Government of Alberta News Release
For immediate release April 6, 1999
And the Finalists for the 1999 Excellence in Teaching Awards are...
This year, 125 of Alberta's most creative and innovative teachers have been selected as the 1999 Excellence in Teaching Awards finalists. In addition, three finalists also have been selected for the TELUS Innovative Use of Technology Award.
Throughout the province, parents, educators and other community members nominated 459 teachers for their achievements in schools.
"Albertans are proud of the contributions our teachers make in the classroom every day," said Gary Mar, Minister of Education. "The 128 finalists are exceptional teachers whose creative approaches to learning inspire students and other colleagues to be their best."
"The Excellence in Teaching Awards are truly a community celebration honouring teachers who have made a tremendous impact on their students,"said John Dowd, Chair of the Excellence in Teaching Awards Foundation, and Vice President, Western Canada, The Document Company, XEROX.
From the finalists, 20 provincial recipients of an Excellence in Teaching Award and one recipient of the TELUS Innovative Use of Technology Award will be honoured at a gala ceremony to be held in Calgary, May 8, 1999.
The 1999 Excellence in Teaching Awards are presented by The Document Company, XEROX, and the Excellence in Teaching Awards Foundation supported by Alberta Education. Foundation members include the Alberta School Boards Association; the Alberta Teachers' Association; Fraser Milner; Syncrude; TELUS; The Document Company, XEROX; and The Edmonton Journal. The Awards also are sponsored by the Alberta Chambers of Commerce, Calgary Herald, and the Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan.
-30-For more information contact:
Pamela Wolfe - Teacher Certification Branch, Alberta Education - (780) 427-2045 Annette Bereznicki - Communications, Alberta Education - (780) 427-2285
For a toll free connection outside of Edmonton, dial 310-0000.
1999 Excellence in Teaching Awards
125 Finalists
Alix
Mike R. Pitt, Alix-MAC School Athabasca
George H. J. Ellen, Landing Trail Intermediate School Barrhead
Susan Patricia McLaren, Barrhead Elementary School Blackfalds
Terry H. Ramsay, Blackfalds School Blue Ridge
Vonda J. Chatterton, Blue Ridge Elementary School Bonnyville
Janice Hyshka, Bonnyville Centralized High School Bragg Creek
Vicki Hardage, Banded Peak School Byemoor
Gwen Keith, Byemoor School Calgary
Elaine Bolt, Sir John A. Macdonald Jr High School Ainsley Peter Chung, St. Francis High School Irma Connell, John W. Costello School
Angus Edwin Gent, Lord Beaverbrook Senior High School Maureen Gerlitz, Central Memorial High School
Robert Clayton Hicks, Lord Beaverbrook Senior High School Ian Hindmarsh, St. Mary's High School
Linda Jesmer, Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School Norma Josty, Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School Lisa Renee MacDonnell, St. Francis High School Donna Mann, Sir William Van Horne High School Monica Paul, Alternative High School
Pam Scheuerman, Father James Whelihan Elementary and Junior High School Robert Shaw, Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School
Cindy White, Windsor Park Elementary School Carstairs
Patricia Anne Christensen, Hugh Sutherland School Clive
Holly Baines, Clive School Delburne
Dulcie Roberta Volker, Delburne Centralized School Didsbury
B. Ruth Roedler, Midway Community School Drumheller
Lynn Helen Hemming, Drumheller Composite High School Duffield
Joyce E. Garneau, Duffield School Edmonton
Vivian Allen, Cardinal Leger Jr High School Dianne Birenbaum, Inglewood Elementary School Marsha Bremner, Lorelei School
Duncan Buchanan, Holy Trinity High School
Suzanne Chan-Tsang, Queen Mary Park Elementary School Helga Erika Cooper, Duggan Elementary School
Carla Dawn Cumming, Avalon Jr High School Doreen Evelyn Czajkowsky, McNally High School Phyllis Fleck, Manning Adult Learning Centre Shaun Hains, W.P. Wagner School
Rena Jeanne Hanchuk, St. Matthew Elementary School V. Gregory Hunter, Rosslyn Jr High School
