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SACRAMENTO - Inderkum High School Teacher Cristy Pitts is an 8-year English- Literature teacher who said she works to instill hard work and respect into her students.
MARYSVILLE - She calls herself a late bloomer having raised her family before taking on the tall order of teaching, but make no mistake, Richenda "Ricky" Nagle is right where she belongs.
NATOMAS - The corporate world had its perks, but they weren't enough to keep Natomas High School teacher, Robynne Rose out of the classroom.
FAIR OAKS - It's not often that you hear children call their teacher by her first name, but if it evens the playing field and makes her students more comfortable, Kim Battistessa is all for it.
STOCKTON - It's one thing to love a job, but to never want to miss a day in 29 years is something much different. Lori Gobbi calls it passion, for a group of students she thinks of as family.
STOCKTON - The idea of teaching a room full of teenagers at an inner city school may worry some, but News10's Teacher of the Month Elzira Saffold calls it an opportunity to give her students the tools to succeed.
ELK GROVE - A career in social work is where she started, but it didn't take long for Linda O'Neill to figure out, teaching a classroom full of kindergartners is where she belonged.
ELK GROVE - Students call her Mrs. Songbird, but as much as music is a part of who Dianne Steiner is, her caring spirit is what her first graders will remember most.
MODESTO - The extras are hard to come by in public schools, but for Dan Glenn there are some things he doesn't want his 6th graders to go without.
MODESTO- She visits five schools a week, hundreds of students each year and despite a rigorous schedule, Silver Lamb's passion for music only gets stronger.
CITRUS HEIGHTS - She goes horseback riding and even skydives, but for Tara Larson her real adventure came when she decided to take on teaching teenagers at New San Juan High School.
SACRAMENTO - When he was a sixth grader begging his parents to play the trumpet, Jeremy Hammond never imagined he would end up standing in front of hundreds of teenagers teaching music.
CARMICHAEL - Sixth graders at Mary Deterding Elementary School in Carmichael didn't know what to expect when they walked into Terry Minton's class for the first time, but it didn't take long for the uncertainty to turn into a sense of comfort.
CARMICHAEL- Turn knowledge into action and have a voice. It's a lesson elementary school teacher, Nicki Garcia wants her students to remember.
SACRAMENTO - As a young woman her career path was uncertain, but for the last 30 years Lynette Chertorisky has known her passion is teaching.
SACRAMENTO - She teaches students about the importance of history but Jennifer Hilleary is also known as "Coach".
MARYSVILLE - Tim Dant teaches students more than just academics and hopes they help make a change in the world around them.
EL DORADO HILLS - History teacher Kevin Tierney will even make house calls to help students.
LATHROP - Students are burdened by problems at home. To focus them on academics, Mark Shima says he's both teacher and friend.
SACRAMENTO - Students help each other when they do homework in class. Carolyn Orr said learning success comes from within.
FOLSOM - Barbara Harris encourages her students to do their best so they can take part in her drama program featuring Shakespearean plays.
SACRAMENTO - Many struggled in other classes but under teacher James Van Buren's no nonsense approach, students excel.
SACRAMENTO - Alyson Stanley generates interest in English literature by showing the relationship of stories to her students' lives.
SACRAMENTO - Joanie Wickham plays guitar and has her students sing in an effort to help them remember their lessons.
ROSEVILLE - Teacher John McClung constantly questions students to make sure they understand their math lessons.
SACRAMENTO - William Jones elicits the opinions of his students and strives to motivate them to care enough to find the right answers in his classes at Luther Burbank High School.
SACRAMENTO - James Welcome helps alleviate the confusion faced by English language learners at Valley High School.
ELK GROVE - Denise Knorr's students learned an important lesson by collecting enough food to feed almost 800 families.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY - Timothy Strauch uses his ability to mimic cartoon characters to elicit laughs and learning in his classroom.
ELK GROVE - She's taught in Australia and Northern California and after 36 years, Judy Kelly says she still loves teaching.
PLACERVILLE - Students have to be prepared for anything in Ann Clark's English classes at El Dorado High School in Placerville.
SACRAMENTO - Drew Kennedy uses humor to entice engineering students and prod them into making ideas a reality.
LODI - Marco Marciasini's students learn about government when they set up their own government and rules for mythical societies.