Professor Leon Litwack has received many personal and professional accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize for his history of American slavery's aftermath, "Been in the Storm So Long." My voice of appreciation for him as my teacher joins the resounding chorus. Litwack insisted on teaching introductory history courses for freshmen at Berkeley for over 40 years, a “chore” usually foisted on the most junior members of the faculty. In the late 60s, I was lucky to be one of the 500 students in

I had a tough time in high school. When I was 17 the Viet Nam war was raging and I in turn raged against the war, a rebel with a cause, deeply disturbed by my country’s engagement in that immoral conflict, and it’s shameful willingness to sacrifice the lives of untold thousands of young men because of some specious domino theory. I was battling wars at home as well. My parents had recently discovered I was gay and an atheist, and their conservative Catholic Republican values were severely

I would like to recognize and send my appreciation to Mr. Redondo for his dedication to the education of all students at the International School of Monterey. I especially want to thank him for supporting my daughter in developing her math skills. Last year when my daughter was in 7th grade, Mr. Redondo saw her diligent work and love of math and encouraged her to enter an algebra class to keep growing her math knowledge. Not only did he see this opportunity for growth and challenge, Mr. Redondo

Thank you, Ms. Vickers, for being such an awesome, loving, caring teacher for my 6th-grade homeroom class. I enjoyed attending your classes every day and I would get so pumped up when I had your next class. You always made things fun and never let anyone down. You showed true happiness as a teacher and I appreciate that. I was always happy in your class and you always did activities that would blow me and the class away. I thank you for the time we spent together and the class. Thank you for

Prior to my daughter embarking on her Kindergarten journey, there was a lot of apprehension and unwillingness to begin her first year of school, especially virtually, due to the pandemic. However, once she saw a picture of Mrs. Ferch and learned more about her “favorite things,” our daughter became more excited about starting Kindergarten. Mrs. Ferch has become a rock-star in our home and has created a bridge with virtual learning that is able to make the kids feel connected to each other and

My twin girls started 1st grade this fall during the pandemic and wildfires. To say I was a bit nervous is an understatement. However, when we learned that Mrs. de Bellis was our girls’ teacher, we were told by their kindergarten teacher that she is fantastic and teaches from the heart. And didn’t that turn out to be the truth! Mrs. de Bellis is one of our families’ biggest blessings this year! How she cares and loves each of her students while teaching them to read, write and do math is amazing

You were my 7/8th grade English teacher at Barry. You were also my Spanish choir/music teacher who taught me to sign the alphabet and to sing a variety of children's songs in Spanish, I still sing to my own children this day. Thank you for picking me up and dropping me off at my home to attend the Festival de la Gente in Sacramento and perform. I read all the greeting/holiday cards you had posted on the left side of your classroom. I loved reading them all. I also loved all the dichos. Because