Montgomery Middle School Tuesday, May 4

Coordinated by The Communicaons Department

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Richard Barrera President

John Lee Evans Vice President

Katherine Nakamura Member

Shelia Jackson Member

John de Beck Member

William A. Kowba Interim Superintendent BOARD OF EDUCATION SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

IN THE MATTER OF THE ) RECOGNITION OF MAY 4, 2010, ) RESOLUTION AS SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ) DAY OF THE TEACHER )

WHEREAS, teachers work to open students’ minds to the magic of ideas, knowledge and dreams; and

WHEREAS, teachers fill many roles, as listeners, explorers, role models, motivators, and mentors; and demonstrate their love of learning in the classroom every day; and

WHEREAS, teachers keep American democracy alive by laying the foundation of good citizenship; and

WHEREAS, the success of more than 132,000 students in the San Diego Unified School District depends on the skills, knowledge and attitudes acquired while under the nurturing guidance of more than 6600 teachers; and

WHEREAS, teachers continue to influence us long after our school days are only memories;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District does hereby acknowledge the contributions of all dedicated teachers and recognizes May 4, 2010, as the Day of the Teacher and urges parents, students and the community to publicly show their appreciation for teachers and their contributions that improve our daily lives, our community and our futures.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District, San Diego, California, at a public meeting thereof duly called and held this 4th day of May 2010.

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• Welcome ...... Richard Barrera

• Presentaon of Colors ...... Kearny High Educaonal Complex JROTC

• Pledge of Allegiance ...... Montgomery Middle School students

• Our Naonal Anthem ...... Andres Jaramillo, CPMA student

• Day of the Teacher Resoluon ...... Richard Barrera

• Teacher Award Introducons ...... William Kowba

• Future Educator Scholars ...... Anthony La Rue & Mary Castleberry

• Naonal Board Cerﬁed Teachers ...... Nellie Meyer

• School Site Teachers of the Year ...... Nellie Meyer

• Teacher of the Year Runners-up ...... Theodosia Ballard & Lili Reeves • Presentaons of the Teachers of the Year

• Elementary School ...... Bill Freeman

• Middle School ...... Michael Crawford

• High School ...... Philippe Poncey

• Special Recognions ...... Sponsoring Organizaons

• Concluding Remarks ...... William Kowba Welcome Recepon & Menu

Co-sponsored by:

Menu Presented by Garﬁeld High School ROP Culinary Arts • Southeast Salad Rolls with Chicken or Tofu Served with Peanut or Spicy Ginger Sauce • Archoke Cheese Squares • Eggs Stuﬀed with Fresh Herb Pesto

Presented by Morse High School ROP Culinary Arts – The Hungry Tiger Café • Reuben Pastry Squares • Mushroom Strudel • Crab Crosnis • Spinach Crêpe Spirals • Panini Triangles with Smoked Mozzarella, Sundried Tomatoes and Pesto

Presented by Scripps Ranch High School ROP Culinary Arts • Mini Apple Strudel • Beet Cakes with Cream Cheese Frosng • Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake • Flourless Chocolate “Hummus” Cake

Performance by The Patrick Henry High School Jazz Ensemble Future Educators Scholars 2010

The Future Educator Scholars Program is a 20-year old program of the San Diego Educaon Fund. Future Educator Scholars are aspiring teachers who receive five-year scholarships, in- cluding mentoring and counseling, in exchange for agreeing to teach in the San Diego Unified School District. Scholars are usually the first in their families to aend college and reflect the diversity of district schools.

Corey Dew Eugene Marble III Henry High School Patrick Henry High School Anika Hamid Ismael Perez Morse High School Mission Bay High School

Mashin Scholars 2010

The San Diego Educaon Fund also administers the Mashin Scholarship Program. Two rered teachers, Virginia and Jack Mashin, le an endowment to fund 4-year scholarships for math and science majors.

Thanya De Sanago Troung Hong Serra High School Crawford High Educaonal Complex Mahew Garre Ahiram Rodriquez Mission Bay High School Hoover High School 2010 Naonal Board Cerﬁed Teachers

NBPTS is an independent, nonprofit, nonparsan and nongovernmental organizaon. It was formed in 1987 to advance the quality of teaching and learning by developing professional standards for accomplished teaching, creang a voluntary system to cerfy teachers who meet those standards and integrang cerfied teachers into educaonal reform efforts.

