Position: Principal
Phone: 530-342-5043
Email: lbartsch@chicooaks.org
Teaching Credential (elementary and secondary: history, government, English, religion, French), California state, current
Teaching Certificate, Professional (elementary education) North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, current
Highest Degree: Master of Arts
Major Field: History and political science
College Where Earned: La Sierra University
Year Earned: 2024
Leslie has been teaching since 1998 and joined Chico Oaks in 2006. In her rare moments of spare time she enjoys travelling, reading and family.
Position: Office Manager
Phone: (530) 342-5043
Email: cespinoza@chicooaks.org
Certified Registered Dental Assistant, ROP, Chico 2015
Carina has over 15 years of office experience and a heart for service. She Joined Chico Oaks in 2019. Carina and her husband have five sons and six grandchildren. Carina has had a long relationship with Chico Oaks as her children have attended school here through time. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, dark chocolate, cooking, and exercising.
Position: Teacher (kindergarten)
Phone: 530-342-5043
Email: jmoon@chicooaks.org
Teaching Credential (elementary), California State, current
Teaching Certificate, Professional (kindergarten, elementary education), NAD, current
Highest Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Major Field: Education
College Where Earned: Weimar College
Year Earned: 1988
JoAnn joined Chico Oaks in 1988 and has been teaching here ever since, except for the years her children were born and were preschool age. She fills her free time with hiking, camping, reading and being with family.
Position: Teacher (grades 1 & 2)
Phone: (530) 342-5043
Email: dvanhook@chicooaks.org
Professional (elementary education), NAD of Seventh-day Adventists, current
Multiple Subject Teaching Credential (elementary), California State, current
Highest Degree: Bachelor of Science (Speech Language Pathology and Audiology), Loma Linda University, 1997.
College Where Earned: Loma Linda University
Dana has experience teaching in many different classroom settings such as single grade, combo, and multigrade rooms as well as holding administrative roles; she has taught everyting from kindergarten through grade eight. Students her classroom learn that they are each a very special and important person. She loves to ignite a love for learning by incorporating hands-on activities in her lessons, often using things from nature.
Dana grew up in Northern California and also spent 5 years of her childhood living in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia She enjoys gardening, plants, and learning about nature.
Position: Teacher (grades 3 & 4)
Phone: 530-342-5043
Email: cmiceli@chicooaks.org
Teaching Credential (elementary), California State, current
Teaching Certificate, Professional (elementary education), NAD, current
Highest Degree: Master of Science
Major Field: Curriculum and Instruction
College Where Earned: California State University, Bakersfield
Year Earned: 1988
Cheryl has years of experience teaching primary grades and has been with us at Chico Oaks since 2003. She enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband and their three sons.
Position: Teacher (grades 7 & 8)
Phone: 530-342-5043
Email: rinparaj@chicooaks.org
Highest Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Major Field: Psychology
College Where Earned: La Sierra University
Year Earned: 2020
Prior to joining Chico Oaks, Rajesh has been a substitute teacher for grades ranging from 2nd & 3rd grade multi-grade classrooms to single subject high school science. Outside of the classroom, he is an avid golfer, musician (trombone, piano, and a little pipe organ), and enjoys cooking and baking.
Position: Teacher (grades 5 & 6)
Phone: 530-342-5043
Email: jalauderdale@chicooaks.org
Teaching Certificate, Conditional (elementary education), NAD, current
Highest Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major Field: Education Studies
College Where Earned: Grand Canyon University
Year Earned: 2019
Jasmine's own middle school experiences have influenced her desire to teach junior high students. Having grown up in Santa Barbara, she was excited to move back to California with her family in 2012 after 20 years in the Pacific Northwest.
Position: Teacher (grades 5 & 6)
Phone: (530) 342-5043
Email: jlinhares@chicooaks.org
Professional certificate, North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, current
Highest Degree: Master of Arts (school counseling), Las Sierra University, 1995.
John has experience teaching middle elementary school grades since 1987 and taught at Chico Oaks for 15 years. John loves spending time with his wife, Cathy and their two children. While excelling in Bible and recess, he also enjoys learning and growing as a person and as a teacher in all subjects, alongside his students. One of his mottos is, "Learning is Fun! And if it isn't, you are not teaching it right!"
Position: Teacher (art)
Phone: 530-342-5043
Teaching Credential (multiple subjects), California State, current
Highest Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Major Field: Visual Communications
College Where Earned: California State University, Chico
Year Earned: 1980
Lori began teaching art at Chico Oaks in 2010, with prior experience as a fine arts specialist for Chico Unified School District.
Position: Teacher (robotics and money management, P.E.)
Email: bselby@chicooaks.org
Ben has had a year of teaching experience while being a student missionary in the Marshall Islands. Ben has also spent the last 9 summers at Leoni Meadows Camp as Counselor and Director of the Wilderness program there. Ben grew up here in the Chico church going to Chico Oaks 2nd through 7th grade, graduating from Paradise Adventist Academy in 2014. At Walla Walla University he majored in Math and Secondary Education.
Position: Teacher (classroom music and ukuleles)
Joined Chico Oaks in 2023
Position: Custodian
Phone: 530-342-5043
Highest Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major Field: Mechanical Engineering
College Where Earned: California State University, Chico
Year Earned: 1989
Jesse joined Chico Oaks in 2013. In addition to keeping our school clean and in good repair, he is available to tutor students in math.
Position: Teacher Aide
Phone: 530-342-5043
Maria started volunteering at Chico Oaks in 2006 and joined as a Teacher Aide in 2010. Her spare time is spent continuing to love and take care of children.
Position: Teacher Aide
.Catalina joined Chico Oaks in 2017
Position: Teacher Assistant
Joined Chico Oaks in 2022
Position: After School Coordinator
Joined Chico Oaks in 2023
