What first drew you to this job in the beginning?

T: Working at a school, for me. Because I think it’s a happy place full of life and people and growth. And being a mom, I love the whole atmosphere of being at a school.

J: I was looking for a career change, background being law, and this opportunity presented itself to me and I thought it would be the perfect career change. I truly enjoy working for a school, I teach mock trial, so it all comes full circle.

The community, the faculty, the staff, everyone was really supportive and really kind when I met them.

What is the first thing you do when you come in to work in the morning?

T: Email. Got to check email because that’s how everything starts each day is what messages there are in the inbox.

J: I would say the same. Emails, voice-mails, I check in with Mr. Hereford. Look at the calendar to see what’s on the agenda for today. Look at the whole week, actually.

What are your main tasks?

T: Anything that has to do with the Middle School or the Upper School, I’m in the know. I know what’s going on each day and what’s on the agenda for that day. I know what meetings there are.

Faculty meetings, meetings that I have to arrange for Mr. Lopes and Mr. Wooden.

J: It’s hard to put it into words because there are so many little things that we do to make up for the whole entire school.

We have our hands in a little bit of everything.

T: If there are events happening, we have a lot of planning and preparation to do for events. I do a lot of the behind-the-scenes work with report cards. Grading, and all of that, publishing to parents, communication to parents [and] faculty.

Is there one part of the year that is a particularly busy time for you? Why?

T: End of the year for sure.

J: I do the back end of the calendar, that’s a huge task. I build the calender and it gets pushed forward to the administration, and things get changed. But that’s a huge project that happens about [October] through February or March.

I work alongside with the Board. So I go to the Board meetings. I organize those. Back-to-school events and functions. It’s busy through the entire year.

What is your favorite part of working at Laguna?

T: The community for me, the students, the faculty and parents. It’s just fun to have that many people to say hi to everyday!

J: It’s the most friendly environment. I love coming to work, I love coming to my job, I love doing my job. There’s not a day where I don’t want to come in because it’s just such a positive place to be. You just want to be here.

Go visit Tina and Jessica in the Administration Office!