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.
Rita Hanna Yost
Rita Hanna Yost is #GGUSDHomegrown.
Rita is a kindergarten teacher at Morningside Elementary. She attended Zeyen Elementary, Alamitos Intermediate, and graduated from Rancho Alamitos High School in 2006.
“As soon as I graduated, I worked as an AVID tutor at Bell, Alamitos, and Rancho. After student teaching in GGUSD I became a substitute and was hired in 2013! My former teachers from Zeyen, Alamitos and Rancho are some of my personal heros. I'm so proud to be a product of GGUSD. I owe so much to my teachers. I've been inspired by them to give my students the best educational experience possible.”
Rita is in her 9th year of teaching in 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.