eli horn. [applause] [cheering] and ally's fan club. i have known eli for about 20 year.before eli became an early education administrator he served as director for th thevis valley beacon where he worked to provide partnerships for the school. he joins the school district in 2011 as early education administrator. ally, thank you. [cheers and applause] our elementary school principal of the year is one of mayor ferrell's favorites because they have a blooming, wonderful bromance because they did some amazing, amazing work through the shared schoolyards partnership and that take as lot of work to open a school to the city. principal of the year for elementary, emmanuel stewart, george washington carveer.

eli horn. [applause] [cheering] and ally's fan club. i have known eli for about 20 year. before eli became an early education administrator he served as director for th thevis valley beacon where he worked to provide partnerships for the school. he joins the school district in 2011 as early education adminor.at ally, thank you. [cheers and applause] our elementary school principal of the year is one of mayor ferrell's favorites because have a bng, wonderful bromance because they did some amazing, amazing work through the shared schoolyards partnership and that take as lot of work to open a school to the city. principal of the year for elementary, emmanuel stewart, george washington carveer. he has worked in public education for 27 year. he now leads the school where he taught for 14 years and committed to the bay view hunter's community and he do that with excitement, passion and dedication. super happy for him. >> go stewie! >> our middle school principal of the year is a dynamic leader, lina vaanheran and her daughter. oh, not anymore. lina is in her 8th year of leading

i would like to congratulate the teacher of the year award recipient eli horn. emmanuel stuart. lena van huron and sam bass and our first inaugural para educator award was given to mary lavallÉe. so we want to congratulate all the educators 0 the year. i want to thank sales force.org and mark and lynn, they did the opening of the tower this morning. and he gave a very impassioned speech about civic responsibility and what it means to him and what they've done. in that speech, he really highlighted the importance of public education and the investment that he's made and they've given sfusd over $33 million over the last six years. it's a true champions effort to really invest in our public schools. and they're also in oakland. and in addition to that, what they've been doing for children's hospital, and for our homeless program, heading home campaign, has raised $30 million which will be going specifically to homeless students in sfusd, starting in elementary school. i think it was just a wonderful testament to the investment made by a san franciscan and somebody who has worked r

i would like to congratulate the teacher of the year award recipient eli horn. emmanuel stuart. lena van huron and sam bass and our first inaugural para educator award was given to mary lavallÉe. so we want to congratulate all the educators 0 the year. i want to thank sales force.org and mark and lynn, they did the opening of the tower this morning. an

eli horn. andh that i had to be here. i just want toay that again my james jolin washington and i amd administrators of san francisco and thank you for allowing us to speak at this important event. it gives us the opportunity to brag about our amazing, hardworking administrators like are courageous leaders andith put stude needs a interests first. we arerou p to honor them today and recogn them for everything they do every day every month every year to benefit their students, families, staff, a schndol community. on a personal note, i remember the experience of receiving the honor of principal of the year from mayor lee in 2011 and this honor allws you community and your families to see that the enduring long days the sleepless nights, the ongong dedication to teachers, families and students in your school communities is not d ein, so lina, sam, emmanuel and eli, enjoy thisze andith c the you love. congratulations. [applause] >> thank you so muchlin. jo before we bring up allf our award winners, let me tell you about how