Year 2013
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March 8, 2013: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announces the winner of the National Online Teacher of the Year award. For more information, please visit National Online Teacher of the Year - Year 2013.
- Renee Citlau (JPG; Posted 08-Mar-2013).
Year 2012
December 3, 2012: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announces the 2013 U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP) delegates and alternates. For more information, please visit U.S. Senate Youth Program Delegates Selected - Year 2012.
- Josephine Kao (JPG; Posted 03-Dec-2012) of Roseville (Placer County) is a USSYP delegate and a student at Mira Loma High School in the San Juan Unified School District.
- Deeksha Goyal (JPG; 2MB; Posted 03-Dec-2012) of Redlands (San Bernardino County) is a USSYP delegate and a student at Redlands East Valley High School in the Redlands Unified School District.
- Anna Page (JPG; 1MB; Posted 03-Dec-2012) of San Diego (San Diego County) is the first alternate and a student at Mt. Carmel High School in the Poway Unified School District.
- Stefano Rumi (JPG; Posted 03-Dec-2012) of Los Angeles (Los Angeles County) is the second alternate and a student at the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
November 8, 2012: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announces the 2013 California Teachers of the Year.
- I'Asha Warfield (JPG; Posted 08-Nov-2012) is a grade seven English teacher at Oakland's Frick Middle School in the Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County. Torlakson also nominated Warfield as California's representative for the National Teacher of the Year competition.
- Sebastien Paul De Clerck (JPG; 6MB; Posted 08-Nov-2012) is a grade nine through twelve French and Italian language teacher at Ventura High School in the Ventura Unified School District, Ventura County.
- David Goldenberg (JPG; 5MB; Posted 08-Nov-2012) is a grade ten and eleven history teacher at Irvine's Arnold O. Beckman High School in Tustin Unified School District, Orange County.
- Veronica Marquez (JPG; 2MB; Posted 08-Nov-2012) is a grade five multi-subject teacher in Los Angeles' Harmony Elementary School in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles County.
- Martin Reisert (JPG; Posted 08-Nov-2012) is a grade six multiple-subject teacher in San Diego's Oak Valley Middle School in the Poway Unified School District, San Diego County.
Year 2011
January 3, 2011: Thanking Californians for giving him the opportunity to serve, Tom Torlakson took his oath of office as California's 27th State Superintendent of Public Instruction in a simple ceremony attended by educators, students, and members of his family in the gymnasium of Mount Diablo High School in Concord, where he taught science and world history. For more information, please visit Tom Torlakson Sworn in as State Superintendent - Year 2011.
- Torlakson is sworn into office by Napa County Office of Education Superintendent Barbara Nemko (JPG; Posted 03-Jan-2011).
