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CALIFORNIA’S NOMINEE FOR NATIONAL TEACHER
OF THE YEAR
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell
announced today that he has selected Alex Kajitani, a newly
named California Teacher of the Year and middle school math
teacher in Escondido (San Diego County), as the state’s
nominee for the prestigious National Teacher of the Year
competition.
Kajitani is known nationwide as The Rappin' Mathematician,
who uses music to make math, as well as the world, more relevant
to his students. Read more...
Musical Donation to Glen
View School
Girl Scout Keri Downs earned her Gold Award by providing
musical instruments to Peggy Jacobs' band class at Glen View
School recently. Downs, who plays in the Westview High School
band drum line, obtained the instruments, which included
two drums, drumsticks, and percussion instruments, through
bidding on e-Bay and donations from local music stores. Downs'
mother, Sue, who also was a member of her high school band,
helped purchase the instruments on e-Bay for donation to
the school.
Photo: Keri Downs passes off the drumsticks to student Bryant
Lizarraga , while student Antonio Garcia, and teacher Peggy
Jacobs look on.
Teacher Appointed to Commission
Connie Blackburn, kindergarten teacher at Central School
in the Escondido Union School District, has been appointed
to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing by Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger, and confirmed by the Senate. The Commission
is an agency in the Executive Branch of California State
Government, whose responsibility is to serve as a state standards
board for educator preparation for the public schools of
California, the licensing and credentialing of professional
educators in the State, the enforcement of professional practices
of educators, and the discipline of credential holders in
the State of California. The Governor appoints fourteen voting
Commissioners and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction
or his/her designee serves as the fifteenth voting member.
Governor appointed Commissioners are typically appointed
to four-year terms, and serve as volunteers in unpaid positions.
Photo: Connie Blackburn
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