Humboldt County Office of Education: Past Winners | Humboldt County Teacher of the Year

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Past Winners

Allen Kent Willis
1977-1978
Fortuna Elementary School

Judy Dixon
1984-1985
Ferndale Elementary School

Lori Frome
1985-1986
Ferndale Elementary School

Bruce Hart
1986-1987
Fieldbrook Elementary School

Margaret (Peggy) Niles Rice
1987-1988
Bridgeville Elementary School

James M. (Jim) Sorter
1988-1989
Morris School

Penne O’Gara
1989-1990
Morris School

Bruce Fisher
1990-1991
Fortuna Elementary School

Barbara Saul
1991-1992
Pine Hill Elementary School

Patricia Cahill
1992-1993
Ferndale Elementary School

Gary Glassman
1993-1994
South Fork High School

Rand Hall
1994-1995
McKinleyville School

John McGuire
1995-1996
Pacific Union School

Sherry Griffith
1996-1997
Jacoby Creek School

Pamela Gossard
1997-1998
Lincoln School

Ruthanne Rocha
1998-1999
South Fork High School

Janice West
1999-2000
Trinidad School

John P. Matthias
2000-2001
Fortuna High School

Sandy Henry
2001-2002
Dows Prairie School

William Funkhouser
2003-2004
Winship Middle School

Anne Harris
2004-2005
Humboldt County Office of Education

Mindy Fattig
2005-2006
McKinleyville Middle School

Heather Boynton
2006-2007
Ferndale Elementary School

Stephanie McKinney
2007-2008
Blue Lake School

Susan Lovato
2008-2009
Arcata High School

Sarina Benavides Garb
2009-2010
McKinleyville High School

Enrique Esparza II
2010-2011
McKinleyville Middle School

Stacey Navarre
2011-2012
Pacific Union School

Amy Taylor
2012-2013
Sunny Brae Middle School

Steve Hoffman
2013-2014
McKinleyville & Tsurai High School

Maikken Bass
2014-2015
Washington School

Anna Som
2015-2016
McKinleyville Middle School

August Deshais
2016-2017
Ridgewood School

Molly Alles
2017-2018
Pacific Union School

Ligia Ray
2018-2019
Alice Birney School

Tim Olson
2019-2020
Eureka High School

Johanna Mauro
2019-2020
Arcata High School

Nora Wynne
2020-2021
McKinleyville Middle School

Diane Blanchard
2021-2022
Pine Hill School

Andrea Butler-Crosby
2022-2023
Orleans Elementary School

Kelly Miller
2023-2024
Arcata High School

Joe Kencke
2024-2025
Ridgewood School