Hi! My name is Mariale Ribbeck and I teach second grade here at High Tech High Elementary Chula Vista. I was born in Miami, Florida and attended the University of Florida where I attained my Bachelors in Special Education and my Masters in Early Childhood Education. While in school, I interned in several different classroom placements ranging from Kindergarten to 3rd grade. My last year of university I was assigned to a second grade classroom and fell in love with that grade level. I have been lucky enough to be a second grade teacher ever since! This will be my seventh year teaching. I taught second grade at different charter schools in the Miami-Dade County Public School System for 4 years and I moved to San Diego in 2021, where I began teaching here at HTHeCV. I am so excited to be part of your child’s learning journey and I can’t wait to see how much they grow this year!