My name is Hays Padrnos and I have the privilege of being your child's kindergarten teacher this year. This will be my 22nd year of teaching with 20 of those years being in first grade and kindergarten. 

I am one of those lucky individuals who knew what I wanted to be when I grew up from way back in first grade. I never wavered from that desire and started my teaching career straight out of The University of San Diego.  

I grew up on the coasts of Virginia and Northern California but also lived and taught first grade in Las Vegas, Nevada. When we moved to Colorado I taught kindergarten at St. Mary's Academy in Cherry Hills Village and then have worked in DCSD on and off in different capacities over the years.