IDEA Weslaco

Mrs. Ontiveros joined Weslaco Colts in 2011. Mrs. Ontiveros served as a Kindergarten teacher at IDEA Weslaco Colts for 3 years. Within these three years she began her leadership skills by coaching and developing teachers. She then transitioned to IDEA Weslaco Pike Academy with the desire to support the launch of a founding campus. Due to her extensive knowledge with Direct Instruction and coaching and developing educators within the program she would be a great asset to the campus as it launched. Within the first year at Weslaco Pike, Mrs. Ontiveros’ top performance as a campus interventionist, grade team leader and direct instruction coach earned her the recognition of Teacher of the Year.

Mrs. Ontiveros continued to educate students for a total of 6 years as a teacher within the classroom. In 2017, Mrs. Ontiveros became Assistant Principal of Instruction. Within this role, she helped the campus attain a State school rating of an A under TEA’s report card. Mrs. Ontiveros earned top recognition of the district by being named the Top New Assistant Principal of the District. Due to the top record of results, Mrs. Ontiveros was awarded the Senior designation in 2020. She continued to serve the Weslaco Pike Community and staff for 3 more years.

We are excited to have Mrs. Ontiveros return to the Weslaco Colts team and family, where her journey began in 2011. Mrs. Ontiveros, passion radiates as she ensures that her work is always what is best for our students. It is her mission to educate each child who steps foot on her campus and continue to develop high performing educators who will lead our future generation to success.

Since joining IDEA in 2019, Meranda has worked to lead her campus to the top of district rankings in student persistence and served as a support for students and staff to meet and exceed personal and campus goals.

Meranda is a strong believer in supporting others to ensure success and strives to continue to provide students with a consistent and organized learning environment. Her goal is to ensure a safe learning environment for scholars to meet their goal of getting to and through college.