SBCSS News and Press Releases

Multilingual Recognition Program on May 20

2005-05-19

SAN BERNARDINO – Sixty-six honorees will be celebrated at the 18th annual Multilingual Recognition Program on May 20 at the Ontario Airport Marriott. Community volunteers, paraprofessionals, resource support staff, students, teachers and administrators will be honored for their work in San Bernardino County school districts to improve the educational opportunities for English Learners.

“It’s a celebration of the excellent programs available to English Learners,” said Martha Lilia Hall, multilingual coordinator for the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools (SBCSS). “It honors the individuals who have made a difference and who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.”

The program starts at 5:45 p.m. Francisca Sánchez, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction for SBCSS, will give the welcome. Zenaida Rosario, the 2004 California Teacher of the Year and 2005 California Association for Bilingual Education Teacher of the Year, will be the keynote speaker.

The following students, staff and volunteers from San Bernardino County school districts will be recognized:

Students

Melisssa Mata of Adelanto School District; Marco Gaona of Chino Valley; Ever Dominguez of Fontana; Daniel Hernandez of Redlands; Jose Juan Salgado of Rialto; and Karla I. Diaz of San Bernardino City.

Teachers

Diana Tabet of Adelanto; Bonnie Scott of Alta Loma; Mary Wilbourn of Barstow; Shannon Congalton, Julie Fish and Cheri Spolsdoff of Central; Laura Araujo-Salinas of Chino Valley; Sheila Martinelli, Arlene Flores, Amy Anderson and Marlene Lopez of Colton; Juan Carlos Marlia of Fontana; Andy Anderson of Hesperia; Lana Manzanita and Joan Meier of Redlands; Christine Foote and John Uy of Rialto; Leandra Sanders of Rim of the World; Ruth Gray and Maria Vallejo of San Bernardino City; Rogelio Cardenas, María Franco, Lizette McDonnell and Daniel Miranda of Victor Elementary; Barbara Clements of Victor Valley Union High; and Debbie Norman of Yucaipa-Calimesa.

Community Volunteers

Mona Montenegro of Adelanto; Yu Chang of Alta Loma; Patricia Miranda of Colton; Maria Ortiz of Fontana; Leticia Lujan of Hesperia; and Pablo Olivares of Redlands.

Paraprofessionals

Cathie Kerrigan of Alta Loma; Aida Guerrero of Fontana; Kristi Cayton of Fontana; Janie Kelly of Hesperia; and Claudia Gasaway and Mary Samora of Yucaipa-Calimesa.

Resource/Support Staff

Jesus Alaniz of Chino Valley; Georgina Duran of Rialto; Doris Reyes of San Bernardino City; Marissa Lazo of Victor Valley Union High; Rosie Crossland of Yucaipa-Calimesa.

University Students

Dilma Cordeiro Bonzer, María Gagnepaing, Raquel Mendoza and Esteban Schulz of California State University, San Bernardino; Carmen Fernandez, B. Estella Hernandez, Teresa Pantoja, Karina Paredes, Maricela Ponce and Pete Villalobos of University of California, Riverside.

Administrators

Janet Olsavsky of Alta Loma; Donna Libutti of Central; Dave Long of Hesperia; Marina Madrid of Rialto; John Fenn of Rim of the World; Arlan Anderson of San Bernardino City; and Elizabeth Chronister of Yucaipa-Calimesa.

For more information on the event, contact Martha Lilia Hall, coordinator of the English Language Learner/Multilingual Program at SBCSS, at (909) 386-2620 or by email at martha_hall@sbcss.k12.ca.us.