HOMEGROWN
Homegrown employees are those who attended schools in the district as students before returning to work in the district as employees. The “GGUSD Homegrown” campaign has already garnered interest from nearly 500 employees who shared their stories through an online form. Some of these stories will be spotlighted on the district’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram social media accounts.
Janine Caraballo
Janine Caraballo is #GGUSDHomegrown.
Janine attended Hill Elementary School, Jordan Intermediate School, and graduated from Bolsa Grande High School in 1983. Today, she is the School Nurse for Mark Twain Special Education Center, Jordan Intermediate School, and Stanford, Paine, and Mitchell elementary schools. She has worked for GGUSD for more than 16 years. All three of Janine’s children attended GGUSD schools and her daughter now works as an Instructional Aide at Rancho Alamitos and has coached softball at La Quinta and Pacifica.
“I like the small town atmosphere of Garden Grove in general, and the combined efforts of the city, the citizens and the school district to keep that feeling going.”
Included below is her seventh grade photo and a more recent photo when she began working for GGUSD.
If you're a homegrown GGUSD employee,
please take a moment to fill out a brief survey to share your story and save the date for our "GGUSD Homegrown Spring Celebration" on April 26, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Garden Grove Community Center.