Southland Teachers Honored at Ceremony

Cal Poly Pomona has honored 55 Southern California teachers at its teacher recognition ceremony, organized by the school’s Center for the Advancement of Public Education. The teachers were selected by their school districts.

San Gabriel Valley teachers who were honored are: Sharon Oliver, Ramona Elementary School, Alhambra School District; Bernadine Spencer, First Avenue Junior High School, Arcadia Unified; Gail Arakelian, Slauson Middle School, Azusa Unified; Madalena L. Arellano-Martinez, Geddes Elementary School, Baldwin Park Unified; Robert Westhafer, Torch Middle School, Bassett Unified; George Starkey, Lone Hill Middle School, Bonita Unified; Charlotte Brockway, El Roble Intermediate School, Claremont Unified, and Patricia Lewis-Farr, Valley View Elementary School, Duarte Unified.

Also, Yvonne Russell, Mountain View High School, El Monte Union High; Robert Bruesch, Willard Elementary School, Garvey; Patricia Hardin, Glendora High School, Glendora Unified; Don Williams, Newton Junior High School, Hacienda La Puente Unified; Joseph Coccaro, Monrovia High School, Monrovia Unified; Leora Trujillo, Wilson Middle School, Pasadena Unified; Ruth Popielarz-Sullivan, Arroyo Elementary School, Pomona Unified; Char Girard, Shuey Elementary School, Rosemead; Fern Sheldon, Rorimer Elementary School, Rowland Unified; Elizabeth Platon, Carver Elementary School, San Marino Unified; Deborah Madden, Emperor Elementary, Temple City Unified; Mary Wallace Trout, Vejar Elementary School, Walnut Valley Unified, and Nancy Fox, California Elementary School, West Covina Unified.