unlike most teachers, her recruiting process was a bit different from the regular interview. GUSD had contacted her when she was a substitute teacher for GUSD. “I actually started teaching at E...

Though it may not seem like it, renowned painters like Leonardo da Vinci and Bob Ross had inspirational mentors to teach them the lifestyle of being an artist. As your pencil, marker or paintbrush hits the paper, you remember all the things you were taught and start to create a masterpiece of your past knowledge. This year, Joanna Zendejas was welcomed into the art department at Clark. With her art s...

Vardan Mikayelyan, one of the new teachers on campus, currently teaches U.S. History and Government and Economics. Many of his students agree that his way of teaching and discussing history topics is important and informative when it comes to the world today. “My favorite thing about his class is that he lets us talk about different topics as a class,” said senior Max Kovach. “He’s a re...

“Ever since I was little, I’ve always had a passion for literature,” said Melanie Yogurtian, the new English teacher for 10th and 12th graders. “English has always been my favorite subject and now I am able to teach it to others.”  “I first thought about becoming an elementary school teacher, and that’s what I began studying in college,” Yogurtian said. “However, I changed ...

Times get tough for everybody every once in a while. Too much stress can feel overwhelming and can lead to other dangerous issues and mindsets, which is exactly why counseling is one of the core foundations needed to get high school students through such hardships. Dr. Shahrokh Reza was the counselor / school psychologist at Clark for two years, but recently left for another job in the GUSD dis...

On a typical day, new Clark counselor Anna Margaryan is always on her feet. Jumping from office room to office room, she enters and leaves within a blink of an eye, arms full of papers, binders, schedules, you name it. Always dressed to the nines, she’s pretty hard to catch, and, aside for the occasional stop for a sip of coffee, Margaryan makes running in heels look like running in tennis shoes....

After Clark’s Susan Newcomer retired last year, the school was in need of a new librarian, so Kristine Tsaturyan took this opportunity and was looking forward to working with students in the cybrary. “I always get excited to see students walk in to the library,” she said. Tsaturyan’s passion for books began when she moved to America from Armenia when she was in seventh grade. She began to...

As older teachers retire new teachers come in their place, and this year a new physical education teacher, Steven Frazer, has been introduced to the Clark Magnet High School staff. Frazer is not only a new teacher at Clark but this is his first year teaching. Before becoming a staff member, Frazer attended San Diego State for his degree in Kinesiology and then Cal Poly Pomona for his teaching credential....