Santa Maria High School Teacher named 2025 AG Educator of the Year by California FFA Foundation

Santa Maria High teacher Marc DeBernardi named state Ag Educator of the Year

Santa Maria High School teacher Marc DeBernardi has been named California’s 2024-25 “Ag Educator of the Year,” by the California FFA Foundation, in partnership with Nationwide and the California Farm Bureau.

Santa Maria High School Teacher named 2025 AG Educator of the Year by California FFA Foundation

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Agricultural teacher, Marc DeBernardi, has been recognized by the California FFA Foundation as the 2024-2025 "Ag Educator of the Year." DeBernardi is an agricultural teacher at Santa Maria High School whose passion for agriculture and his commitment to his students has earned him the Golden Owl Award, on top of the Ag Educator of the Year award. DeBernardi was formally recognized as the Golden Owl Award grand prize winner d…

Five County Schools Earn Distinguished School Honor

The Santa Barbara County Education Office tips its hat to the five Santa Barbara County elementary schools recognized as 2025 California Distinguished Schools by the California Department of Education. The honored schools are: Aliso Elementary (Carpinteria Unified) Vieja Valley Elementary (Hope School District) Peabody Charter (Santa Barbara Unified) Adelante Charter (Santa Barbara Unified) Washington Elementary (Santa Barbara Unified) “Each ye…

Dan Tonak named Ag Educator of the Year, South Dakota Golden Owl Award grand prize winner

Dan Tonak, of Willow Lake School, is pictured above accepting his Ag Educator of the Year award, as well as the S.D. FFA Golden Owl grand prize check for $3,000. Photo courtesy of South Dakota FFA Foundation As the need grows for more ag educators across the nation, the ag teachers who go above and beyond in educating America's youth and future leaders are more important than ever. In South Dakota, eight exceptional ag teachers were recently nam…

Edison Acadamey named as a California Distinguished School

SMMUSD’s Spanish dual immersion school, Edison Language Academy, has been named a 2025 California Distinguished School by the California Department of Education. The elementary school was one of 336 schools statewide to receive the prestigious recognition, which celebrates exceptional schools in two categories: closing the achievement gap and demonstrating exceptional student performance. "Being recognized as […] The post Edison Acadamey named a…

Four Local Elementary Schools Receive Distinguished Schools Recognition - The Silicon Valley Voice

Four local elementary schools have achieved top marks with California’s Department of Education. Washington Open in the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD), Cherry Chase Elementary in the Sunnyvale School District (SSD) and Murdock-Portal and Chester W. Nimitz elementary schools in the Cupertino Union School District (CUSD) were all named California Distinguished Schools this year. “Recognition as a California Distinguished School is a h…