{"id":1580,"date":"2013-08-13T21:17:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T21:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillcrest.kusd.edu\/?page_id=1580"},"modified":"2026-07-17T09:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:14:54","slug":"principal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/information\/principal\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Principal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1839293755\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-211003496\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14472\" style=\"border-radius: 7%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/08\/principal-rlopez.jpg\" alt=\"Rhonda Lopez\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/08\/principal-rlopez.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/08\/principal-rlopez-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Rhonda Lopez<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:rlopez@kusd.edu\">rlopez@kusd.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 262-359-6316<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Bachelor&#8217;s degree:<\/strong> BA in Elementary Education\/Bilingual Education from New Mexico State University<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Master&#8217;s degree:<\/strong> MA in Curriculum and Instruction from New Mexico State University<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Doctorate:<\/strong> Doctorial Candidate in Educational Leadership at Edgewood College<\/li>\n<li><strong>Began career in education:<\/strong> 1992<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-211003496 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px 0px 8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1104583264\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-love-school.svg\" alt=\"Career highlights\" width=\"50\" \/>\u00a0Career highlights<\/h2>\n<p>ProjectGLAD Tier IV Trainer and National Consultant for Dual Language Programs, National Board Certified Teacher since 2007, Foster Care Certified Parent<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-hobbies.svg\" alt=\"Hobbies\" width=\"50\" \/> Hobbies<\/h2>\n<p>Cake decorating, Kayaking, cooking, Latin dance<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-subjects.svg\" alt=\"Favorite school subjects\" width=\"50\" \/> Favorite school subjects<\/h2>\n<p>Languages, Science, Social Studies<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-love-school.svg\" alt=\"What I love most about LakeView\" width=\"50\" \/> What I love most about Head Start<\/h2>\n<p>I am incredibly proud to serve the Head Start community in ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ. Our program impacts the lives of hundreds of families and their children, making a forever positive difference in their lives. We are privileged to work with families representing every linguistic and cultural background we have represented in ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ, ensuring that our little ones are prepared and ready to be successful in Kindergarten and beyond!<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-quote-mantra.svg\" alt=\"Favorite quote or mantra\" width=\"50\" \/> Favorite quote or mantra<\/h2>\n<p>Life is all about how you handle plan B!<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-sport-food.svg\" alt=\"Favorite sports team\" width=\"50\" \/> Favorite sports team<\/h2>\n<p>New Mexico State Aggies<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1104583264 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px;\n  margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n  border-radius: 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ":13458,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1580","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1580"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16599,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1580\/revisions\/16599"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/santos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}