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Woman of the Year, Celeste Darga, poses with Assemblymember Nava and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez |
Sacramento - First grade school teacher, Celeste Darga, was named by Assemblymember Pedro Nava as the 35th Assembly District Woman of the Year in a ceremony inside the State Assembly Chambers on Monday, March 20th. Celeste is a resident of Santa Barbara County and a first grade teacher at Washington Elementary School in Santa Barbara.
Assemblymember Nava is proud to recognize Celeste. She is an inspiration to her students, peers, and a tremendous role model for all. Her energy inside and outside the classroom is an asset to her students and the community.
Celeste Darga received her B.A. degree in child development from Cal State Northridge and earned her Master's Degree in Educational Leadership and her Administrator's Credential at UCSB. Darga has been an elementary school teacher for fifteen years and began teaching at the kindergarten, third, fourth, and fifth grade levels at Pinecrest Preparatory Private School before becoming interim preschool director at Pinecrest. Since 1999, she has served as a Reading First Instructor of Open Court at the Governor's Reading Professional Development Institutes during the summer. Since 2002, she has been a language arts presenter for SRA McGraw-Hill, and since 1998, she has been a first grade teacher at Harding and Washington Schools in Santa Barbara. Assemblymember Nava is proud of Celeste's accomplishments and believes she is a true role model for all.
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Pending Education Legislation
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This year, Assemblymember Nava introduced AB 2121, which creates the Farm Fresh Schools Program that introduces California grown, farm fresh produce in our kids’ school lunch programs, while providing nutritious and delicious school meals that create more markets for California farmers. AB 2121 just passed with unanimous support from both the Assembly Committees on Education and Agriculture. The bill will next be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. For more information, or to register your support for the Farm Fresh Schools program please contact me at my office, or send me an email at Assemblymember.Nava@asm.ca.gov.
Also, Assemblymember Nava is partnering with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell and introduced AB 2163. The measure provides several additional opportunities and settings for students to prepare to pass the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE). Assemblymember Nava believes that assisting students to graduate from high school and thoroughly preparing students for success in postsecondary education and the workforce, is imperative to California’s economic development and quality of life. |
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