Errol V. Johnson, McNally High School
Bruce Kirkland, Strathcona Composite High School Wai-Ling Leocadia Lennon, Dovercourt School Carolyn Mary Lewis, McNally High School Brenda Love, Clara Tyner School
Danny Maas, St. Pius X Elementary School Evelyn Y. McBride, St. Edmund School Gregory Meeker, Centre High School Patricia Milan, St. Bernadette School
Daniel John Miller, Harry Ainlay High School Ian Glen Phillips, McNally High School Alida G. Privett, Calder School
Wendy Richards, Oliver School
Reva Robillard Martin, Brander Gardens Elementary School Linette Smith, Eastglen High School
Susan Stevenson, McNally High School
Allan Trevor Stewart, Holy Trinity High School Pat Thorsley, Caernarvon Elementary School Kenneth Raymond Vetsch, Blessed Kateri School
Lynn Weinlos-Gregg, Archbishop MacDonald High School Charlotte Wentland, St. Jerome Catholic School
Marnie Patricia White, Highlands School Shaunda Yeoman, S. Bruce Smith School Melissa Yost, Avonmore School
Evansburg
Donna McWhinnie, Grand Trunk High School Foremost
Elizabeth Slack, Foremost School Ft. McMurray
Oreila Margaret Atkinson, Father J. A. Turcotte O.M.I. Elementary School Jenny Miller, Dr. K. A. Clark School
Grande Prairie
Charlene Ungstad, Parkside Elementary School
Larry Armstrong, Hillside Community School, Grande Prairie High River
Judy Nielsen, Spitzee Elementary School Innisfail
Lori Goldstrom, John Wilson Elementary School Ian Hector, Innisfail Jr-Sr High School
Innisfree
Lorine Sweeney, Innisfree Delnorte School Lacombe
Gregory Bruce Olsen, Lacombe Composite High School Lamont
Michael Kischuk, Lamont High School
Bernadine Donita Letwin, Lamont Elementary School Lethbridge
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Bonny Greenshields, Winston Churchill High School Fern Heinen, Lethbridge Collegiate Institute
Lorraine (Lola) Major, Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Gary P. Scovill, Allan Watson School
Lorraine R.M. Taylor, Gilbert Paterson Community School JoAnne Marie Thaxter, Lakeview Elementary School Mallaig
Debbie Thorne, Ecole Mallaig School Manyberries
Linda K. Moczulski, Manyberries School Medicine Hat
Erhardt Frank, Ross Glen School
Tracy Hensel, George Davison Elementary School
Helen Snortland, Mother Teresa and St. Thomas Aquinas Schools Okotoks
Donald Lloyd Gerla, Good Shepherd School Scott Royce, Holy Trinity Academy
Onoway
Josef Martha, Onoway Jr-Sr High School Pincher Creek
Christine Monica Kobza, St. Michael's School Ponoka
Nick Kohlman, Ponoka Elementary School Red Deer
Pieter Langstraat, Fairview Elementary School Greg Wheeler, Hunting Hills High School Rocky Mtn House
Catherine Mary Brown, Pioneer School Sherwood Park
Dona-Ruth Beyer, Campbelltown Elementary School Donna Griffin, Glen Allan Elementary School
Diane Katherine Madill, Salisbury Composite High School Bruce H. Plante, Madonna Catholic School
Diane Stefishen, Jean Vanier Catholic School Spruce Grove
Sue Harvie, Brookwood Elementary School
Maria Teresa Stewart, Spruce Grove Composite High School St. Albert
Diane Brayman, Paul Kane High School
Andrea Daly, Leo Nickerson Elementary School Marnie Dennis, Keenooshayo School
Eugenie Jeannette Dube, Ecole Father Jan School Wayne Durksen, Leo Nickerson Elementary School Bruce Fawcett, Muriel Martin Elementary School Hank Reinbold, St. Albert Catholic High School Lydia Yeomans, St. Albert Catholic High School Sunset House
Judy Lynn Rieu, Sunset House School Taber
Sheila Span, St. Patrick School Three Hills
Cara Frere, Three Hills School Vermilion
Peggie Roth, St. Jerome's School Viking
Sharon Pobuda, Viking School Warner
R. Marian Graspointner, Warner School Wetaskiwin
Pius A. MacLean, Sacred Heart School Patrick C. McFeely, Sacred Heart School Whitecourt
Karen Boreham, Percy Baxter School Kiley McGuire, Percy Baxter School Michel St. Louis, Percy Baxter School Wrentham
Gillian Vas, Prairiehome Colony School
3 TELUS Innovative Use of Technology Award Finalists
Edmonton
Catherine Suen, Sifton School Grande Prairie
Linda Beaudet, Ecole St. Gerard School St. Albert
David Bryce, St. Gabriel Cyber School
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