We're pleased to announce that Luis Sierra, a teacher at Alvarado Elementary School, has won our October Teacher of the Month award.

Here are two excerpts from Sierra's glowing commendations:

"He is like a Spanish-English dictionary. ... I think he is the best 3rd grade or other grade teacher there is. I would be happy to be in his class again."

– Emma Bremmer-Bryant

"He was teaching them to see outside their world, to have compassion for others, to understand the symbolism and hope of such an act, and to be moved by literature to feel and take action in one's life."

– Rikki J. Bryant