Meet our Past California Teachers of the Year

Bridgette Donald-Blue, Coliseum Street Elementary School

Ben Case, Northwood High School

Jason Torres-Rangel, Theodore Roosevelt High School

Catherine Borek, Dominguez High School

Lauren Camarillo, Mountain View High School

Sovantevy Long-Latteri, La Sierra High (Alternative) School

Virginia Vasquez, San Gabriel High School

Tiffany Jokerst, West Hills High School

Alondra Diaz, Ralph A. Gates (DLI) Magnet Elementary School

Nichi Renea Avina, Cielo Vista Charter School

Keisa Brown, University Heights Middle School

Jim Klipfel, Saugus High School

Laura E. Gómez Contreras, Martin Elementary School

Allison Cyr, Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School

Nora Wynne, McKinleyville Middle School

Mandy Kelly, Trabuco Mesa Elementary School

Brenda Barreras, Good Hope Elementary School

Guy Myers, Burroughs High School

Katya Robinson, West Sonoma County Consortium School

Sean Bui, Cupertino High School

Erica Boomer, Upper Lake High School

Rosie Reid, Northgate High School

Michael Henges, Redondo Union High School

Kim Holz, Opal Robinson Elementary

Angel Mejico, El Cerrito Middle School

Brian McDaniel, Painted Hills Middle School

Jaime Brown, San Diego High School

Kirsten Farrell, Venice High School

Gregory Gardiner, Edison High School

Erin Oxhorn-Gilpin, Northlake Hills Elementary School

Isela Lieber, James Monroe High School

Jenny Chien, Vista Unified School District

Corrine (Corrie) Traynor, Barrett Ranch Elementary

Megan Gross, Del Norte High School

Daniel Jocz, Downtown Magnets High School

Mitchell Bahr, Foothill High School

Doug Green, Valley Middle School & Carlsbad High School

Michelle Cherland, Carrillo Ranch Elementary

Ann Park, Greenleaf Elementary

Lovelyn Marquez-Prueher, Dodson Middle School

Chris O’Connor, St. Helena High School

Maggie Mabery, Manhattan Beach Middle School

Erin Rosselli, Panorama Elementary School

Amy Laughlin-Vento, Hanson Elementary School

Michael Hayden, Mira Costa High School

Jessica Pack, James Workman Middle School

Timothy Smith, Florin High School

Linda Horist, Nohl Canyon Elementary

Angelo Bracco, Solano Middle School

Veronica Vega, Harmony Elementary School

Sébastien Paul DeClerck, Ventura High School

Martin Reisert, Oak Valley Middle School

I’Asha Warfield, Frick Middle School

David Goldenberg, Arnold O. Beckman High School

Rebecca Mieliwocki, Luther Burbank Middle School (National Teacher of the Year)

Tom Collett, Newark Junior High School

Shari Ann Herout, Foxboro Elementary School

Ken LaVigne, La Serna High School

Florence Avognon, Phoenix Academy

Jennifer Kelly, Middletown Middle School

Shannan Brown, Thomas Edison Elementary

Darin Curtis, Tierra del Sol Middle School

Kadhir Rajagopal, Grant Union High School

Beverly Gonzales, Santa Fe Elementary School

Melanie Karaffa Tolan, Sarah Anthony School

Amber Carrow, Chemawa Middle School

Kathy Marvin, Jeffrey Trail Middle School

Kelly Kovacic, The Preuss School

Valerie Ziegler, Abraham Lincoln High School

Loredana Wicketts, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary

Mark Teeters, Vintage High

Alex Kajitani, Mission Middle School

Alastair Inman, Lexington Junior High

Jose L. Navarro IV, Social Justice Humanitas Academy

Tamara Reina, East Mesa

Gregory McFall, Russell I. Johnson Middle

Andee Aceves, San Altos Elementary

Lewis Chappelear, James Monroe High

Michel Allen Long, Camerla Elementary

Helen Papadopoulos, Suzanne Middle School

Rick LeVan, Canyon Middle School

Alan Sitomer, Lynwood High School

Charles Reynes, Castro Valley District

Dawna Countryman, Tesoro del Valle Elementary

Diana Barnhart, Los Osos Middle School

Denis J. Cruz, Katherine Edwards Middle School

Shelbi J. Wilson-Fields, Abraham Lincoln High School

Kelly Jean Hanock, James Monroe High School

Kenneth E. Dyar, Cecil Avenue Middle School

Ray Williams, Steve Luther Elementary School

Eric Burrows, San Marcos High School

Kim Labinger, Thomas Edison Elementary School

Stanley Murphy, San Diego High School

Alan Siegel, W.C. Carlé Continuation High School

Dawn Imamoto, Bryte Elementary School

Paul McLaughlin, Suzanne Middle School

Arthur Coleman Jr., Hamilton Middle School

Zenaida Rosario, La Mirada Elementary School

Paul Lewanski, Tustin High School

Tamara Thornell, Norman R. Brekke Elementary

Jim Jordan, Del Campo High School

Connie Blackburn, Central Elementary

Christopher Mullin, Santa Ynez High School

Anne Marie Bergen, Magnolia Elementary

Virgie Avila, (not pictured)

Carol Brouhle, Westminster High

Mary Geer, Merlinda Elementary – deceased

Marvin Inmon, James M. Guinn Elementary

Janet Gower, Ygnacio Valley High

Chauncey Veatch, Coachella Valley High (National Teacher of the Year) – deceased

Adele Prince, Glendora High

Scott Malloy, Brea-Olinda High

Mary Allan, Jack London Elementary

Dalynn Smith-Malek, Laguna Hills High

Jeff Wright, Lincoln High

John M. “Jack” Hawkins, Ed. D, Sonora High

Karen O’Connor, Sunset Hills Elementary

Jan Patrick Mongoven, San Marcos High

Marilyn Whirry, Mira Costa High School (National Teacher of the Year) – deceased

Kami Tomberlain, James Logan High