Celebrating our Teachers
by Don Jung
Rita Crabtee-Kampe did the flag salute with help from Livia Lupercio. Rita’s thoughts for the day included thanking the entire Magic In Giving Committee for their volunteer work on this outstanding event.
Lisa Hemmat-Lupercio was our acting President and got Happy Dollars from Larry Johnson, Jim Hunter for the Tour de Pier that raised 1.5 million dollars for cancer research, Bryon Bos for all the well wishes during his hospital stay, Tarek Shaer for his kids’ Mira Costa sports, Russ Samuels for completing his master’s in clinical psychology, and Walt Kasha added more.
Lisa urged us to attend he District 5280 Conference, scheduled June 12-14 in Temecula. We then we saw a slide show of Magic In Giving participants and the after party at Playa Hermosa.
Magic In Giving attendance was 183. Sponsors paid $91,500, the Live Auction raised $41,600 and the Silent Auction netted $31,000! Rita Crabtree-Kampe thanked Tony Rogondino, Chad Ahrens, Mark Maruyama and the rest of her committee for their awesome contributions to our annual fundraiser.
School Superintendent John Bowes took to the podium to announce our Teacher of the Year Awards and to thank all the recipients for keeping our Manhattan Beach School District one of the best in the state. The honorees and the principals are listed below:
School Teacher of the Year Principal
Grandview Susan Holton Tara Grings
Meadows Heather Tuttle Michelle Krzmarzick
Pacific Jackie Murphy Amanda Vavao
Pennekamp Liana Kuklinski Sharon Witzansky
Robinson Megan Montz Katie Cavallero
Preschool Nataly Garcia Jacqueline O’Sullivan
American Martyrs Renee Shibel Kris Knowles
American Martyrs Alyssa Ignacio Kris Knowles
Middle School Sue Steinmetz Luke Olesuik
Mira Costa Maddie Hutchinson Jennifer Huynh
Maddie Hutchinson, Mira Costa English and Link Crew, also won the District Teacher of the Year award.
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