Linnea Caldera Miller Becky Reid * Joyner Elementary Sunset View Elementary

Michel Cazary Kimberly Roberts Garﬁeld Elementary Bell Middle School

Alicia Flores Kathy Ryan Crawford Educaonal Complex Fay Elementary

Suzie Fore Aimee Sage Serra High School Behavior Support Services

Sarah Gladd Amy Sanders * Montgomery Middle School Nye Elementary

Jessica Guy-Smith Joy Schumacher Montgomery Middle School Dingeman Elementary

Mary Laiuppa Betsy Shirazi * Clairemont High School and Kearny Complex De Portola Elementary

Cynthia Larkin Jon Strebler * Morse High School San Diego School of Internaonal Studies

Yvonne Munguia-Lucero Jessica Touw Crown Point Elementary Birney Elementary

Cecile Nedellec Quynh Tran Serra High School Crown Point Jr. Music Academy

Maria Nichols * Amanda Turnbull Magnet Program Oﬃce Relocated-no longer with the District

Bonnie Paget-Milse * Dianna Vanderhurst Dailard Elementary Wangenheim Middle School

Brian Pollard Karen Wroblewski * O’Farrell Community School Rered

* Recerﬁed Site Teachers of the Year

Nancy Acosta-Meza Carlos Bribiesca Lafayee Elementary Cesar Chavez Elementary School Lizbeth Albano Paula Brown Encanto Elementary School Muirlands Middle School Denise Alejandro Noreen Bruno Garfield High School Linda Vista Susie Anella Jill Bryson Doyle Elementary School Webster Elementary School Jennifer Atkinson Jaime Caniff Garfield Elementary Carver Elementary School Utahna Atwell Crisna Carroll Pacific Beach Elementary School Silver Gate Elementary School Lisa Bailey Summer Catarius * E.B. Scripps Elementary School Marston Middle School Jason Bailow Meagan Champion * iHigh Virtual Academy Golden Hill Elementary Kim Barnes Mark Colombo Johnson Elementary School San Diego High - School of Business Megan Barne * Alycia Concannon Hage Elementary School Sherman Elementary Marcela Beltran Rick Corle Normal Heights Elementary School Kearny High School - DMD Dana Benevento Thomas Courtney * Bethune Elementary School Chollas-Mead Elementary School Chrisna Berg Nancy Cox School of Creave & Performing Arts Dingeman Elementary School Robyn Bernstein * Mickey Davenport * Kumeyaay Elementary School Old Town Program Diane Bladel Robert Dean * Mission Bay High School Scripps Ranch - School of Business James Bloom Irene Delgado Lincoln High - Science & Engineering Green Elementary School Ann Boisvert John Denear Field Elementary School Frankin Elementary

* District Teacher of the Year Candidates Site Teachers of the Year

Amy Denney Gina Honma Point Loma High School McKinley Elementary School Gayle Dirkes Jill Hornung Perry Elementary School Rosa Parks Elementary School Deirdre Fabian Michelle Houle * Baker Elementary School Lindsay Community School Chrisna Faudoa Margarita Idos Knox Preparatory School Paradise Hills Rachel Finney Ramona Jacobo Mt. Everest Academy Emerson-Bandini Elementary Kevin Flynn Mary Jennings Adams Elementary Fletcher Elementary School Michele Fournier Andrew Jensen University City High School Farb Middle School Jessica Frichtel * Janet Jones Kearny High School CTA San Diego High - Internaonal Studies Tammy Frumkin Maria Kammerzell Oak Park Elementary School Carson Elementary School Rachel Getzelman Laura Kolk Valencia Park Elementary School Wilson Middle School Tom Giaquinto * Emalyn Leppard * Miramar Ranch Elementary School Montgomery Middle School Gina Goss Sanago Lerma Cadman Elementary School Hardy Elementary School Ed Gough Mary Lewis Morse High School Roosevelt Middle School Nicole Greeley Pam Limneos Juarez Elementary Chesterton Elementary School Mary Griﬃn Robyn Logan Lee Elementary School Fulton Elementary School Tim Hensley Rebekah Lugo * Bell Elementary School The Language Academy Kenneth Herschman Mike Maheu * MVAS at Crawford Mira Mesa High School

