Arts Champions
Where we celebrate those that Transform Lives Through the Arts!
2023-2024 School Year
Meera Ramanathan | Visual Arts Teacher - Zamorano Fine Arts Academy | CAEA 2023 San Diego Area Ruth Jansen Award for Exemplifying and Promoting Excellence in Visual Arts Education
SCHUCHMAN & MACKENZIE-HANEY MUSIC AWARDS 2024
TBD
SPOTLIGHT AWARDS 2024
TBD
2022-2023 School Year
Trishaa Camp | Dance Teacher - Scripps Ranch High School | SDUSD High School Teacher of the Year, May 2023
Jennifer Dossett | Music Teacher - Clairemont High School | VAPA Spotlight Award for Artistic Achievement, March 2023
Jessica Rogawski | Visual Art Teacher - San Diego High School | VAPA Spotlight Award for Artistic Achievement, March 2023
Jason Berman | Media Arts Teacher - Millennial Tech Middle School | VAPA Spotlight Award for Artistic Innovation, March 2023
Meera Ramanathan | Visual Arts Teacher - Zamorano Fine Arts Academy | VAPA Spotlight Award for Artistic Innovation, March 2023
Danny Jones | Music & Theatre Teacher - Knox Middle School | VAPA Spotlight Award for Creative Community Engagement, March 2023
Brianna Valeska | Music Teacher - Grant K-8 | VAPA Spotlight Award for Creative Community Engagement, March 2023
Teri Ang | Theatre Teacher - Horace Mann Middle School | VAPA Spotlight Award for Creative Leadership, March 2023
Cassandra Brown | Music Teacher - Wangenheim Middle School | VAPA Spotlight Award for Creative Leadership, March 2023
Matt Mulvaney | Music Teacher - Mira Mesa High School | SCSBOA All-Southern Honor String Orchestra conductor, January 2023
Sara Freese | Music Teacher - Crown Point Junior Music Academy | Peripole General Music Educator Award, December 2022, California Music Education Association - Southern Border Section
Matt Mulvaney | Music Teacher - Mira Mesa High School | Gold Award of Recognition, April 2022, Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA)
SCHUCHMAN & MACKENZIE-HANEY MUSIC AWARDS 2023
JP Balmat | Mission Bay High School | HS Instrumental
Marielena Teng | Mira Mesa High & Challenger Middle | Secondary Choir
Paula Richardson | Wilson Middle School | MS Instrumental
Matt Lyons | Oak Park Elementary School | Elementary prep-time music
Wyatt Ellison | Elementary VAPA music
SPOTLIGHT AWARDS 2023
2021-2022 School Year
Patrick Garcia | Theatre Teacher - Scripps Ranch High School
Honorable Mention, 2022, Excellence in Theatre Education Tony Award
Meera Ramanathan | Visual Art Teacher - Zamorano Fine Arts Academy
Outstanding Elementary Art Educator Award and Exemplary Program Award, 2022, California Art Education Association
Chaz Cabrera | Music Teacher - SD SCPA
Paul A. Shaghoain Jazz Educator Award, December 2021, California Music Education Association - Southern Border Section
Marc Dwyer | Music Teacher - Correia Middle School
Middle School Specialist Award, December 2021, California Music Education Association - Southern Border Section
Andrew Rodriguez | Music Teacher - Bell Middle School
Newcomer Award, December 2021, California Music Education Association - Southern Border Section
Christian Tordahl | Music Teacher - VAPA Department
Peripole General Music Educator Award, 2022, California Music Education Association (state award)