English Language Arts

SYH English Department

English courses at San Ysidro High School meet mandatory A-G graduation requirements and are dedicated to mastering the rhetorical approach, literary analysis and Common Core Assessment preparation.

In addition SYH English Department will be administering grade level competencies to all 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students for the 2020-2022 academic school year. Students will be required to complete course work, pass the district assessments and take each grade level competency in order to earn a passing grade in the course.

ELA Department Contact List

English 9
Gretel Rodriguez		gretel.rodriguez@sweetwaterschools.org
Alexandra Davis	Co-teach	alexandra.davis@sweetwaterschools.org
Michele Bowdan		michele.bowdan@sweetwaterschools.org
Raul Banuet		raul.banuet@sweetwaterschools.org
Sandra Monzon	Accelerated	Sandra.monzon@sweetwaterschools.org
Angelica Sapien	Co-teach	angelica.sapien@sweetwaterschools.org

English 10
Diana Cintron	Co-teach	Diana.cintron@sweetwaterschools.org
Melissa Hernandez	Co-teach	Melissa.hernandez@sweetwaterschools.org
Vincent Ciolino	Accelerated	Vincent.ciolino@sweetwaterschools.org
Joann Cornejo	Accelerated	joann.cornejo@sweetwaterschools.org
Yessica Gomez		Yessica.gomez@sweetwaterschools.org
Jimmy Canare		jimmy.canare@sweetwaterschools.org

English 11
Diana Cintron	Co-teach	Diana.cintron@sweetwaterschools.org
Melissa Hernandez	Co-teach	Melissa.Hernandez@sweetwaterschools.org
Jimmy Canare		jimmy.canare@sweetwaterschools.org
Andrea Giordano-Rink	Honors	Andrea.Giordano-Rink@sweetwaterschools.org
Gonzalo Castro		gonzalo.castro@sweetwaterschools.org
Miriam Rachelson		Miriam.Rachelson@sweetwaterschools.org
English 12

Yessica Gomez		Yessica.Gomez@sweetwaterschools.org
Glafira Repeckyj		Glafira.Repeckyj@sweetwaterschools.org
Gonzalo Castro		Gonzalo.Castro@sweetwaterschools.org

Advanced Placement
Vincent Ciolino	AP Literature	vincent.ciolino@sweetwaterschools.org
Marko Gutierrez	AP Language	marko.gutierrez@sweetwaterschools.org
Lindsey Sparks	AP Language	Lindsey.Sparks@sweetwaterschools.org