* District Teacher of the Year Candidates Site Teachers of the Year

Carol Manivone David Peterson * Euclid Elementary School Birney Elementary Mary Marnez Donna Pilkington Challenger Middle School San Diego MET (Mesa College) Teri Maxwell Janice Pingel Adapted PE Innovaon Middle School Deborah McAnulty * Mike Powers Mark Twain High School Lincoln School of Public Safety Jessica Meier Jill Prier Angier Elementary School TRACE Program Jennifer Merlo * Tina Rasori * De Portola Middle School Fay Elementary School Kelly Miller Todd Resley * Florence Elementary School Standley Middle School Laurie Miller Megan Richards Gage Elementary School James Madison High School Bonnie Milse Stacy Robe * Dailard Elementary School Pershing Middle School Orelia Moore Karen Robinson Horton Elementary School Crawford High School IDEA Daria Murphy Jeﬀrey Sabins Alco Elementary Lincoln School of the Arts Maddy Murphy-Cristal Norma Sandoval * Dewey Elementary School Hoover High School Tanja Neiner Chris Sego Barnard Elementary School Kearny High School SCT Chrissy Niedzwiecki * Ericka Senegar * Marshall Middle School Serra High School Eric Nielsen Carol Shear Lincoln School of Social Jusce Bird Rock Elementary School Mahew Oeﬄing Julie Smith Hancock Elementary Foster Elementary Kerri Perry Erika Spillane Audubon Elementary School Clairemont High School

* District Teacher of the Year Candidates Site Teachers of the Year

Rhoda Stephens-Yoder Cherilyn Veysey Ericson Elementary School ALBA High School Phyllis Stevens Cindy Wasserman * Rolando Park Elementary School Herbert Ibarra Elementary Leanne Tanner Cathy Watson Ocean Beach Elementary School Whitman Elementary School Harvey Tellinghuisen Dave Weaks VAPA Elementary Instruconal Music Bayview Terrace Rachel Tenenbaum * Amy Weinheimer La Jolla High School Paciﬁc Beach Middle School Debra Thigpen Raeanna Wertz * Jeﬀerson Elementary School Marshall Elementary School Tim Tischer Cindy Wilcken * ALBA Middle School Logan Elementary School Chrisna Torcellini Faith Wilson Penn Elementary Crawford High School CHAMPS Kimijo Trout Reinaldo Wilson Rowan Elementary School Kimbrough Elementary School Lauren Vacchi Nancy Wooten * Freese Elementary Zamorano Fine Arts Academy Maria Vargas Euclid Elementary School

* District Teacher of the Year Candidates Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalists

Tom Giaquinto Chrisne Niedzwiecki Miramar Ranch Elementary School Marshall Middle School

David Peterson Deborah McAnulty Birney Elementary School Twain High School (Mesa Satellite)

Summer Catarius Rachel Tenenbaum Marston Middle School La Jolla High School

Teacher of the Year Finalists

Thomas Courtney Norma Sandoval Chollas/Mead Elementary School Hoover High School

Rebekah Lugo The Language Academy Teacher of the Year Runners Up

Robyn M. Bernstein 4th grade Teacher, Kumeyaay Elementary School “Mrs. Bernstein is a true example of congruence when it comes to being a teacher. She models the behavior she wants and has a unique ability to bring out the best in all her students. She encourages them, empowers them, teaches them how to think crically and then challenges them. She smothers them with kindness, but challenges them to be independent. She forces them to grow, but at their own pace. She truly enforces the idea of “character development” and o en facilitates the growing pains that children of 4th grade go through by teaching about or discussing character, all while teaching students to find some resoluon to the disagreement.” – Gabriel Adona, Counselor/Professor, San Diego Mesa College Jessica M. Frichtel 9th-12th grade English Teacher, Stanley E. Foster Construcon Tech Academy, Kearny Educaonal Complex “Jessica Frichtel is a natural leader, and this talent is manifested in the myriad of projects and re- sponsibilies she has undertaken. Mrs. Frichtel has been the lead teacher in charge of the development of the 9th grade interdisciplinary team, the English Language Arts Department chair and the Ladies of CTA Club advisor. She has played a vital role in developing the project-based program at CTA. With her vision and professional experse, she has been instrumental in establishing meaningful relaonships with staff and industry partners to provide our students with relevant, real world experiences that bridge the world of school and the world of work. Mrs. Frichtel cares deeply about all students, is a trustworthy confidante, praiseworthy professional and incredibly effecve and caring teacher.” – Laura B. Bellofao, Principal, Kearny Construcon Tech Academy Jennifer Merlo 6th-8th grade English/Reading Support/P.E. Teacher, de Portola Middle School “Jennifer’s commitment to helping others succeed (even students who are not on her case load) is what sets her apart from most other teachers. She has been a commied leader at our school. Serving on our School Site Council teams, she helped to pour over data and develop plans to ad- dress concerns idenfied. Jennifer has also served on our Instruconal Leadership Team where she has been acve in helping us design staff development acvies. It’s through her help that our API scores increased from 813 last year to 839 this year. Jennifer’s teaching strength is her unyielding drive to help students. Students recognize that she’s there for them and respond to her requests because they know she’s doing it for them. They love her, as do the parents, because she does make a difference in their learning.” – Elizabeth Gillingham, Principal, de Portola Middle School Teacher of the Year at the Elementary School Level

