David Beshk Named 'OC Teacher of the Year' by Parenting OC Magazine

Mr. Beshk was recently named one of the top 25 teachers in Orange County by the publication, but in a ceremony honoring the teachers at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana this week, Mr. Beshk received the top honors as 2017 OC Teacher of the Year.
St. Margaret’s grade 5 teacher David Beshk was named the top teacher in Orange County for 2017 by Parenting OC Magazine.

Mr. Beshk was recently named one of the top 25 teachers in Orange County by the publication, but in a ceremony honoring the teachers at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana this week, Mr. Beshk received the top honors as 2017 OC Teacher of the Year.

As part of the honor, Mr. Beshk will featured on the cover of the March issue of Parenting OC Magazine. He accepted the award with several members of the St. Margaret’s community in attendance, Lower School Principal Jennifer Blount, Assistant Principal Heather Murray, Anne Dahlem, director of communications and marketing, and Colleen Beshk, St. Margaret’s kindergarten teacher, and David’s wife.

“We are simply overjoyed for this recognition of David and his incredible creativity, innovation and dedication in the classroom,” said Mrs. Blount. “It was very exciting to be there supporting David and that wonderful moment when we realized he had won this top honor. We are very, very happy for him, and know it is much deserved. I speak for all Tartans in sending a sincere congratulations and our deep gratitude to Mr. Beshk for all he does for our students!”

In addition to being a dedicated grade 5 teacher, Mr. Beshk has developed programs on rocketry, the physics of roller coasters and animal prosthetics for St. Margaret’s extension programs. He also has led a partnership with Level Up Village to bring the Global Inventors course to St. Margaret’s grade 4 and 5 students. The course participates in video-based engineering brainstorms with students in Honduras, with a mission to design and build a product that helps solve a global issue. PCMagazine wrote a feature on the course, calling it “a fitting endorsement that the global classroom has arrived.”

Mr. Beshk also created the “Home Water Consumption Project” for grade 5 students, a month-long STEM activity for students to track their personal water consumption at home for one week. After calculating a “personal water bill,” students were charged with designing solutions to conserve water in their homes.
 
Congratulations Mr. Beshk! 
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