Pete Simoncini
Adjunct Instructor of Political Science
Day job: Teacher, Oakdale High School (A. P. U. S. history, A. P. U. S. government and politics, A. P. psychology)
Public Address Announcer, most interscholastic sports contests
MA, Government, Georgetown University, 1975
BA, Government, University of San Francisco, 1973
Graduate: United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1989
American Political Science Association Foreign Affairs Congressional Fellow, 1994-1995 (worked in Office of Senator John Warner, R, VA)
Also studied Congress and Foreign Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D. C., 1994
Previous Career: U. S. Army, Infantry Branch, 1973-1996
Also served as the Dean of Student Affairs, Springfield College in Illinois
Honors: Stanislaus County High School Teacher of the Year for 2009
California Finalist for the Horace Mann Excellence in Teaching Award for 2009
School Bell Award for the Oakdale Joint Unified School District, 2012 and 2014
City of Oakdale Citizen of the Year for 2018
Reader for A. P. U. S. History national examinations under the auspices of the College Board (2011 to present)