Mel Sosa, center, a Physical Education teacher and Campus Teacher of the Year at Dr. Raul Garza, Jr. Elementary, was named the District Elementary Teacher of the Year. Shown alongside Sosa at the school district’s employee awards assembly are, from left, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marc A. Puig, First Community Bank’s Senior Vice President/Chief Lending Officer Phil Teinert, San Benito CISD Board Trustee Joe G. González, First Community Bank’s Vice President for Lending Norma Boland, and San Benito CISD Board Secretary Michael A. Vargas. First Community Bank honored Sosa with a $250 grant. Sosa now advances to the Region One Elementary Teacher of the Year competition.
William Brown, second from right, a Science teacher at San Benito High School, was named the District Secondary Teacher of the Year. Shown alongside Brown at the school district’s employee awards assembly are, from left, San Benito CISD Board Secretary Michael A. Vargas and Trustee Joe G. González, McCoy’s Building Supply Assistant Manager Raul T. Lopez, and his daughter, Laila Nicole Lopez, and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marc A. Puig. McCoy’s Building Supply of San Benito honored Brown with a $250 grant. Brown now advances to the Region One Secondary Teacher of the Year competition.
