Local high school teacher wins Yale Educator Award

Pueblo High School teacher won the 2021 Yale Educator Award.

HIS STUDENTS FOR YEARS.

NOW --FORMER AND CURRENT STUDENTS --ARE HELPING PAY CRISTOBALSANTA CRUZ BACK.

ANDNE O OFTHE MOST PRESTIGIOUSUNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY --IS RECOGNIZING HIS HARD WORK.NINE ON YOUR SIDE'S TINAGIULIANO-- VISITED HISCLASSROOM TODAY.NATS FOR 29 YEARS, NATOFSSANTA CRUZ SAYING OPENOU YRWASHINGTON NOTES HUNDREDS OFSTUDENTS HAVE SHUFFLED THEIRWAY IN AND OUT OF CRISTOBALSANTA CRUZ'S CLASSROOM..

NATSANGEL ALMAZAN/ PUEBLO HIGHSCHOOL JUOR "NITHIS IS MYFIRST YEAR WITH MR. SANTA CRUZBUT I KNEW HIM PRIOR TO THISARYE BECAUSE OF MY SISTERYAKELEEN." HIS IMPACT ONSTUDENTS AND EVEN HIS CO-WORKERS IS SOMETHING THEY LLWINEVER FORGET& CELESTE LINEIRO/PUEBLO HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR/HITS: RUNS "I'VE NEVER HAD ATEACHER LIKE HIM BEFORE." SO,IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT SANTACRUZ WON THE 20-21 YALEEDUCATOR AWARD& TERESA TORO/SENIOR COUNSELOR PUEBLO HIGHSCHOOL/ HITS: RUNS: "VERY WELLDESERVING, LONG TIME COMING.HE DEFINITELY DESERVES THISAWARD." THIS YEAR& OUT OFTHREE HUNDRED AND FIVENOMINEES FROM AROUND THEWORLD&.

50 TEACHERS AND 21COSEUNLORS WON THE AWARD&.CRISTOBAL SANTA CRUZ/ YALEAWARD RECIPIENT/ HITS: RUNS:"I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKEDI.DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WASHAPPENING." HIS TEACHINGINVOLVES NOT ONLY A STRONGLESSON PLAN, BUT WAYS TOCONNECT WITH HIS STUDENTS..CRISTOBAL SANTA CRUZ/ YALEAWARD RECIPIENT/ HITS: RUNS:"IT CAN BE WITH HUMOR OR I SAYBECAUSE I'M FROM THENEIGHBORHOOD, I TOUCH CULTURALBUTTONS." NATS CRISTOBAL SANTACR/ UZYALE AWARD RECIPIENT/HITS: RUNS: "WITH THE KID'SREACTIONS, SOMETIMES THEY HAVEWATER IN THEIR EYES, THEY'REEYES WATER& AND THAT'S ANIMPACT THAT MONEDOY ESN'T GIVEYOU." HE USES SPANISH ANDPERSONAL STORIES TO TEACH THELESSONS& CRISTOB SALANTA CRUZ/YALE AWARD RECIPIENT/ HITS:RUNS: "I WILL TALK TO THE KIDSIN THE CLASS I WILL USESPANISH AND THAT HAS ACULTURAL CONNECTION THATENGLISH JUST DOESN'T." THEBOTTOM LINE STUDENTS ARELEARNING WELL IN HIS CLASSES&CELESTE LINEIRO/ PUEBLO HIGHSCHOOL JUNIOR/ HITS: RUNS"I'VE STRUGGLED WITH APCLASSES BEFORE BUT HE MAKES ITFUN WHICH MAKES LEARNING THETOPIC EASIER." SANTA CRUZ SAYSHE'S GRATEFUL FOR THE AWARD,BUT FOR HIM AND HIS CLASSROOMLIFE KEEPS GOING, PERIOD AFTERPERIOD& NATS OF BE ALLND KIDSEXITING HIS CLASS CRISTOBALSANTA CRUZ/ YALE AWARDRECIPIENT/ HITS: RUNS: "HOW AMI GOING TO CHANGE THISSTUDENT, HOW AM I GOING TOCHANGE THAT STUDENT BEYOND THECLASSROOM." AT PUEBLO HIGHSCHOOL& TINA GIULIANO KGUN 9ONOUR YSIDE&THOSE WHO'VE LIVED THROUGH