Outstanding Educators Selected

The 2006 Riverside County Administrators, Principals, and Classified and Confidential Staff
Members of the Year were honored May 16 by the Riverside County Office of Education.

Teachers of the Year and inductees into to the Riverside County Education Hall of Fame
were also honored. The honorees included:

Administrator of the Year (Certificated):
Nancy M. Divine, Area Administrator
Hemet Unified School District

Administrator of the Year (Classified):
Peggy Reyes, Director
Desert Sands Unified School District

Principal of the Year:
Nelda Esmeralda,
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
Desert Sands Unified School District

Principal of the Year:
David Hansen,
Arlington High School
Riverside Unified School District

Confidential Staff Member of the Year:
Sue Holmes, Executive Secretary II
Riverside Unified School District

Classified Staff Member of the Year:
Mary Ann Sherman, K-6 Librarian
Jefferson Elementary School
Corona-Norco Unified School District

Teacher of the Year:
Mercedes Alou-Hicks,
Palm Desert High School
Desert Sands Unified School District

Teacher of the Year:
Shelbi J. Wilson,
Abraham Lincoln High School
Riverside Unified School District

Teacher of the Year:
Daniel Glenn Fountaine,
Matthew Gage Middle School
Riverside Unified School District

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