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November 6, 2007 - Tamara Reina (CRED, 1998) who teaches English and U.S. history at the East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility in Otay Mesa, is one of five ecucators who have been named California State Teachers of the Year. To read about Reina in the San Diego Union-Tribune, click here.
November 5, 2007 - Johnson Middle School history teacher Gregory McFall (CRED, 1998) was named today as one of five California Teachers of the Year McFall, a 10-year veteran at Johnson, was chosen as one of five Orange County Teachers of the Year in May. To read about McFall at MSNBC, click here.
November 5, 2007 - Lewis Chappelear (CRED, 2001), who teaches engineering design at James Monroe High School in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, was one of five educators named as a 2008 California Teacher of the Year. He was also chosen out of the five by state schools chief Jack O'Connell to represent California in the National Teacher of the Year competition. Click hereto read more about Chappelear in the Los Angeles Daily News.
September 6, 2007 - Jeanette Providence (M.Ed. 2002), who teaches English at Grant Union High School in Sacramento, has been named Sacramento County Teacher of the Year. Click here to read more about her in the Sacramento Bee.
August 2, 2007 - Gene Thomas (BBA, 1988), who started as the new Tuba City school district superintendent in July, is no stranger to Native American education. He's not even a stranger to the Navajo Nation. To read the article about him in the Navajo Times, click here.
June 11, 2007 - The San Mateo Union High School District Board of Trustees on Thursday appointed Katya Villalobos as the new principal of Capuchino High School. She holds degrees from UCLA, Notre Dame de Namur University and National University. To read more, click here.
January 18, 2007 - Principal Mikara Solomon Davis (TIER II CRED, 2006) helped turn the Los Angeles-area Bunche Elementary, one of California's lowest-performing schools, into one of the state's best. National Public Radio talks with Solomon Davis about her plan that boosted test scores among Bunche.