Wooten has always followed the sage advice, “Never give up!” She shares this message with her students every day, encouraging them that they can achieve anything, regardless of limita- ons. Wooten creates a sense of “yearning to learn,” inspiring students to become excited about the world around them. She also pro- motes friendship and camaraderie among her students, allowing her class to move forward as a cohesive unit with every lesson. Walk into her first grade classroom and one can im- mediately sense her students’ respect for her and for each other. In the middle of a lesson, sing with legs criss-crossed on a large rug, Wooten even encourages her students to re- lease their pent-up energy, but in a producve and less distracng way. First graders gleefully shake their arms in unison, a move designed to express themselves and get other students excited about what they are learning. Wooten is proud of the opportunies she has been given to personally touch the lives of her students and their families. One student, from Nancy Wooten a family with eleven children and blind parents Zamorano Fine Arts Academy that had escaped from Somalia, came to her with no knowledge of how to hold a book properly. If you asked Nancy Wooten’s mother, she would That student le her first grade classroom read- tell you that Nancy started teaching when she ing at a third grade level and more than ready was four years old. As a child, Wooten would to excel in the next year. Opportunies like this gather all the neighborhood kids into her ga- are what give Wooten a sense of fulfillment rage to play “school.” By the me she reached each day she steps foot into her classroom. middle school, she was volunteering in a kin- dergarten classroom. In high school, she vol- Wooten is recognized by her colleagues as unteered in a second grade classroom. Even someone who is constantly striving to improve though Wooten began her college studies in herself to be the best teacher possible. “I most Psychology, the desire to become a teacher was admire the innate ability she has to touch the “too strong for her to ignore.” She switched lives of her students and make the curriculum paths and pursued a Masters Degree in Instruc- meaningful,” says former Zamorano admin- onal Leadership. Wooten has been a teacher istrator, Terri Reid. Wooten earned Naonal for more than 20 years, and currently teaches Board Cerficaon in 2003, further exemplify- first grade at Zamorano Fine Arts Academy. ing her dedicaon to teaching excellence. The child of immigrant parents from Mexico and Wooten earned a B.A. in Psychology with Hungary, Wooten was placed in the English Lan- a minor in French from San Diego State guage Learners program when she started school. University and an M.A. in Instruconal With English as her second language, she worked Leadership from Naonal University. hard to become a good student and eventually overcame her language barriers. She aributes Please join San Diego Unified in congratulang her successes to the incredible support she re- Nancy Wooten and her family on her selecon ceived from her teachers. Today, Wooten feels a as 2010 Elementary School Teacher of the Year. very personal connecon with her own students who are learning English in their primary years. Teacher of the Year at the Middle School Level

grates into her teaching philosophy every day. Lep- pard believes that every child can learn; there are just diﬀerent processes and paces appropriate for each student. She thrives on making sure that her students are prepared for real life. She sets up processes that allow each student to feel the magic of their own personal academic success. These mo- ments are what Leppard loves most about teaching -- when understanding one of her lessons translates into a boost in her students’ self-conﬁdence and belief that they can achieve just about anything, even if they have to work a lile harder to get there.

Leppard o en takes her alternave methods of teaching outside of the classroom. Proudly, her students’ art work is on display at the San Diego Internaonal Airport and at the San Diego County Fair, among other prominent locaons, through her partnership with the San Diego Art Instute. Through these projects, Lep- pard connects with her students on a personal level and encourages them to expand their natural talents.

Administrators and fellow teachers at Montgomery applaud her ability to take learning beyond class- Emalyn Leppard room walls. She coordinates Montgomery’s School Montgomery Middle School Community Garden Project, which allows students to work alongside community volunteers. Her ef- Emalyn Leppard has always been certain that she forts to bring in community partners to beaufy the would teach on an alternave path, although she garden have given students a place where they can never thought she would follow in her father’s learn about life through reflecon and hands-on footsteps as a special educaon teacher. Early in interacon. She has been praised as dependable, her career, Leppard volunteered for the Linda Vista reliable, passionate and commied to her work, Leaders, eventually becoming a project director. which as Principal Jonathon Ton states, “are de- Leppard worked to keep at-risk middle school stu- finive qualies that embody a solid educator.” dents from becoming juvenile delinquents. In her first year as director, Leppard mentored, taught Leppard earned a B.A. in Diversified Liberal and counseled 40 at-risk students. In 1997, she Arts from the University of San Diego, an M.S. connued her commitment to the Linda Vista com- in Organizaonal Management and Leadership munity when she began teaching at Montgomery from Spring Field College and an M.A. in Spe- Middle School. She has been there ever since. cial Educaon from Azusa Pacific University.

