Castro Valley Teacher a Finalist for Presidential Excellence Award
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell congratulated an award-winning Castro Valley Science teacher.
Charles Reynes, an itinerant elementary science teacher based at Marshall Elementary School, was one of two teachers in the State of California selected by a national panel as state finalists for the prestigious 2008-09 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
"The Presidential Award is the highest recognition a mathematics or science teacher can receive," said O'Connell.
Reynes teaches hands-on Science at five different elementary schools utilizing the Science Centers. He was also selected as the California Teacher of the Year in 2007.
Presidential Award winners are honored during a ceremony at the White House, where they receive a citation from the President.
Click here to read the California Department of Education press release.
