We are pleased to announce that Kim Hudson, high school Science Department Chair at Pinewood, has received the Los Altos Community Foundation’s “Cares and Shares Teacher Award" this year. The award recognizes the efforts, creativity, and ability to demonstrate innovation in curriculum creation. Kim has been awarded a $1,000 grant to use in the classroom. Hudson, along with fourteen other local educators, was recognized on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at Courtyard by Marriott in Los Altos.

Ms. Hudson earned her B.S. in Physical Anthropology from the University of California, Davis. Deciding to delay graduate school but earning her Life Sciences teaching credential, she began teaching in a large public high school district in Southern California. She then followed her husband to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she taught at a small private school during the day and was a laboratory instructor at the University of Pittsburgh in the evenings. Upon returning to California, Ms. Hudson completed her Masters of Science degree in Biological Sciences at California State University, Hayward. While there she taught laboratory courses in biology and zoology. In 1997 she began a five-year tenure at Pinewood School, teaching all levels of biology and overseeing the transition to a "physics first" course sequence. After a six-year hiatus, she returned to Pinewood in 2008. “I cannot think of a more enjoyable career than teaching. However, the real reward is working with the students. They are the ones who have kept me coming back all these years."