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Saturday, October 3, 2009

SCOE | Sacramento County Teachers of the Year 2010 Announced




SCOE Sacramento County Teachers of the Year 2010 Announced:

"A 6th grade teacher from the San Juan Unified School District and a 2nd grade teacher from the Elk Grove Unified School District are the Sacramento County Teachers of the Year 2010, the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) announced September 2nd at a county-wide teacher recognition banquet.

Deb House, who teaches 6th grade math, science and language arts at Kingswood Elementary School in the San Juan District and JoEllen Shanks, who teaches 2nd grade at Stone Lake Elementary in Elk Grove, were selected from the 15 Sacramento area district Teachers of the Year representing Sacramento County in the California Teachers of the Year competition.
A community selection committee comprised of education professionals, including previous Teachers of the Year, met to interview each local district Teacher of the Year and selected the two finalists.

All 15 Sacramento area teachers will be honored when the Sacramento Kings host the Phoenix Suns on Friday, February 5, 2010 at ARCO Arena. The Sacramento River Cats will also host a special Teacher Appreciation Night on Monday, May 3, 2010 when the River Cats host the Salt Lake Bees"