Hi!

I'm Mrs. Ortuno and 2024-25 will be my 24th year of teaching and my 13th year teaching Transitional Kindergarten, the best grade! I have been at Stoneman Elementary for 17 years, teaching kindergarten and first grade before moving to TK. My first 7 years I taught Technology at Highlands here in Pittsburg. I love using my techKnowledge in the TK classroom and to help others. For the past several years I have also served as a volunteer staff member with Whole Brain Teaching. 

I have always wanted to be a teacher and love to create new and exciting activities for my students. I started my teaching career after graduating from California State University, Fresno with a bachelor's degree in Deaf Education and Clear Multiple Subjects teaching credential. In 2019 I completed my Transitional Kindergarten certification at University of LaVerne.

Below are some more fun facts about Mrs. Ortuno:

I love HappyPlanners & digital scrapbooking.

I don’t like shopping.

I repeated second grade and skipped eighth.

I have lived here in Pittsburg for over 20 years.

I have a wonderful husband who I met at college, a daughter, who graduated from Pittsburg High, and twin boys, who will be in 10th grade this year.

Mrs. Ortuno’s Favorites

My Favorite Restaurants:

Fiya Spice, CreAsian and Old Spaghetti Factory

My Favorite Animals:

Sea otters, hedgehogs, turtles and rabbits

My Favorite School Things:

Picture books, colorful markers, blocks

My Favorite Color:

Don’t have one

My Favorite TV Shows:

Reading Rainbow, Sid the Science Kid, and AGT

My Favorite Songs:

Hero, Enrique Iglesias; Beethoven’s Wig, Richard Perlmutter