Past Year Honorees
2023 Honoress
Sonoma County Teacher of the Year
Meaghan King, Teacher of the Year 2022-23
Extensive Support Needs and Leadership, Slater Middle School
Santa Rosa City Schools
Finalists
Coleen Bixby, Teacher of the Year Finalist 2022-23
Sixth Grade Teacher, J.X. Wilson Elementary
Wright Elementary School District
Patricia Murphy, Teacher of the Year Finalist 2022-23
Science and Design and Engineering, Windsor Middle School
Windsor Unified School District
Quinn Riggins, Teacher of the Year Finalist 2022-23
First Grade Teacher, Thomas Page Academy
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District
2022 Honorees
Sonoma County Teacher of the Year
Jesus Fernandez
Social Studies
New Tech Academy, Geyserville School District
Finalist
Bridget Clark
Second Grade Teacher, Roseland Creek Elementary
Roseland School District
2021 Honorees
Sonoma County Teacher of the Year
Danielle Kennedy
3rd-5th graders, Special Education
Petaluma City Schools’ South County Consortium at La Tercera Elementary School.
Finalist
Heather Garcia-Rossi
English Language Arts
Santa Rosa City School District
Santa Rosa, CA
2020 Honorees
Sonoma County Teacher of the Year
Ross Hause
6th Grade, Luther Burbank Elementary School
Santa Rosa City School District
Finalist
Nhung Luong
2nd & 3rd Grades, J.X. Wilson School
Wright Elementary School District
Santa Rosa, CA
2019 Honorees
Sonoma County Teacher of the Year
Katya Robinson
West County Consortium
Sebastopol, CA
Finalist
Travis Beall
Roseland University Prep
Santa Rosa, CA
2018 Honorees
Sonoma County Teacher of the Year
Rachel Ambrose
Analy High School
Sebastopol, CA
Read the Press Democrat's article about Ms. Ambrose.
Finalist
Phil Tacata
Petaluma High School
Petaluma, CA
2017 Honorees
Sonoma County Teacher of the Year
Tom Griffin
Casa Grande High School
Petaluma, CA
Finalist
Andy Mitchell
Sonoma Valley High School
Sonoma, CA