Alumna earns SVVSD Teacher of the Year
鈥淲hen the video announcing the winner started, I immediately recognized the flyover shots of my school and then my voice came on,鈥 she said. 鈥淚'm pretty sure I grabbed my husband's arm really hard. There were a lot of tears, especially when the video showed my students.鈥
Then she realized her three children and parents were in attendance at the awards ceremony, and there were more tears. Education has always been important to her family, with her mother a veteran middle school teacher and her oldest son interested in teaching.聽
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