State-honored Concord engineering teacher helping students excel at robotics and in life

by Tony Hicks, Bay City News March 5, 2024March 3, 2024

Ygnacio Valley High School engineering teacher Joseph Alvarico poses for a portrait during his after school Project 212 YVHS Robotics lab in Concord on Feb. 14, 2024. Alvarico, named Teacher of the Year for Contra Costa County and the state of California, uses his passion for education to inspire students to learn leadership and life skills that extend beyond the classroom. He is also the founder of Femineers, a program that aims to get more girls into engineering. (Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News) Credit: Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News

TEACHERS WHO SAY teaching is their life have nothing on Joseph Alvarico.

One of five teachers named 2024 California Teacher of the Year in October by California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond — and the only one in Northern California — Alvarico teaches engineering and oversees the robotics program at Concord’s Ygnacio Valley High School.

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