Patch has been very happy to take this opportunity to recognize and reward excellent teachers in our local community with our recent Teacher Appreciation Contest.
Thank you to everyone who nominated your favorite teachers, took time out to tell us why they are so extraordinary, and voted for them in the comments.
We're very excited to announce our local winners - here they are!
The winning teacher for San Mateo Patch and Foster City Patch is Mrs. Thompson of Brewer Island Elementary School in Foster City! Mrs. Thomspon teaches first grade.
Mrs. Thompson has won two volunteer hours by a Patch editor, be it helping out in her classroom or anything else she needs to help make her life easier, as she has always done for her students.
Here is just one of the comments about Mrs. Thompson:
She is the best teacher I have ever met! She goes above and beyond to call for students and the school. She drives down from San Francisco arriving early and leaving late. I've even known her to use some of her own money on her students. She is known as "The Teacher's Teacher."
And, our grand prize winner out of the 13 winning teachers from our 13 Peninsula Patch sites is Sean Kuiper, first-grade teacher at Roosevelt Elementary in Burlingame. Congratulations to Mr. Kuiper, who has won a $50 gift card to his favorite school supply store, in addition to winning two hours of volunteer time from a Patch editor.
Here are the teachers across the Peninsula who won our contest on their respective hometown Patch sites:
Redwood City-Woodside Patch - Wendi Brown of Fair Oaks Elementary
Menlo Park-Atherton Patch - Katie Williams, Willow Oaks Elementary
Palo Alto Patch - Flora Yang, 2nd grade teacher, Brentwood Academy in East Palo Alto
South San Francisco Patch - Mrs. Kristi Yee, kindergarten teacher, Skyline School
Pacifica Patch - Jennifer McEnany, 11th/12th grade journalism teacher, Oceana High School
Half Moon Bay Patch - Mrs. Linda Herbert, kindergarten/1st grade teacher, Farallone View Elementary
Burlingame-Hillsborough Patch - Sean Kuiper, 1st grade teacher, Roosevelt Elementary
Millbrae Patch - Coryne Wong, 6th/7th grade science, Taylor Middle School
San Carlos Patch - Marilynn Vandor, 4th grade teacher, Arundel Elementary
Belmont Patch - Kristin Pfeifer, choral director, Notre Dame High School
