A local teacher receives an award from the California Association of Science Education

Claudio Razo earned an award from the California Association of Science Education. The award category was Teacher of the Year for the Upper Elementary division. California Association of Science Education award is also known as the CASE Award. Razo is the only teacher in the Palm Springs Unified School district to receive this year's award. She is also only one of two teachers to receive this award in the State of California. The President of CASE accompanied her when she walked the stage at the Palm Springs Convention Center to receive her plaque. Two of her colleagues, Deborah Gordon and Amber Gascoyne, nominated Mrs. Razo for the award. As a Cabot Yerxa Elementary School teacher, Mrs. Razo teaches TK - 5th grade.

"I got an email saying, hey, like, congratulations; you've been awarded this case, you know, California Association science of educators award," says Razo. She thought it was spam. "This isn't real, is it?" says Razo.

Where did your passion for science come from?

"Hey, I'm the science person," says Razo. "And I'm going to be doing science, and I'm going to make sure I teach science in the classroom. And especially nowadays, like just like, with everything that's been happening in the world, I'm like, science is so important. And just to get those kids exposed to it, you know, and like, understand it and get excited about it".

In Palm Springs, from October 14th - 16th, awards were given to teachers. To learn more about CASE, visit their website.