2018 Award Winners

Collaborators of Excellence

Kelly Baldwin & Debra Cavaliere
Northport High School

Todd Hyman & Tom Lee
Monroe-Woodbury High School

Theresa Lewis, John Balet & Matthew Golglowski
Clean Technologies Early College High School

Chris McNulty & Anthony Simiele
Ballston Spa Middle School

Kay O’Rourke-Kowalski & Carmela Gustafson
Oakdale-Bohemia Middle School

Early Career Scholarships

Matthew Hodges
Monroe-Woodbury High School

Yvanna Persaud
High School for Media and Communications

Programs of Excellence

Ethical Issues in Science (Bioethics)
Campbell-Savona Jr./Sr. High School
Campbell-Savona CSD

The Uncommon Community Reading Program (TUCCR)
Morris Central School
Morris CSD

Peer Responder Mentors Program
Manhasset Secondary School
Manhasset UFSD

Mini-Grant Winners

Sara Fleming
Westhill High School

Adam Kinory
The School of the Future

Terri Weiss
Hudson Valley Writing Project

English Record Article of the Year

“Using Critical Literacy to Frame Students’ Interactions with Complex Texts”
Dr. Salika Lawrence, Medgar Evers College & Tiffany Labissiere, Literacy Coach, NYC

2017 Award Winners

Programs of Excellence Winners

Team ORCHID Newsroom – Plaza Elementary School, Baldwin UFSD
The Writer’s Block –  Ward Melville High School, Three Village CSD
Big Ideas for Little Kids – Oceanside HS & Oceanside ES, Oceanside CSD
Envisions – Critical Writing and Research, Westlake High School, Mt. Pleasant CSD
Berner One School, One Book Initiative – Berner Middle School, Massapequa CSD

Collaborators of Excellence Winners

Rob Irwin & Matt Holbrook – Monroe-Woodbury High School
Kimberly Ruppel & Colleen Ottalagano – Guilderland High School

Dr. Ruth E. Everett Award Winner

Frank Adamo – Iroquois Middle School, Niskayuna CSD

Mini-Grant Winners

Peter Khost – Stonybrook University
Christopher Mazura – Guilderland High School

Early Career Scholarship Winners

Kaitlin Blumberg – Monroe-Woodbury High School
Katelyn Maroney – Mineola High School
Krystal Haight – Westlake Middle School
Rina Hartigan – Plaza Elementary School

Article of the Year – English Record – Winner

“Teaching Writing Hope for a Just Writing Society”  –  Dr. Nicole Sieben, SUNY Old Westbury

2016 Award Winners

Educators of Excellence Winners

Administration
Valarie Karas – Ballston Spa School District
Steven Gilhuley – Malverne Union Free School District
Lucille Iconis – Massapequa Public Schools
Dr. Cynthia Seniuk – North Merrick School District
Beth Zirogiannis – Oceanside School District

Elementary
Maryann Cockerill – Massapequa Public Schools
Kathleen Sokolowski – Farmingdale Public Schools
Kelly Mackay – Baldwin School District

Middle
Debra Villano – Island Trees School District
Kathryn Dodd – Amityville Union Free School District
Kathleen Fenn – Pine Plains Central School District
Kendra Fingerhut – Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School
Anna DeMartino – Sewanhaka Central High School District
Brett Schwartz – Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
Tabatha Stillwell – Malone Central School District
Janine Katsigiorgis – Amityville Union Free School District

Secondary
Jennifer Levin – Northport-East Northport Schools
Danielle Benner – Guilderland Central School District
Brooke Dickson – New Lebanon Central School District
Sarah Fleming – Westhill School District
Anastasia Caputo – Malverne Union Free School District
Cheryl Meany – Baldwinsville Central School District
Louis Ventura – Olean City School District
Andrew Maycock – Guilderland Central School District
Ricki Mazzella – Marlboro Central School District
Jolene Morielli-Russo – New Rochelle Public Schools
Lianne Bellinger – Sewanhaka Central High School District
Samantha Fishman – Briarcliff Manor School District
Laura Sheridan-Carbone – Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
Rebecca Fiske – Malone Central School District
Susan Chappell – Monroe-Woodbury Central School District

