Meet the New Educators at Crown Preschool

Coronado's youngest learners welcomed two new educators last week with the start of the 2013-14 school year. Crown Preschool has a new preschool teacher and a teacher assistant.

Meet the staff (bios provided by Coronado Unified School District):

Brenna Belknap (Crown Preschool Teacher) graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 2008 with my degree in Elementary and Early Childhood Education. She taught preschool for 1 year before getting married and moving to San Diego. Brenna then taught preschool for a year at the Navy CDC in Liberty Station. Her husband Chris is in the Navy and they have a dog, Doug. She enjoys reading, baking, sewing and going to the beach with her family.

Charlene Sturm (Preschool Teacher Assistant – Crown Preschool) is a graduate of Coronado High School's class of '74 and San Jose State University's class of '86 where she earned her Bachelors of Art in Advertising and Art. After a full career in Advertising she returned to school 2 years ago to follow her deepest passion, working with children and art. Maintaining a 4.0 GPA through all her classes she intends to stand solid and graduate with honor in 2014 from San Diego City College with an Associated of Science degree in Child Development specifically focused on Early Childhood Education, Special Needs Inclusion, Site Supervision and Creative Arts for children. A returning resident to Coronado after 30 years in Northern California she is happy to be back in her Islander roots and looks forward to supporting and inspiring the educational journeys of many preschoolers in the years to come. Charlene also loves sailing and riding her red beach cruiser bought from Holland Bicycles 20 years ago. This lady knows good people, ideas and craftsmanship last the test of time!

Also meet the new staff at:

• Coronado High School
• Coronado Middle School
• Silver Strand Elementary School
• Village Elementary School
• And with district student services