Spotlight on U
Teachers
![Jennifer Sinople, ELA teacher at Cuthbertson Middle, smiles at a chair with books in the background.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1766429849/unioncountyps/i2c12weclas3dfrn4xsp/Spotlight-Jennifer-Sinople-CMS-004-Thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1766429849/unioncountyps/i2c12weclas3dfrn4xsp/Spotlight-Jennifer-Sinople-CMS-004-Thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1766429849/unioncountyps/i2c12weclas3dfrn4xsp/Spotlight-Jennifer-Sinople-CMS-004-Thumbnail.jpg","width":800}])
Get to know Jennifer Sinople, an eighth-grade ELA teacher at Cuthbertson Middle School.
![Ruth Hill, science teacher at Parkwood High, smiles behind her desk.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1766420816/unioncountyps/awp7pt85smtjb9krcifh/Spotlight-Ruth-Hill-PWHS-003-Thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1766420816/unioncountyps/awp7pt85smtjb9krcifh/Spotlight-Ruth-Hill-PWHS-003-Thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1766420816/unioncountyps/awp7pt85smtjb9krcifh/Spotlight-Ruth-Hill-PWHS-003-Thumbnail.jpg","width":800}])
Get to know Ruth Hill, a science teacher at Parkwood High School.
![5th grade teacher Ashlee Steiner sits in a reading corner in a chair.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760708129/unioncountyps/cjdc6gnqnt0lu2fbxian/Spotlight-Ashlee-Steiner-RVES-005-Thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760708129/unioncountyps/cjdc6gnqnt0lu2fbxian/Spotlight-Ashlee-Steiner-RVES-005-Thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760708129/unioncountyps/cjdc6gnqnt0lu2fbxian/Spotlight-Ashlee-Steiner-RVES-005-Thumbnail.jpg","width":800}])
Get to know Ashlee Steiner, a fifth-grade teacher at Rea View Elementary School.
Students
![Helenith Pineda smiles for a picture in the media center.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1773338663/unioncountyps/eygof3d5kmvjzbwoebg6/Spotlight-Helenith-Pineda-HSA-MMS-001-Thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1773338663/unioncountyps/eygof3d5kmvjzbwoebg6/Spotlight-Helenith-Pineda-HSA-MMS-001-Thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1773338663/unioncountyps/eygof3d5kmvjzbwoebg6/Spotlight-Helenith-Pineda-HSA-MMS-001-Thumbnail.jpg","width":800}])
Get to know Helenith Pineda, an eighth grader at the Health Sciences Academy at Monroe Middle School.
![A young man with curly hair wearing a white Nike hoodie is sitting on a blue stool in a classroom setting, surrounded by colorful bookshelves and storage containers.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1770136330/unioncountyps/zrlrze1znkqejrq2tm9u/Spotlight-Vincent-Colasurdo-8th-SVMS-002-Thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1770136330/unioncountyps/zrlrze1znkqejrq2tm9u/Spotlight-Vincent-Colasurdo-8th-SVMS-002-Thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1770136330/unioncountyps/zrlrze1znkqejrq2tm9u/Spotlight-Vincent-Colasurdo-8th-SVMS-002-Thumbnail.jpg","width":800}])
Get to know Vincent Colasurdo, an eighth grader at Sun Valley Middle School.
![Porter Ridge High senior Kayden Purdy smiles while sitting at a table.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1768224276/unioncountyps/nwzeuy0moygirpsoafm7/Spotlight-Kayden-Purdy-PRHS-12th-001-Thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1768224276/unioncountyps/nwzeuy0moygirpsoafm7/Spotlight-Kayden-Purdy-PRHS-12th-001-Thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1768224276/unioncountyps/nwzeuy0moygirpsoafm7/Spotlight-Kayden-Purdy-PRHS-12th-001-Thumbnail.jpg","width":800}])
Get to know Kayden Purdy, a senior at Porter Ridge High School.
Staff
![Kasha Giddins smiles at her desk.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1772718873/unioncountyps/p7ua3zedidgujtt0pclw/Spotlight-Kasha-Giddins-SP-001-Thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1772718873/unioncountyps/p7ua3zedidgujtt0pclw/Spotlight-Kasha-Giddins-SP-001-Thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1772718873/unioncountyps/p7ua3zedidgujtt0pclw/Spotlight-Kasha-Giddins-SP-001-Thumbnail.jpg","width":800}])
Get to know Kasha Giddins, director of student support at Union County Public Schools.
![Instructional Assistant Cape Boyd sits on a bench at the front entrance of Weddington Elementary.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765466511/unioncountyps/tp62whqpx6llccrgsoda/Spotlight-Cape-Boyd-WDES-004-Thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1765466511/unioncountyps/tp62whqpx6llccrgsoda/Spotlight-Cape-Boyd-WDES-004-Thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765466511/unioncountyps/tp62whqpx6llccrgsoda/Spotlight-Cape-Boyd-WDES-004-Thumbnail.jpg","width":800}])
Get to know Cape Boyd, an instructional assistant at Weddington Elementary School.
![Cafeteria Manager Tonya Wilber poses for a smiling picture at the Kensington Cafe.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765460335/unioncountyps/gqbn6do4rjohquwyjo7e/Spotlight-Tonya-Wilber-KES-005-Thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1765460335/unioncountyps/gqbn6do4rjohquwyjo7e/Spotlight-Tonya-Wilber-KES-005-Thumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765460335/unioncountyps/gqbn6do4rjohquwyjo7e/Spotlight-Tonya-Wilber-KES-005-Thumbnail.jpg","width":800}])
Get to know Tonya Wilber, a cafeteria manager at Kensington Elementary.