Cave Creek Unified School District (CCUSD) celebrates great teaching with their annual Teacher of the Year celebration. Janet Anderson, an Honors Pre-AP and IB Biology teacher at Cactus Shadows High School was named CCUSD Teacher of the Year 2020. Janet was awarded $3,000 and will complete her application for the 2020 Arizona Educational Foundation’s Teacher of the Year program.
Also recognized were honorees, Kristi Frederiksen, 1st grade Chinese Immersion teacher at Horseshoe Trails Elementary School and Lisa Tibbits, 2nd grade Spanish Immersion teacher at Desert Willow Elementary School. Kristi and Lisa both received $1,000.
CCUSD appreciates and thanks incredible community members, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gunderson, for their generous donation to financially support the CCUSD® Teacher of the Year program. Superintendent Dr. Debbi Burdick states that this is one of the most important celebrations of the year in the Cave Creek Unified School District.