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Welcome to the 2026-2027 School Year! 😊
 
My name is Mrs. Nguyen-Valdez and this year will be my 23rd year as an educator (all at Esperanza). I am excited to teach and work with all my scientists, decathletes, and AVID scholars this year. I will be using Google classroom to post information for all of my classes. My teaching schedule is below:  
 
Teaching Schedule:
Period 1: AVID 12
Period 2: Honors Living Earth 
Period 3: AP Biology
Period 4: Conference
Period 5: Honors Living Earth 
Period 6: Honors Living Earth
Period 7: Academic Decathlon (OCAD class fall semester)
 
Donations:
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. Classroom Amazon Wishlist.
You can also donate to AP Biology to help purchase lab materials for class. 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
  • Colored pencils (recommended)
 
Academic Decathlon (Period 7) LinkTree with links for Remind, Social Media and Google Classroom: 
 
Background image  Kressler  Nguyen-Valdez`s profile picture
Name
Kressler Nguyen-Valdez
Position
Science Teacher / Academic Decathlon Advisor
Email
krnguyen@pylusd.org
Phone
714-986-7540 x13254