Peter Sherman
I have been fortunate to be the principal at Valdez Elementary School since July 2007. I came to work at Valdez because of my enthusiasm for the dual-language model and to collectively work to provide an engaging and rigorous school for our students and parents. I am thrilled by our progress!
Prior to Valdez, I served as the principal at Park Hill School, the assistant principal at the Jefferson County Open School, and the adventure coordinator at The Odyssey School. I taught fifth and sixth grade at Alianza Elementary School – another dual-language program – in Watsonville, California. Prior to that, I worked as an instructor for several different Outward Bound schools. I live in Denver with my wife and two young children.
See the “State of the School”presentation from February 2, 2012
Jessica Buckley - Assistant Principal
I was born and raised in Denver and am a graduate of DPS. I went to Santa Clara University and then spent a year and a half as a community development volunteer in El Salvador. I then came back to Denver and worked at The Conflict Center teaching conflict resolution and anger management to preschool age students through adults. After that, I taught kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades (ELA-S) at Harrington Elementary. I was an Administrative Intern for a year with the Ritchie Program at Harrington and most recently have been the Assistant Principal at Swansea Elementary for the last year and a half. I am thrilled to join the Valdez team and be a part of a dual-language, innovative school!
Jennie Klein - Administrative Intern with the Ritchie Program
Jennie has transitioned to another role in Denver Public Schools in the Office of School Reform and Innovation (OSRI). Jennie will continue at Valdez as an administrative intern through the Ritchie program for school leadership.
