SOUTH BAY’S TEACHERS, CLASSIFIED WORKERS OF YR.

The state has recognized 2022 California Classified Employees of the Year.

Besides choosing their Classified Employees of the Year, many school districts have also named their Teachers of the Year, some of whom will go on to compete for the county and then the state title. The San Diego County Office of Education plans to choose and honor the San Diego County teachers of the year in the fall.

South County’s school district winners — certificated employees followed by classified employees — are:

Chula Vista Elementary School District: Jonathan Seligman, music, Joseph Casillas Elementary School, Sarah Ortega, fourth grade, Harborside Elementary School, and Cynthia Montano, fourth grade, Lilian J. Rice Elementary School; Maryann Sandoval, instructional assistant-special education, Valle Lindo Elementary School; Blanca Villavicencio, noon duty supervisor, Rosebank Elementary; Amanda Marsden, licensed vocational nurse, Rogers Elementary School

Coronado Unified School District: William Lemei, physics/ap physics, Coronado High School; Terri Freepartner, administrative assistant, human resources, district office

National School District: Jacqueline Ma, sixth grade, Lincoln Acres School; Veronica Garcia, administrative assistant-school, Ira Harbison Elementary

San Diego Unified School District: Andrea Loyko, kindergarten, Clay Elementary School, Joe Paulson, sixth through eighth grade CCTE (Video & Exploring Tech), Marston Middle School, and Josh Rosenberg, 10th grade science and biology, Scripps Ranch High School; Lisa Cooper, library technician II, Point Loma High School

San Ysidro School District: Juanita Nuñez, grades 4-6 STEM program science/ physics at five district elementary schools; Isabella Savala, health clerk, San Ysidro Middle School

South Bay Union School District: Monica Huesomelgar, K-3 special education specialist, Emory Academy of Global Leadership and Empowerment; Joe Guerrero, senior maintenance lead, Maintenance Department

Sweetwater Union High School District: Melissa Rains, eighth-grade science, Castle Park Middle School, Katrine Czajkowski, U.S. history and math, Mar Vista High School, Marko Gutierrez, AP English language and AVID, grades 11 and 12, San Ysidro High School, Taffy Tom, seventh- and eighth-grade math and beginning/advanced chorus, Chula Vista Middle School, Francisco Medina, social science and ethnic studies, Southwest Senior High School, and Susan Mateo, 12th grade English, restorative practices, Sweetwater High School; Veronica Sanchez, office technical and business services, Montgomery High School/ Hilltop High School, Maria Lourdes Marentes, nutrition services assistant, Operation Support Services, Melanie Martinez, instructional health care assistant, Granger Junior High School

laura.groch@sduniontribune.com