Santa Clara County's Finest Teachers
Honored on Teacher Recognition Day

SAN JOSE--Thirty "Teachers of the Year" from Santa Clara County school districts will be applauded by colleagues and community leaders at the countywide 39th Annual Teacher Recognition Day awards ceremony, Monday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. at the Heritage Theatre in Campbell. View list of teachers.

Honorees were selected by their districts for the most prestigious local award given to classroom teachers. The recognition ceremony, presented by the Santa Clara County Office of Education, is the oldest and largest of its kind in California.

The 2008 honorees include public school teachers of every grade from kindergarten through high school. Five have been in the classroom for less than 10 years; eight for more than 30 years.

The gala ceremony will be co-hosted by Charles Weis, County Superintendent of Schools, and Carl Guardino, president and CEO of Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Honorees will be presented with engraved awards, entertained by student performers, and featured in video profiles.

Teacher Recognition Day is co-sponsored by the SCCOE, Santa Clara County Federal Credit Union and National Semiconductor Foundation, with support from the San Jose Mercury News.

Additional support is given by All Ears Audio Books, Book Group Expo, Children's Musical Theatre of San Jose, Citti’s Florist, the Computer History Museum, Electronic Arts, the Exploratorium, Gourmet Gifts, Hicklebee's Children's Bookstore, Hidden Villa, Hijinx Comics, the Marine Science Institute, Milligan News Company, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Morrison School Supplies, Opera San Jose, the Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT), the Sixth District PTA, Santa Clara County Association of Realtors, Santa Clara County School Boards Association, the Sixth District PTA, 300 San Jose, Stanford Lively Arts, Santana Row, the Tech Museum of Innovation, Thomas Fogarty Winery and Whole Foods-Campbell.

Date last updated: May 31, 2011