Annie Milleret has been working in world language departments teaching middle and upper school students since 2014 and joined LJCDS in 2022 as a Middle School world language educator. She loves to learn everything she can about languages and linguistics. Ms. Milleret earned diplomas in Teaching French as a Second Language from McGill University and in French Literature from the University of Montreal. 

When she has time, Ms. Milleret enjoys doing pro-bono interpretation and translation work for asylum seekers coming from French-speaking countries. She received the Wiley W. Manuel Certificate from the State Bar of California for her volunteer work and was a recipient of the Casa Cornelia La Mancha award in 2020.

Ms. Milleret loves to share her passion for languages with her students. She is a very enthusiastic teacher and uses the communicative approach.

When she is not at school, Ms. Milleret spends time with her husband, three kids and two dogs. She loves to travel, read anything about World War II, and take long walks exploring California’s beautiful nature.

“I inspire greatness through my passion for sports medicine and helping others. I accomplish this by integrating the most current research with personalized care in order to optimize patient outcomes and keep athletes at their highest performance levels, both on the court and throughout the community.”

Christine Mitchell is committed to helping students do more than overcome their injuries by working to improve their functional movement so they can succeed as athletes and improve their joint health.

Here at La Jolla Country Day School, Ms. Mitchell started a student athletic training program in order to share her love of sports medicine. She hopes to inspire students to pursue careers in the medical field. At the very least, students will learn about their bodies and the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, and how to perform CPR and use an AED.

As LJCDS’s certified athletic trainer, Ms. Mitchell ensures the safety, well being and success of all Torrey athletes, whether it’s caring for abrasions, rehabilitating reconstructed ACLs, educating on concussions, developing injury-prevention plans, or implementing emergency action plans.

Ms. Mitchell obtained a Bachelor of Science in athletic training from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Science in exercise physiology from Boston University. She has worked with South Carolina’s football and basketball teams, Boston University’s field hockey team, the New England Revolution’s academy soccer teams and San Diego State’s women’s soccer team. In her spare time, she teaches injury prevention at the San Diego Circus Center, where she is also learning to hand-balance.

After exploring the East Coast, Ms. Mitchell returned to Escondido, where she resides with her chihuahua, Charlie.

Casey Walker joined the Design and Innovation team in 2021. She is passionate about using inquiry-based education to help students develop a critical mindset, personal agency, and a love of both learning and making.

Before joining LJCDS, Ms. Walker taught art, design and engineering for six years at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Edison, New Jersey. She helped to develop their STEM curriculum and established their educational makerspace. Ms. Walker grew up in New Jersey where she earned her A.F.A. from County College of Morris and B.A. in studio art from William Paterson University. She spent two years in Philadelphia, where she earned her M.Ed. in student personnel services from Widener University and learned to call long sandwiches “hoagies.” 

In 2018, Ms. Walker worked as a freelance contractor, assisting with product design and crowdfunding for a small tech-craft business. This intersection of design, technology and entrepreneurship primed Ms. Walker for her role in the Design and Innovation department at LJCDS.

Ms. Walker is a cat mom who enjoys roller skating, live music, meeting dogs, and all kinds of making; she has even dabbled in blacksmithing. Two of her favorite things to make are jewelry and food.