Mr. Mendez and miss Debbie

My name is Debbie Garcia-Fleming. I am a kindergarten paraprofessional. I work with both Ms. Thompson and Mr. Mendez, but primarily with Mr. Mendez in room 118. I like being called Miss Debbie or Mrs. Debbie. This will be my fifth year at Kaiser Elementary, my fourth year with the kindergarteners, and my fifteenth year with DPS

My work experience is varied. I started as a preschool teacher. I later became a Center Director. When my son went to kindergarten, I went to work at DPS as a bi-lingual paraprofessional. I worked primarily with ELA students. I love teaching literacy and that is where my strengths lie. I switched to kindergarten eight years ago because I missed working with younger children. I love creating literacy games (primarily phonemic awareness and phonics) for them. When we went to remote learning in March, my job became primarily as a translator for our Spanish speaking parents. I translated Ms. Thompson’s and Mr. Mendez’s written lessons as well as the Specials teachers’.

I love spending time with my family, playing with my grandbaby, reading, playing fashion dress up games and word games on the laptop, crafting, creating literacy games, listening to 70’s music, and having long deep discussions with my son about nerdy things (Star Wars, Dungeons and Dragons, conspiracy theories) l love drinking coffee, and I LOVE goofy dad jokes!

I'm so excited to start a new year with all your beautiful children. Mr. Mendez is a wonderful and humorous teacher. He makes learning fun and we are going to have a great year! I can't wait to see all your shining faces and get to know you!