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New Principal Vicki Braddock is impressed with the students and staff at Los Amigos High School
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Los Amigos High School’s new principal, Vicki Braddock, center, with students Daisy Esqueda and Annelle Guillen, who she has known since her days as principal of Irvine Intermediate School in the Garden Grove Unified School District. Braddock is a strong supporter of the school’s many sports programs.
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icki Braddock likes the energy she sees at Los Amigos High School in Fountain Valley. The school’s new principal, Braddock was appointed to the job last May after serving as principal at several other schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District over the past 20 years. “It’s a definite change from all of my other experiences,” Braddock said. “What I like is the energy I see. There’s so much spirit here and that carries on into the classroom with the teaching I witness.” Prior to coming to Los Amigos, Brad6
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dock was principal at Irvine Intermediate School for four years. She also was principal at Fitz, Mitchell and A.J. Cook elementary schools—all in the Garden Grove district. A Huntington Beach resident, Braddock replaces Robin Patterson, who is now principal at Pacifica High School. “She’s very much missed here, including by me,” Braddock said of Patterson. “She’s a friend and I miss her, too.” In her first few months as the school’s new principal, Braddock said her goal is to “stay above the water, which I haven’t navigated yet. “It’s also to get to know the culture and build relationships and work side by side with the teachers. “You see kids here who are polite
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and they give back,” Braddock continued. “We have students helping our special needs kids. There are so many kids who are doing what’s best for the school. It’s students helping students.” Braddock said the athletic coaches at Los Amigos inspire the kids, whether they’re winning or losing. She is in awe of the school’s arts department, which “puts on amazing productions,” she said. She’s impressed with students who work in the school’s community garden. “Our motto is ‘Persevere, Attain, Work and Succeed.’ We say show your ‘PAWS.’ You will get success,” Braddock said, adding, “We try to empower the kids to let them know they’re the best in the world.” www.FountainValleyMagazine.com