Peg Cagle
Lawrence Gifted/ Highly Gifted Magnet, Los Angeles Unified School
District, 8th Grade Mathematics Teacher
Cagle currently teaches eighth grade honors
algebra, honors geometry, and French at Lawrence Gifted/Highly Gifted Magnet in the Los Angeles
Unified School District. She is National Board Certified in Early Adolescent Mathematics. Cagle’s
honors include the Los Angeles City Teachers of Mathematics Association Excellence in the Classroom
Award (2003); the Raytheon Math Hero Award (2006); LAUSD Teacher of the Year (2008); the USA Today
All-USA Teacher Team (2007); and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math & Science
Teaching.
Diana Herrington
Clovis High School, Mathematics Teacher
Herrington is a
mathematics teacher at Clovis High School. She received the Presidential Award for Excellence in
Mathematics Teaching in 1999, and was also a finalist for the award in 1993 and 1998. Other awards
include the College Teacher of the Year for Clovis High School (2000); Teacher of the Year for the
Clovis Unified School District (1996); American Electronics Association Outstanding Educator (1998);
and the CSU Fresno College of Engineering and Computer Science Math and Science Excellence in
Education Award (2000).
Jeffrey Foote
Kermit McKenzie Jr. High, Guadalupe Union School District, All Subject
6th Grade
Jeff Foote is a teacher at Kermit Mckenzie Jr. High in the Guadalupe School
District. His B.A. in Spanish has served well in this small district with a very high percentage of
Spanish speakers. His M.A. is in Educational Administration, but classroom teaching is his love. He
has been in a variety of leadearship roles in National Science Foundation partnerships, as well as
regional and state level technology projects. His main activities presently are as a co-director of
the Central Coast Science Project at Cal Poly, SLO, an ‘e-mentor’ with E-Mentoring for Student
Success, 'SCALE', a pilot project with UC Santa Barbara & US Fish & Wildlife using GIS and 'spatial
learning' through environmental studies.
