SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teachers from across the region will be honored for their commitment to teaching and learning at this year’s “Cox Presents: A Salute to Teachers.” The Academy Awards-style extravaganza is celebrating its 25th anniversary of recognizing local teachers. The show will highlight the County’s 26,000 public school teachers and feature celebrity emcees and presenters, musical and dance performances, and the announcement of the 2015-16 San Diego County Teachers of the Year who will go on to represent the region at the California Teacher of the Year program later this year.
Tickets are on sale now for “Cox Presents: A Salute to Teachers” brought to you by San Diego County Credit Union. The LIVE show begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Balboa Theater. Tickets are $15 ($17.50 with fees), or $14 ($16.50 with fees) for groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased online at www.sandiegotheatres.org/a-salute-to-teachers, by calling the Balboa Theatre box office at 570-1100 (all San Diego area codes), or at the Balboa Theatre box office located at 868 4th Ave. in downtown San Diego. A 10% discount is available by mentioning title sponsor San Diego County Credit Union. For more information about the show, visit www.sdcoe.net/salute.
The 44 nominees for Teacher of the Year (nominee listing below) were selected by their respective school districts. Of those, five will be named County Teacher of the Year. The top five teachers are selected based on student achievement, professional development and community involvement, teaching philosophy and personal style, knowledge of educational issues and trends, promotion and development of the teaching profession, accountability and ability to serve as ambassadors of education.
The live gala event is brought to you by San Diego County Credit Union and produced by Cox Communications in cooperation with the San Diego County Office of Education. The show will also air live on Channel 4 San Diego.
Additional show sponsors include Sea World, Nothing Bundt Cakes, KUSI, Qualcomm, Procopio, CBRE, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, USS Midway, SDG&E, INSP Network, San Diego Union-Tribune, and Valley View Casino Center.
2015-16 San Diego County Teacher of the Year Nominees |
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SCHOOL DISTRICT | TEACHER | SCHOOL | ||||
Alpine Union | Darlene Newcomb | Shadow Hills Elementary | ||||
Bonsall Unified | Denise Barker | Bonsall Elementary | ||||
Borrego Springs Unified | Rachel Wann | Borrego Springs High | ||||
Cajon Valley Union | Janet Feilen | Sevick | ||||
Carlsbad Unified | Doug Green | Carlsbad High | ||||
Del Mar Union | Audrey Schengel | Sycamore Ridge | ||||
Encinitas Union | Scharonne Jones | Capri Elementary | ||||
Escondido Union (2) | Vanessa Miramontes-Solorzano | Mission Middle | ||||
Shannon Wrzeski | Central Elementary | |||||
Escondido Union High | Renee Sherry-Farrell | Del Lago Academy | ||||
Grossmont Union High (2) | Andrea Cooke | El Capitan High | ||||
Matt Norris | West Hills High | |||||
Lakeside Union | David Tupper | Tierra del Sol Middle | ||||
La Mesa-Spring Valley | Laura Autio | Lemon Avenue Elementary | ||||
Lemon Grove | Dan Decker | San Miguel Elementary | ||||
Mountain Empire Unified | Elizabeth Sjoquist | Campo Elementary | ||||
National | Katie Crosbie | Ira Harbison Elementary | ||||
Oceanside Unified (2) | Lisa Boyster | King Middle | ||||
Tiffany Ortega | Del Rio Elementary | |||||
Poway Unified (3) | Dena Glynn | Tierra Bonita Elementary | ||||
Courtney Jennings | Shoal Creek Elementary | |||||
Paul Messerle | Rancho Bernardo High | |||||
Ramona Unified | Michael Zehm | Ramona Elementary | ||||
San Diego County
Charter School Association |
Jeffrey Newman | e3 Civic High | ||||
San Diego County Office of Education | Jeffra Becknell | Monarch | ||||
San Diego Unified (5) | Mary Lou Baranowski-Drews | Lindbergh Schweitzer Elementary | ||||
Ronald Lancia | Mission Bay High | |||||
Shirley Miranda | Morse High | |||||
Brenda Mueller | De Portola Middle | |||||
Michelle Yepiz | Zamorano Elementary | |||||
San Dieguito Union High | Debra Cruse | Earl Warren Middle | ||||
San Marcos Unified | Jennifer Jackson | Richland Elementary | ||||
San Pasqual Union | Joshua Perez | San Pasqual Union | ||||
San Ysidro | Cynthia Arredondo-Quintanar | Willow Elementary | ||||
Santee | Stacy Roberts | Cajon Park | ||||
Solana Beach | Katie Zimmer | Carmel Creek | ||||
South Bay Union | Annalicia Guido | Nestor Language Academy Charter | ||||
Sweetwater Union High (5) | Laurie Baker-Worthington | Hilltop Middle | ||||
Blakeslee Detisch | Montgomery Middle | |||||
Diane Ince | Castle Park Middle | |||||
Armando Leon | Mar Vista Academy | |||||
Gale Marshburn | San Ysidro High | |||||
Valley Center-Pauma Unified | Satya Fleck | Valley Center High | ||||
Vista Unified | Michael Pink | Vista High | ||||