Foundation honors three educators
March 5, 2009
Three Snoqualmie Valley School educators got unexpected accolades Feb. 27 as principals, photographers and the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation burst into their classrooms with flowers and balloons.
For its second annual Educators of the Year award, the foundation chose Mount Si High School math teacher Tracy Petroske, Opstad Elementary first-grade teacher Nancy Pastrana and Fall City Elementary head custodian Patrick “PJ” Duvall.
Lara Currie, left, and Carolyn Simpson with the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation present Tracy Petroske, right, with an Educator of the Year award.
Valley teachers earn national certification
December 31, 2008
Four Snoqualmie Valley teachers have earned their National Board Certifications, more than doubling the number of teachers in the district who have reached certification status.
The teachers — Mount Si High School’s Christine Kjenner and Tracy Petroske, Snoqualmie Middle School’s Ruth Huschle and Chief Kanim Middle School’s Meghan James — join Gayle Smith, Gerald Bopp and John Pinsker at the national certification table. Read more
