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County Educators Selected for Outstanding Contributions
The 2009 Riverside County Administrators, Principal (update 2-26-09), Classified and Confidential Staff Members of the Year have been announced by the Riverside County Office of Education. The Riverside County Principal of the Year will be announced at a later date.
The honorees, along with the 2009 Riverside County Teachers of the Year (including Loredana Wicketts, also a California Teacher of the Year), and inductees to the Hall of Fame, will be recognized at the Celebrating Educators Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on May 19, at the Riverside Convention Center.
The 2009 Riverside County Teachers of the Year were selected last June. The Classified Employee of the Year is entered into the competition for the state Classified School Employee of the Year (CSEY) who will be announced in May by the California Department of Education. The Hall of Fame winners will be announced later this month. Winners were chosen after a paper screening, interview, and site visit process. They include:
Administrator of the Year (Certificated) - Tie:
Barry L. Kayrell
Superintendent of Schools
Beaumont Unified School District
Guy Romero
Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services
Murrieta Valley Unified School District
Administrator of the Year (Classified)
Leslie F. Ventuleth
Chief Human Resources Officer/District Spokesperson
Perris Union High School District
Principal of the Year
Samuel Buenrostro
Principal, Centennial High School
Corona-Norco Unified School District
Confidential Staff Member of the Year:
Gracie L. Mendez
Executive Secretary I
Riverside Unified School District
Classified Staff Member of the Year (Nominee to State):
Julie Poirier-Leyva
School Bus Driver
Lake Elsinore Unified School District
2009 Teachers of the Year (announced June 2008):
Sunny Kaura
Centennial High School
Corona-Norco Unified School District
Katie Kearney
James Day Middle School
Temecula Valley Unified School District
Loredana Wicketts
Eisenhower Elementary School
Corona-Norco Unified School District
The Celebrating Educators Luncheon is sponsored by the Riverside County Office of Education, Altura Credit Union, and Life Touch Prestige Portraits in recognition of the county’s outstanding educators. Nominees in all categories from school districts throughout the county will be honored. The county level winners will be featured.
Read educators' biographies
For information contact:
Rick Peoples,
Public Information Officer
Telephone: (951) 826-6642
Fax: (951) 826-6199
rpeoples@rcoe.us
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