Teacher Awards 2026
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Award | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Mitty High School | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Horace Lucich Awards for Outstanding Teachers - $250 Cash (Shared by 3 Teachers) and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | ||||
| Upper Division : 2nd Place Teacher Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | |||||||
| Cabrillo Middle School | Michelle | Scilingo | Horace Lucich Awards for Outstanding Teachers - $250 Cash and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | ||||
| Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ | Annie | Chen | Horace Lucich Awards for Outstanding Teachers - $250 Cash and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | ||||
| Challenger Middlefield - Palo Alto | Diane | Rusu | Horace Lucich Awards for Outstanding Teachers - $250 Cash and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | ||||
| Lower Division : 2nd Place Teacher Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | |||||||
| Cupertino High School | Daniel | Stavis | Horace Lucich Awards for Outstanding Teachers - $250 Cash (Shared by 3 Teachers) and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | ||||
| Harker School-Middle Campus | Cathy | Hsieh | Lower Division : Grand Prize Teacher Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | ||||
| Harker School-Middle Campus | Kristen | Morgensen | Horace Lucich Awards for Outstanding Teachers - $250 Cash and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | ||||
| Harker School-Upper Campus | Anuradha | Datar | Horace Lucich Awards for Outstanding Teachers - $250 Cash and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | ||||
| Harker School-Upper Campus | Samuel | Lederer | Horace Lucich Awards for Outstanding Teachers - $250 Cash (Shared by 3 Teachers) and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | ||||
| Harker School-Upper Campus | Mike | Pistacchi | Horace Lucich Awards for Outstanding Teachers - $250 Cash and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | ||||
| Homestead High School | John | Shelby | Most Promising Teacher, $150 and Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research | ||||
| Los Altos High School | Darren | Dressen | Horace Lucich Awards for Outstanding Teachers - $250 Cash and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | ||||
| Lynbrook High School | Isaac | Pallone | Horace Lucich Awards for Outstanding Teachers - $250 Cash and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | ||||
| Santa Clara High School | Jyothi | Sunkara | Upper Division : Grand Prize Teacher Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | ||||
| Stratford Middle School - Palo Alto | Veronica | Oropeza Ibarra | Horace Lucich Awards for Outstanding Teachers - $250 Cash and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | ||||