The winner one the One Class At A Time award for April is Dr. Jacqueline Mantz, who teaches 11th and 12th grade at the Edward Wenzlaff campus, which is part of MSJ, a continuation school in Desert Hot Springs. Dr. Mantz has been teaching for 22 years in the field of special education and general education and is
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The winner of the One Class At A Time award for March is Ms. Sara Hadley from Nellie Coffman Middle School in Cathedral City. Hadley said she’s been teaching for 23 years and has taught elementary and middle school students. Currently, she’s a Multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) coach for 900 students. School counselors deliver
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The One Class At A Time award winner for the month of February is Dr. Jessica Thacker, a special education teacher at Bella Vista Elementary School in Desert Hot Springs. “I love what I do. My students are amazing,” said Dr. Thacker after receiving the honor, which came as a complete surprise. The award is
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The One Class At A Time award for the month of January was presented to Mrs. Bridget Foster from Rio Vista Elementary School in Cathedral City. She is the new STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) teacher at Rio Vista and works with all grade levels from prekindergarten to fifth grade. Mrs. Foster also runs the after
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The winner of the One Class At A Time Award for the month of November is Ms. Alissa Cahill, a Special Education teacher at La Quinta Middle School. After being out sick last month, Ms. Cahill was surprised to learn today that she had been honored for her role as one of the many revered
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Carlye Marshall is the winner of the One Class At A Time award for the month of December. She teaches 4th grade at Bubbling Wells Elementary School in Desert Hot Springs and was thrilled to share the honor with her class as they celebrated the occasion today. “We love chapter books, so we’re hoping —
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The One Class At A Time award recipient for the month of October is Jennifer Vogler, a special education teacher at Ronald Reagan Elementary School in Palm Desert. Vogler was nominated for the honor by Toni Grajiola, who works alongside Vogler as a Para Educator. Toni Grajiola, Para Educator at Ronald Reagan Elementary School Grajiola
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This month’s One Class At A Time winner teaches special education at Indio High School and has been working at that campus all five years of her tenure as an educator. Victoria Shatavy, Indio High School teacher and Walter Clark, Walter Clark Legal Group “My own children are in special education and I realized that
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The One Class At A Time award for the month of August has been presented to Kristen Bossi, who teaches a Career Technical Education Film and Digital Production class at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Indio. News Channel 3 and attorney Walter Clark surprised Ms. Bossi with the $500 award, which she nominated herself for
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Hugo Cruz is May’s winner of the One Class At A Time award. He is in his fourth year teaching second graders at Vista Del Monte Elementary in Palm Springs. Cruz said he was “really surprised” to learn that he was this month’s award recipient “because it came out of nowhere,” he added. A parent
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April’s One Class At A Time award winner is Adrian Amparo from Desert Ridge Academy in Indio. One of the courses he teaches is 3D printing and his enthusiasm for the skill is what led him to nominate himself for the award. Amparo happily accepted the award with his students filling their classroom with a
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Roland Cohagan, social studies and news media teacher from Indio Middle School, is the One Class At a Time winner for the month of March. He accepted the $500 award on behalf of his class alongside his students, while school administrators joined virtually. The award is made possible through a partnership between News Channel
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An art teacher from Raymond Cree Middle School in Palm Springs has been named February’s One Class At A Time winner. After learning she was nominated by a friend and fellow teacher, Mrs. Ashley Bray said she “was honored” and “is happy” to be working as an educator here in the desert. Bray said she
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January’s One Class At a Time Award winner is Dwight Asberry, Band Director and teacher at Desert Mirage High School in Thermal. Mr. Asberry was nominated by a fellow teacher and previous OCAAT award recipient, Tiffany Silva. Ms. Silva described Mr. Asberry as a “wonderful” educator responsible for “building his award winning marching band and
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A second grade teacher and dual language immersion teacher at Jackson Elementary School in Indio, Ms. Dulce Cañas, is December’s One Class At a Time award recipient. In her three years as an educator, this is Ms. Cañas’ first year teaching the program, which is offered within Desert Sands Unified School District at Jackson Elementary
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November’s One Class At a Time Award winner is Ms. Tiffany Cobb, who teaches 3rd grade at Cathedral City Elementary School in Cathedral City. Although Cobb nominated herself for the $500 award, she said it is truly for her “wonderful and curious” students. Cobb said a few years ago she was able to secure funding
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October’s One Class At a Time Award winner is Ms. Mindy Zimmerman, who teaches 8th grade at James Workman Middle School in Cathedral City. She teaches language arts, U.S. history, and for the first time ever, she’s teaching yearbook as an elective course. Her work teaching yearbook is what got the attention of a parent,
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September’s One Class At A Time winner is Christopher Thompson from Benjamin Franklin Elementary in La Quinta. After receiving his award during a Zoom ceremony due to COVID restrictions at his school, he said he is “super excited because that means I can do my job better and these kids can reach their potential, which
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The August winner of the One Class At A Time award is Breanna Sewell. She teaches third grade at Cabot Yerxa Elementary School in Desert Hot Springs. Mrs. Sewell nominated herself for the $500 prize to purchase more math manipulatives for her classroom. She said she had been provided with enough manipulatives for students to
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Congratulations to Michelle Veliz of Ronald Reagan Elementary School! She is the “One Class At A Time” award winner for the month of June. Veliz said she plans on spending the prize money on botballs for her coding classes with 4th and 5th graders. The $500 award is made possible by Walter Clark Legal Group.
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