Educators of Excellence Winners
Administration
Katie Ralston
Cuba-Rushford Middle School
Gloria Dingwall
Dryden Street School
Joann Hili-Carbone
South Huntington UFSD
College
Joellen Maples
St. John Fisher College
Sandy Strock
Siena College
Secondary
Tanya Cestaro
Sanford H. Calhoun High School
Jennifer De Lisi-Hall
Irvington High School
Heather Flood
Maple Hill High School
Lacey Gardner
Whitesville Central School
Diane Geurin
Guilderland High School
Jaclyn Lein
Island Trees High School
Ross Marvin
Schuylerville High School
Sarah Mattice
Schalmont High School
Alycia Spraker
Broadalbin-Perth High School
Christine Zandstra
Roy C. Ketcham High School
Middle
Ryan Kenny
Northport Middle School
Anne Klingle
New World Prep Charter School
Rebecca Levy
Grand Avenue Middle School
Brendan McGowan
Finley Middle School
Tina Varughese
Ballston Spa Middle School
Elementary
Dr. Toni Ann Barone
Plaza Elementary School
Angela Berner
Huntington UFSD
Nancy Longenberger
James S. Evans Elementary School
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
Educators of Excellence Winners
College
Darshna Katwala – Nassau Community College
Dr. Roberta Levitt – LIU Post
Administration
Maryann Stoorvogel – Pine Plains CSD
Elementary
Elaine Monahan – Brookside Elementary School
Middle
Aidan Byrne – Baldwin Middle School
Michael Dlugozima – Merrick Avenue Middle School
Nancy Ebel – Bulkeley Middle School
Joanna Gentile – Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School
Alan Schwartz – Great Neck South Middle School
Secondary
Alyssa Dembek – New Rochelle High School
Julia Fernandez – Briarcliff High School
Dr. Shehnaz Khalfan-Washington – Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health & Science Charter School
Chris Mazura – Guilderland High School
Marilyn Norton – Roy C. Ketcham High School
Elizabeth Sherwood – Northport High School
Pamela Uruburu – Northport High School
Erica Wagner-O’Rourke – W.C. Mepham High School
25 Years of Service to NYSEC
Victor Jaccarino
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