Sandra Noriega teaches fourth grade GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) at White Elementary. Noriega says it was her child’s GATE teacher—also at White Elementary—who motivated her to become a teacher.

When her own two children, now young adults, attended White, Noriega volunteered in... Read more

Kathleen Bowman teaches fifth grade at Manzanita Elementary. She teaches social studies and one of the math classes.

Student Sarah Rose nominated Bowman because she says her teacher “has ways that really help me and other kids” and “knows how to teach us in a way that we can really... Read more

Linda Anderson admits that she took awhile to start her teaching career. Although it was something she always aspired to, she ended up working at a bank for many years before she became a teacher.

Anderson says it was her friends at church who urged her to return to school and finish her... Read more

Top Photo: Mrs. Walker at Acacia is honored.

The friendly doctors and staff at Dr. JAW Orthodontists work hard to give kids happy, healthy smiles. Dr. JAW wants to give teachers in Southern Arizona... Read more

Congrats to this past school year's Dr JAW Orthodontists' Teacher of the Month! And many, many thanks to all the students who took the time to nominate your favorite teachers! See you again in August! Read more

Sean Taylor teaches fourth grade at Rio Vista Elementary. But when Taylor was a student, some of his teachers told him he would never read or write.  Read more

Ashley Korchmaros teaches fourth grade at Acacia Elementary and is the Bear Essential News and Dr JAWS Orthodontists Teacher of the Month! Read more

Born in Tucson, Bronwyn Larsen endured cold winters through her middle- and high-school years in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania before making her back to Tucson and becoming this month's teacher of the month.  Read more

Matthew Kreamer is the P.E. teacher at Sycamore Elementary is this month's Teacher of the Month! Read more

Fourth/fifth-grade teacher relishes the unique personalities of her students. Read more