Twenty-seven SPS educators have been selected to receive the 2019 Excellence in Teaching Award. Superintendent Daniel J. Warwick honored the recipients today during surprise visits to each school.
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School officials will recognize the recipients during a regularly scheduled School Committee meeting on Thursday, May 2nd at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
The Excellence in Teaching Awards acknowledges educators’ high degree of professionalism, subject knowledge, effectiveness, creativity, student impact, and support for colleagues. These educators will also be recognized at a celebration banquet at The Log Cabin Restaurant in Holyoke on Thursday, May 9, 2019.
2019 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Awardees
Lynde Blanton, Brookings
Stacie Bolan, Kiley
Justin Braica, Kiley
Nicholas Campbell, Chestnut TAG
Christie Chisholm, Central
Jacqueline Costa, Warner
Alycia Dehaas, Balliet Elementary
Anne Dillard, Putnam
Robert Douglas, Kensington
Nicole Forys, STEM
Melissa Gall, Central
Karen Johnson, Kiley
Maureen Keating, ECOS
Elizabeth Kineavy, Gerena
Patricia Lamagdeleine. Brookings
Sandra Lambert,
Sci Tech
Lynanne Lamothe, Lincoln
Virna Campbell-Langford, Lincoln
Timothy Linnehan, Kiley
Lea McGarvey, Van Sickle
Nadia Muusse, Chestnut TAG
Dennis Nelson, Glickman
Jennifer O'Brien, Indian Orchard Elementary
Desiree Robinson, Indian Orchard Elementary
Justin Rodzen, Kiley
Norene Shea, Dryden
Elizabeth Footit, Renaissance- New Teacher Award
At the Excellence in Teaching Awards banquet, individual winners will receive an engraved plaque and a check for $500, along with tuition incentives towards higher education courses at six area colleges and universities; membership at WGBY, the local YMCAs of the Pioneer Valley, and the Springfield Jewish Community Center; among other gifts. Winners will also be challenged to submit a project-based learning idea for an additional $250 Classroom Innovator Prize. Up to 20 superior submissions will be selected for this prize.
Presented annually since 2003, the Excellence in Teaching Awards Program has recognized more than 1,500 outstanding teachers in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin Counties for their impact on students, colleagues, and schools. This awards program is made possible by the Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation in partnership with the Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation, and MassMutual Life Insurance Company.