Walnut Valley Unified Teachers of the Year Named

The following news release is courtesy of the Walnut Valley Unified School District.

Walnut Valley Unified School District will pay tribute to our fourteen 2012-2013 Teachers of the Year during the Salute to Teachers program on October 16.

The reception and awards ceremony will be held at the Diamond Bar High School Theater.

Congratulations to the following outstanding educators who were selected by their sites as the 2012-2013 Teachers of the Year: 

• Castle Rock Elementary: Bonnie Carren                                              

• Chaparral Middle School: Maggie Strand                                  

• C.J. Morris Elementary: Laurie Eyestone                   

• Collegewood Elementary: Therapi Kaplan                                

• Diamond Bar High: Steve Acciani                                     

• Evergreen Elementary: Mona Warren                                   

• Maple Hill Elementary: Vera Korneff                         

• Quail Summit Elementary: Kris Rote                   

• South Pointe Middle School: Kathy Johnson                                  

• Suzanne Middle School: Steve Cusson                        

• Vejar Elementary: Nadine Adnoff                      

• Walnut Elementary: Susan Trautz                                    

• Walnut High: Jeff Silva                                            

• Westhoff Elementary: Kary Penzes                          

Maggie Strand, a science teacher in the Design Based Learning (DBL) program at Chaparral Middle School, will be recognized as the District Teacher of the Year.  Maggie represented the WVUSD in the Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year competition.