Temecula Valley Honors Alumni for Giving Back to the Community

From Temecula Valley Educators Association: Temecula Valley Educators Association (TVEA) initiated a project to collaborate with the Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD) in recognizing nearly 100 district graduates who have become teachers themselves in TVUSD.

This special group of TVUSD Alumni was honored before the TVUSD Governing Board Meeting on November 15th at the District Conference Center. Speaking at the event were TVEA President Jeff Kingsberg, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Raymond Johnson, TVUSD Alumnus from the first Temecula Valley High School Graduating Class of 1988 Michelle Truax, and Superintendent Timothy Ritter

Every returning educator received a certificate acknowledging their status as a former graduate of the district and thanks from school board members and superintendents for their commitment to the local education community. In addition, two TVUSD principals and a school board member elect were honored.

For Michelle Truax, the 2015-16 TVUSD Elementary Teacher of the Year, the ceremony was an opportunity to share her thanks for the exceptional public school education she received growing up locally. “Temecula is a special place and that’s why I chose to bring my kids up here and become a teacher” she explained. The event provided an opportunity to reminisce with old friends- and to make new ones.

TVEA President Jeff Kingsberg explained that their chapter’s goal is to recognize those who are “Paying it Forward” by giving back in serving the students of the district from where they graduated. “We are approaching a generational cycle of our most senior alumni having graduated thirty years ago. It is appropriate we identify and honor this set of community leaders who will drive our schools forward for the next fifteen to thirty years. They will continue to create their own legacy in the Temecula Valley."

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