Meet the Yuma County 2025 high school teacher of the year
Danyelle Burke North
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – One local teacher is recognized for her excellence in the classroom.
Cibola High School teacher Jonica Flores was named Yuma County’s 2025 “High School Teacher of the Year” by the Education Foundation of Yuma County. Flores has been teaching in the district for a decade.
“I was extremely surprised! Only because not that I doubt my abilities, but just because there’s so many amazing high school teachers in Yuma County, so I was very shocked,” said Jonica Flores.
She says she feels so humbled for the honor and is grateful for all the special education teachers out there.
“Especially because I’m a special education teacher, I wanted all of the special education teachers in the audience to know like this award is also for them because I feel that sometimes as special education teachers, we don’t quite get the recognition as other teachers do, other subjects, and so I wanted to be sure to express that this was also for them as well,” said Flores.
Congratulations from all of here Mrs. Flores! The award was presented during the foundation’s annual ceremony this month.