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Three Cupertino Area Educators Named Teachers of the Year
Teachers will be honored next month at a celebration presented by the Santa Clara County Office of Education.
Three Cupertino area teachers are being honored as 2012 Teachers of The Year by the Santa Clara County Office of Education.
They include:
· Ami Byrne, Cupertino Union School District, Eisenhower Elementary School
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· Nelda Clark, Fremont Union High School District, Lynbrook High School
· Meredith Rietdorf, Sunnyvale School District, Cumberland Elementary School
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Honorees are selected by their individual school district based on their dedication to students, classroom skill and commitment to lifelong learning.
Byrne, Clark and Rietdorf will join more than two dozen other South Bay educators on Sept. 27 at a Teacher Recognition Celebration presented by the County Office of Education. For more than 40 years, the annual program has recognized the best and the brightest local public school teachers from nearly every grade and subject matter.
The program is co-sponsored by Texas Instruments and the Santa Clara County Federal Credit Union, with support from the San Jose Mercury News. The sixth District PTA and Santa Clara County School Boards Association provide additional support.
Other teachers being honored include:
Teacher
District
School
Elizabeth Murray
Alum Rock Union School District
Goss Elementary School
Susan Chase
Berryessa Union School District
Piedmont Middle School
Catherine Lorigan
Cambrian School District
Ida Price Middle School
Rachelle Burnside
Campbell Union High School District
Branham High School
Joshua Pizzica
Campbell Union School District
Monroe Middle School
Jessica Davis
County Board of Education-authorized charter school
Discovery Charter School
Guadalupe Moctezuma
County Office of Education
San Jose Head Start
Ami Byrne
Cupertino Union School District
Eisenhower Elementary School
Sudhir Karandikar
East Side Union High School District
Mt. Pleasant High School
Penny Brown
Evergreen School District
Laurelwood Elementary School
Marilia Castle
Franklin-McKinley School District
Ramblewood School
Nelda Clark
Fremont Union High School District
Lynbrook High School
Maritza Salcido
Gilroy Unified School District
Las Animas School
Fran Edwards
Loma Prieta Joint Union School District
C.T. English Middle School
Niki Mitchell
Los Altos School District
Gardner Bullis School
Jim Fredette
Los Gatos Union School District
Raymond J. Fisher Middle School
Mike Davey
Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District
Saratoga High School
Perlita Balangue
Luther Burbank School District
Luther Burbank School
Shirley Atkins
Metropolitan Education District
Metropolitan Adult Education Center
Deanna M. Sainten
Milpitas Unified School District
Pomeroy Elementary School
Tyler Ready
Moreland School District
Anderson Elementary School
Terri Craig
Morgan Hill Unified School District
El Torro Elementary School
Louise Krasnow
Mount Pleasant School District
Mount Pleasant Elementary
Cyndee Nguyen
Mountain View Whisman School District
Bubb Elementary School
Christa Wemmer
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District
Los Altos High School
Jan Bruno
Oak Grove School District
Leonard Herman Intermediate School
Michael McClellan
San Jose Unified School District
Castillero Middle School
Diane di Bari
Santa Clara Unified School District
Wilcox High School
Julie Paolini
Saratoga Union School District
Foothill Elementary School
Meredith Rietdorf
Sunnyvale School District
Cumberland Elementary
Beverly Hooper
Union School District
Dartmouth Middle School
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