The great African American acvist and writer W.E.B. San Diego Uniﬁed congratulates Emalyn Lep- Du Bois once said: “Educaon must not only teach pard and her family on her selecon as 2010 work - it must teach life,” a quote Leppard inte- Middle School Teacher of the Year. Teacher of the Year at the High School Level

JSHS Biotechnology Workforce Iniave, Senegar- Mitchell designs programs that academically and technically prepare and mentor San Diego’s next generaon of sciensts. To date, she has raised more than $45,000 in educaon and industry grants to help students build relaonships with profession- als in the science industry and parcipate in job shadows and externships. In response to a research report on high drop-out rates, she is determined to movate students to stay in school, pursue higher educaon and work harder toward their dreams.

Exploring science in Senegar-Mitchell’s classroom means embracing less convenonal methods of teaching. Students pracce their best Mitosis dance moves, recite a creave t-RNA rap song and discover DNA from a mock crime scene. This dynamic learning environment is one of a kind in the world of science.

As the naonal spokesperson for the Biotechnol- ogy Instute and as a parcipant in more than 60 professional development acvies, Senegar- Mitchell takes every opportunity to study trends in educaon. She is constantly in search of new Ericka Senegar ways to support her students. Most recently, Junipero Serra High School Senegar-Mitchell earned the 2010 Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence, a $10,000 award. “I’m in the business of energy, goa handful of She is one of only 34 recipients in the world. glucose, gonna make me some ATP…I break it down, break it down. I’m in the business of energy. Goa “To the parents of the students, Ericka is a gem,” handful of glucose, gonna make me some ATP…Break says Janet Green, Scripps Mercy Hospital Clinical it down break it down in the plasm. I’m eang at Laboratory Scienst and Serra High School par- McDonald’s and breakin’ it down in the cytoplasm!” ent. “She is energec, reless, imaginave and caring. She lives and breathes teaching and we --ATP rap by Ericka Senegar-Mitchell are blessed to have her at Serra High School.”

Ericka Senegar-Mitchell was in junior high school Senegar-Mitchell earned a B.S. in Biochemistry from when she found her escape from the violence and Loyola Marymount University, a B.S. in Biology from poverty of the inner city through the world of sci- California State University, Dominguez Hills, a teaching ence. Her teachers were the basis of influence, credenal in Biological Sciences and Chemistry from inspiring Senegar-Mitchell to connue her pas- California State University, Fullerton, and an M.A. in sion for science and make a difference in the lives Educaon Psychology from Chapman University. of other struggling minority students. Following a highly successful career in the Biotech industry, San Diego Unified congratulates Ericka Sene- Senegar-Mitchell now has more than 14 years of gar-Mitchell and her family on her selecon teaching experience under her belt, spending the as 2010 High School Teacher of the Year. past three years at Serra High School in Tierrasanta.

Founder of Science in the City (a program that in- spires female students to love science) and the Special Thanks

Board of Educaon Kearny High School Office of the Superintendent Digital Media & Design class (Rick Corle, teacher) Office of Senator Chrisne Kehoe Office of Senator Dennis Hollingsworth Kearny High Educaonal Complex JROTC Office of Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny (Col. Tim Swann (rered.), senior military Office of Assemblymember Marty Block instructor) Office of Assemblymember Mary Salas CPMA Office of Assemblymember Lori Saldaña Andres Jaramillo, soloist. Teacher of the Year Selecon Commiee: (Sara Spafford, teacher) Theodosia Ballard, John Rick, Lili Reeves, Balloon Guru Bill Freeman, Michael Crawford, Philippe Poncey Behind the Scenes Montgomery Middle School Pacific Event Producons The Staff and Students San Diego Educaon Fund (Jonathan Ton, principal) San Diego Unified Teacher Preparaon & Garfield High School Student Support Division ROP Culinary Arts Program (Arlyn Hacke, teacher) San Diego Unified Food Services Dept Morse High School San Diego Unified Physical Plant Operaons ROP Culinary Arts Program – The Hungry San Diego Unified School Police Tiger (Sara Smith, teacher) San Diego Unified Visual & Performing Scripps Ranch School Arts Department ROP Culinary Arts Program (Kim Coelho, teacher) San Diego Unified Government Relaons Patrick Henry High School SDEA Site Representaves Jazz Ensemble (Mahew Kalal, director)

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