Ivan Godinez arrived at Sunnyside High School one recent morning in an angry mood, rudely responding to Principal Ryan Maxwell who noticed Godinez was late and asked him if he was going to class. That’s when teacher Felix DeLeon stepped in.
“He’s like, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa.’ He calmed me down,” Godinez said of DeLeon, who immediately took the teen aside and talked with him privately rather than confronting him in anger.
A junior, Godinez has attended several Yakima Valley schools, having moved multiple times in the last few years. He likes Sunnyside because the school’s teachers, counselors and other staff members take a personal interest in him, helping him navigate potential roadblocks to success, Godinez said.
[Fpr more on this story by Tammy Ayer, go to http://www.yakimaherald.com/ne...fb-0f1844db7726.html]
Photo: From left, Eduardo Corona, Ulyses Miranda, David Corona and Brenda play spoons during a "Friendsgiving" party at Sunnyside High School on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. JAKE PARRISH/Yakima Herald-Republic.
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