Schools
District Names 2011 Teacher of the Year
Teachers and classified employees honored by Newark Unified.
Newark Unified School District named its 2011 Teacher of the Year and Classified Employee of the Year at its Tuesday Board of Education meeting.
Tom Collett was recognized as this year’s top educator within the district. Collett is a science teacher at Newark Junior high School.
Collett was one of 12 teachers and 14 classified employees who were named school site winners at the school board meeting on May 17.
The 2011 Classified Employee of the Year award went to Cheryl Morris, a librarian with Kennedy Elementary School.
All seats were filled at the meeting, with at least 20 people standing, as friends and family members of those honored came to cheer and support them.
“This is a tremendous honor for each and every one that was named tonight,” Superintendent Keven Harrigan said. “I want to give each and everyone my congratulations for being selected.”
Here is the list of teachers who were honored:
- Clarissa Alcott from,
- Yoon Chi from
- Catherine Diaz-Centeno from
- Floretta Kukoyi from
- Jocelyn Lindell from
- Rossana Panuco from
- Claudia Riley from.
- Jon Tiano from
- Rena Wallingford from
- Jonathan Wills from
- Karol Wright from
The classified employees who were recognized were:
- Shelly Arthur from
- Julie Borrego from
- Janine Friend from
- Annemarie Gallant from
- Amber Leyva from
- Loretta Martinez from
- Maria Mendoza from
- Judith Montecinos from
- Juan Moreno from
- Tara Nathan from
- Ernie Reis from the district’s Maintenance, Operations and Transportation Department
- Sandra Schroetlin from
- Larry Simon from the district office
Harrigan called all of the employees who were honored at the event innovators.
Those honored at the meeting were chosen and nominated by an employee at their school site, for their “tremendous contribution” to their schools, Harrigan said.
