Sixty WCPSS Students Named 2011 NC Teaching Fellows
March 29, 2011 – The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program named 60 Wake County Public School System high school seniors 2011 Teaching Fellows and 18 students as alternates.The Teaching Fellows Program provides a $6,500 per year scholarship for four years at one of 17 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 60 Teaching Fellows attend 19 different WCPSS high schools. Broughton High and Leesville Road High each had six students earn the scholarships. Apex High and Cary High each had five. Green Hope High had four.
The 60 WCPSS Teaching Fellows include:
Mallory Nicole Clawson of Apex High
Bethany Brooke Coats of Apex High
Caroline Joy Nieman of Apex High
Dylan Taylor Scaringelli of Apex High
Stephen Christopher Speers of Apex High
Jonathan Daniel Bushhouse of Athens Drive High
Chantel Monique Cobb of Athens Drive High
Melissa Ann Mallian of Athens Drive High
Lakesha Sharelle Alexander of Broughton High
Alexander Kamweru Kabuthi of Broughton High
Shannon Elizabeth Kelly of Broughton High
Kaylah Adrienne McGruder of Broughton High
Alexander Jones Parker of Broughton High
Lela Vertalya R. Rucker of Broughton High
Evan Martin Alexandre of Cary High
Julia Allison Hujar of Cary High
Taylor Madison Park of Cary High
Ryan Justin Prather of Cary High
Joshua Aaron Stewart of Cary High
Jacob Allen Langlois of Enloe Magnet High
Taylor William Cohen of Fuquay Varina High
Amanda Leslie Higgins of Fuquay Varina High
Mitchell Moore Chrismon of Garner Magnet High
Kaitlyn O'Brien McNamara of Garner Magnet High
Mayra M. Navarro of Garner Magnet High
Holly Nicole Berk of Green Hope High
Brennan Scott Clark of Green Hope High
Mollie Aileen Fitzgerald of Green Hope High
Allison Lynn Moore of Green Hope High
Caitlin Laurel Fortier of Holly Springs High
Olivia Kaye Gunter of Holly Springs High
Tiffany Elizabeth Stick of Holly Springs High
Mykellah Brianna Jarvis of Knightdale High
Elizabeth Rene Murray of Knightdale High
John Marshall Stewart of Knightdale High
Rosalee Ann Bailey of Leesville Road High
Taylor Eunae Braxton of Leesville Road High
Nicole Renee Cesari of Leesville Road High
Ellyse Ruth Hampshire of Leesville Road High
Sarah Michelle Riley of Leesville Road High
Erica Mari Spear of Leesville Road High
Alexandra Marie Farakish of Middle Creek High
Desiree Nicole Marcano of Middle Creek High
Sydney Rae Dawson of Millbrook Magnet High
Naomi Laureles DeGuzman of Panther Creek High
Abby Pearl Reeves of Panther Creek High
Rebecca Lee Shafer of Panther Creek High
Hayley Brooke Austin of Sanderson High
Erica Robins Brownlow of Sanderson High
Courtney Michelle Poland of Sanderson High
AnJanette Briana Hunt of Southeast Raleigh Magnet High
Megan Marie McElroy of Southeast Raleigh Magnet High
Emily Caroline Connelly of Wake Forest-Rolesville High
Katherine Elizabeth Kirby of Wake Forest-Rolesville High
Nathanael Jacob Stamp of Wake Forest-Rolesville High
Christina Elizabeth Frazier of Wakefield High
Tyler Dean Stark of Wakefield High
Kelsie Taylor Yohe of Wakefield High
Nyema Catherine A. Heyward of East Wake School of Integrated Technology
Mary Nichole Norris of East Wake School of Integrated Technology
Alternates take the places of Fellows who choose not to pursue the scholarship. Alternates from WCPSS high schools include William Henry Benfield, Ashley Morgan Rhinehardt and Elizabeth Anne Townsend of Apex High; Emily Louise Giglio, Gina Jo Guzzo and Claire Briggs Stroup of Broughton High; Douglas Lloyd Little and Jessica Leigh Wicksel of Enloe Magnet High; Miranda Grace Johnson of Garner Magnet High; Mitchell Lyle Benzine, Erika Anne Martin and Morgan Elizabeth Papanestor of Leesville Road High; Kayla Joyce Smith of Middle Creek High; Pamela Elizabeth Kass of Millbrook Magnet High School; Sarah Elizabeth Powell and Ashley Nicole Stevens of Wake Forest-Rolesville High; Amanda Kelsey Penwell of Wakefield High; and Victoria Jasmine Vernon of East Wake School of the Arts, Education and Global Studies.
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 General Assembly enacted the Teaching Fellows Program in 1986. The mission of the program is to recruit talented high school graduates into the teaching profession.
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