2015 Volunteers of the Year
Poway Unified Announces the Selection of District Volunteers of the Year
Hiroko Goldstein-Baba, Patti Matsuoka, and Rheia Vigay Receive Honors
The Poway Unified School District is fortunate to have hundreds of volunteers who donate countless hours to the children on PUSD. The PUSD Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. John Collins would like to thank all of our volunteers for their time and support. Each PUSD school has the opportunity to nominate a candidate as an outstanding volunteer of the year. The following volunteers were chosen as PUSD Volunteers of the Year:Hiroko Goldstein-Baba, Canyon View Elementary School; Patti Matsuoka,Twin Peaks Middle School; and Rheia Vigay, Poway High School;
The following is a list of all the PUSD school site Volunteers of the Year. All of these finalists are representative of the high caliber of volunteers whose sincerity and dedication benefit hundreds of PUSD students.
| Name | Site |
| Abraxas High School | |
| Kathy Duston | Adobe Bluffs Elementary School |
| Bernardo Heights Middle School | |
| Josie Burye | Black Mountain Middle School |
| Hiroko Goldstein-Baba | Canyon View Elementary School |
| Janette “Jan” Haase | Chaparral Elementary School |
| Cindy Lee | Creekside Elementary School |
| Erin Mitchell | Deer Canyon Elementary School |
| Jeff Erwin | Del Norte High School |
| Esther Beentjes | Del Sur Elementary School |
| Claudine Hagerstrom | Garden Road Elementary School |
| Lisa Velazquez | Meadowbrook Middle School |
| Bradley Chang | Mesa Verde Middle School |
| Angela Vivas | Midland Elementary School |
| Theresa Manalang | Monterey Ridge Elementary School |
| Jennifer Hagan | Morning Creek Elementary School |
| Kris Webster | Mt. Carmel High School |
| Ann Rubio | Oak Valley Middle School |
| Hilary Pollard | Painted Rock Elementary School |
| Jeff Johnson | Park Village Elementary School |
| Gioia Bowser | Pomerado Elementary School |
| Rheia Vigay | Poway High School |
| Dr. Alan Elliott | Rancho Bernardo High School |
| Erin Navage | Rolling Hills Elementary School |
| Carol Ware | Stone Ranch Elementary School |
| Dixie Levine | Sundance Elementary School |
| Franny Chin | Sunset Hills Elementary School |
| Mary Costello | Tierra Bonita Elementary School |
| Genni Myles | Turtleback Elementary School |
| Patti Matsuoka | Twin Peaks Middle School |
| Laura Danahy | Valley Elementary School |
| Patty Tokushige | Westwood Elementary School |
| Westview High School | |
| Julie Hume | Willow Grove Elementary School |
| Edward Wiesmeier III | Student Support Service/After School Education and Safety |