19th Annual Teacher of the Year Awards

HAYWARD -- Sixteen teachers who have been selected as their district’s 2008 Teacher of the Year will be celebrated at the 19th Annual Alameda County Teacher of the Year Awards ceremony. This year's theme is Celebrating the Heart of Education.

The evening will be capped off with the announcement of the two Alameda Countywide Teachers of the Year, who will represent Alameda County in the statewide Teacher of the Year competition. See the list of honorees below.

Everyone is invited to help celebrate the heart of education on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. The reception starts at 6 p.m., the program starts at 7 p.m. Join us at the University Theatre, California State University, East Bay, 25800 Carols Bee Blvd., Hayward. For more information, contact Jan Passama at 510-670-4225 or jpassama@acoe.org.

Teachers to be honored are (in order by district):

• Sharon Mullen, Alameda County Office of Education
• Brian Rodriguez, Encinal High School, Alameda Unified School District
• Leslie Jo Sutton, Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley Unified School District
• Melissa LeGuluche, Fallon Middle School, Dublin Unified School District
• Joanne Gouveia, Hirsch Elementary School, Fremont Unified School District
• Gordon Sanford, Mission Valley ROP (Fremont)
• Belynda Ray, Bret Harte Middle School, Hayward Unified School District
• Francisc “Frankie” Tate, Granada High School, Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District
• Lynette Marshall, Tri-Valley ROP (Livermore)
• Lynne Thompson, Alvarado Middle School, New Haven Unified School District
• Loren Pinto, Newark Memorial High School, Newark Unified School District
• Herman Brown, Cole Middle School, Oakland Unified School District
• Karen Pezzetti, Youth Empowerment School, Oakland Unified School District
• Dennis Aquilina, Hart Middle School, Pleasanton Unified School District
• Karen Berry, Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, San Leandro Unified School District
• Jim Clark, Arroyo High School, San Lorenzo Unified School District