Programs of Excellence Winners

The Canterbury Tale Parody – Skaneateles Central School District
Massapequa High School Media Studies Program – Massapequa Public Schools
Writing and Filmmaking – City School District of New Rochelle
Speak Truth to the Power Research Film Unit – Skaneateles Central School District

Collaborators of Excellence Winners

Jennifer Frasca and Laura Trongard – Oceanside School District
Kristin Petersen and Jennifer Rabie – Massapequa Public Schools
Amy Scognamillo and Amy Nardone – Bay Shore Schools
Tom Durkin and Michelle McNeight – Briarcliff Manor School District

Dr. Ruth E. Everett Award Winner

Beth Schneider – The City College Academy of the Arts

Mini-Grant Winners

Kjersti Vanslyke-Briggs & Marissa Orezzoli – Sydney Central School District
Ellen Brooks – Hunter College-CUNY
Reinaldo Latorre – Amityville Union Free School District
Stephen Sorensen – Olean City School District

Article of the Year – English Record – Winner

Michelle Bulla – Monroe-Woodbury Central School District

Fellow Award

Erik Sweet – New York State Education Department

2015 Award Winners

Educators of Excellence Winners

College
Dr. Wendy Galgan – St. Francis College
Dr. Jacqueline George – SUNY New Paltz

Administration
David Bernsley – Monroe-Woodbury High School
Melinda Murdock – Riverside Elementary School

Elementary
Stephanie Brown – Silas Wood 6th Grade Center
Jillian Coster – Miller Avenue School
Suzanne Johnson – Riverside Elementary School
Debra Iannelli – Morris Central School
Glenna Raskin – Fairfield Elementary School
Lisa Levenson – Park Avenue School

Middle
Jamie De Leon – The Laboratory School for Finance and Technology
Kea Grabinski – Westbury Middle School
Grace Hazenbush – Linden Avenue Middle School
Meredith Levine – Grand Avenue Middle School
Amanda Steele – Island Trees Memorial Middle School
Kayla Witman – Waverly Middle School

Secondary
Stephanie Buckhout – Putnam/ Northern Westchester BOCES
Linda Ciaffone – Floral Park Memorial High School
Rachel Cook – Norwood-Norfolk Central School
Christopher DiLeo – Marlboro Central High School
Kevin Dineen – Commack High School
Carol Durkin – Monroe-Woodbury High School
Maria Favre – Ward Melville High School
Corinna Heggen – Schenectady High School
Thomas Kenney – Briarcliff High School
Marissa Lattanzio – The Laboratory School for Finance and Technology
John Mitchell – Shoreham-Wading River High School
Alison Paley – Ballston Spa Central School District
Tracy Pontin – Schalmont High School
Claudia Rudnet – Mineola High School
Amy Salamone – Guilderland High School
Daniel Sheffield – John F. Kennedy High School
Sally Ventura – Olean High School
Marjorie Vigliotti – Oyster Bay High School

Programs of Excellence Winners

College Essay Workshop Night – Massapequa High School, Massapequa CSD
Senior Experience – Calhoun High School & Mepham High School, Bellmore-Merrick CSD

Collaborators of Excellence

Michael Laterza – Westlake High School
Vincent Iovane – Westlake High School
Patti Brown – Olean High School
Stephen Sorensen – Olean High School
Yornell Aguiar – Oceanside High School
Kathleen Holden – Oceanside High School
Jason Manning – Oceanside High School
Todd Nussen –  Oceanside High School

Dr. Ruth E. Everett Award Winner

Lori Lebel – Schenectady High School

Mini-Grant Winners

Dara Rhodes – Milford Central School
Julene Waffle – Morris Central School