65 WCPSS Students Named NC Teaching Fellows

May 1, 2009 - Sixty-five Wake County Public School System high school seniors have been named North Carolina Teaching Fellows and eight students have been named alternates.

The Teaching Fellows Program provides a $6,500 per year scholarship for four years at one of 18 North Carolina colleges or universities in turn for the students agreeing to teach for four years in one of North Carolina’s public schools.

The 65 Teaching Fellows attend 18 different WCPSS high schools. Apex High had seven students earn the scholarships. Garner High had six. There were five Fellows at Broughton, Cary, Leesville Road, Middle Creek and Wake Forest-Rolesville high schools.

The 65 WCPSS Teaching Fellows include:

Alyssa Katherine Brown of Apex High
Andrew John Decker of Apex High
Maret Ellen Koch of Apex High
Ethan Wyatt Luke of Apex High
Rachel Christine McCloskey of Apex High
Corin Taylor Muller of Apex High
Cameron Michele Shirley of Apex High

Zainab Hassell Abdus-Saboor of Athens Drive High
Jennifer Leigh Dutton of Athens Drive High
Carla Renee Hutchins of Athens Drive High
Kameron Anesa Rowe of Athens Drive High

Brittany Racquel Huffman of Broughton High
Haley Jewell Jones of Broughton High
Melissa Brooke Ledford of Broughton High
Tierney Marie McBride of Broughton High
Julia Morgan Sasser of Broughton High

Assir Azhan Abushouk of Cary High
Quinn Nicole Bajorek of Cary High
Timothy George Pattyson of Cary High
Vincent M. Pratama of Cary High
Kayla Elizabeth Seagroves of Cary High

Kristen Marie Noto of Enloe High
Lindsey Nicole Price of Enloe High

Robert Antonio Francis of Fuquay Varina High
Laura Elizabeth Martin of Fuquay Varina High
Anthony Jordan Paturzo of Fuquay Varina High

Margaret Elizabeth Correia of Garner High
Sarah Elizabeth Moore of Garner High
Amanda Nicole Pierce of Garner High
Linsey Grae Pittman of Garner High
Carl Brunson Redd, II of Garner High
Tiffany Nicole Williams of Garner High

Sarah Nadia Azam of Green Hope High
Kelsey Elizabeth Cones of Green Hope High
Julie Frances Ross of Green Hope High
Regina Phylicia Stepney of Green Hope High

Sarah Nicole Eichvalds of Holly Springs High

Maria Elizabeth Evans of Leesville Road High
Alexis Tierra Hopper of Leesville Road High
Elayne Nichole Monjar of Leesville Road High
Kelsey Paige Rozier of Leesville Road High
Elizabeth Marie Sanders of Leesville Road High

Ashlee Marie Haga of Middle Creek High
Sarah Catherine Humphrey of Middle Creek High
Taylor Holland Lee of Middle Creek High
Elena Christine Lopez of Middle Creek High
Anamaria Moreno of Middle Creek High

Cotter Seth Collins of Millbrook High

Kayla Marie Walker of Panther Creek High

Laura Emily Hasenauer of Sanderson High
Samuel James McFarlane of Sanderson High
Sarah Ruth Tueting of Sanderson High
Charnelle Larese Wilson of Sanderson High

Arielle Ivory Chambers of Southeast Raleigh High
Shae LaGeorgia King of Southeast Raleigh High

Jessica Jean Carbon of Wake Forest-Rolesville High
Brittany-Ann D. Mastromatteo of Wake Forest-Rolesville High
Amanda Grace Shaw of Wake Forest-Rolesville High
Sherrie Ann Smith of Wake Forest-Rolesville High
Blake Elliott Taylor of Wake Forest-Rolesville High

Justin Louis Brandenburg of Wakefield High
Caroline Elizabeth Land of Wakefield High
Stuart Henry Printz of Wakefield High
William John Schmidt of Wakefield High

Chandell S. Stone of East Wake School of the Arts

Alternates are named to take the places of Fellows who choose not to pursue the scholarship.

Alternates from WCPSS high schools include Meredith Kate Bell and Sarah Huntington Emory of Apex High, Amanda June Decker and Tara Chantal Richardson of Athens Drive High, Alexander David Herzing of Broughton High, Caroline Grace Poag of Cary High, Amanda Grey Jordan of Garner High andShelby Cole Rothstein of Holly Springs High

In awarding the scholarships, the Teaching Fellows Screening committee members looked for qualities – such as academic achievement, leadership potential, strength of character, strong demonstrated interest in the profession and a desire for learning – that are associated with successful teachers.

The Teaching Fellows Program, was enacted by the General Assembly in 1986. The mission of the program is to recruit talented high school graduates into the teaching profession.

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