{"id":37872,"date":"2026-05-22T18:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/?p=37872"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:33:53","slug":"video-april-treece-is-a-2026-pylusd-teacher-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/?p=37872","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: April Treece is a 2026 PYLUSD Teacher of the Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>April Treece is a 2026 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) Teacher of the Year! Rebecca serves as a teacher at Valadez Middle School Academy in Placentia. This video recaps the moment PYLUSD executive leadership members and her colleagues surprised her with the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cApril exemplifies excellence through her high standards for teaching and student growth. Her collaboration shines as she partners with colleagues to enhance the SOAR curriculum and share innovative practices,&#8221; shared colleague Sue Sawyer. \u201cShe models integrity by treating every student with fairness, empathy, and respect, fostering trust across campus. Her \u201cloaner\u201d uniform program and data-driven approach to engagement highlight her innovation, addressing long-standing challenges with creativity and compassion. April Treece embodies all four PYLUSD core values\u2014her leadership, dedication, and student-centered mindset have transformed Valadez Middle School Academy into a more positive, inclusive, and inspiring learning environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This video was created by the El Dorado High School Digital Media Arts Academy (DMAA) under the direction of teacher Mark Switzer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"April Treece is a 2026 PYLUSD Teacher of the Year!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F8vHzt4XJAU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April Treece is a 2026 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) Teacher of the Year! Rebecca serves as a teacher at Valadez Middle School Academy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":38267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1178],"tags":[291],"class_list":["post-37872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-school","tag-valadez-middle-school-academy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37873,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37872\/revisions\/37873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}