Distinguished Teachers

Arlene Kolber
Woodside High School
Sequoia Union High School District
Grades: 9-12
40 years of teaching experience

Teaching isn't an easy profession and it's time consuming but so rewarding in so many ways. If you have the passion for education and teenagers, give it a try. If you look forward to getting up and going to work, then you've made the right choice.

With a career as long as mine there are many high points. Having former students return or get in touch and tell how the class or I have made a positive impact on them is rewarding and often I didn't know it at the time. It's also been rewarding to implement a shop for robotics and engineering and to have developed the Engineering Robotics course these are both life changing for so many students.

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Becky Arnott
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Helen Barney
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Neeta Basu
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Joanne Beeson
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Mona Beller
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Kate Boelhauf
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Diane Bonjour
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Brian Brady
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Helen Brand
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Robert Brewer
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Jennifer Brown
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Alyson Burris
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Patricia Byrne
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Nancy Campa
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Carmela Della Pia
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Jeff Doherty
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Julie DuPriest
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Nicole Ellwood
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Laguna Creek High School

Jody Johnson
Tehama County Department of Education

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Lynn Johnson
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Laurie Toledo
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