Recognizing success

Educators Recognized

2003-2004

Davis Drive Middle School teacher Marcella Cox is the 2003-2004 Wake County Teacher of the Year. Superintendent Bill McNeal praised Cox for earning the school system's highest honor. She was applauded by hundreds of community and education leaders attending the annual Teacher of the year banquet. Cox is a sixth-grade social studies teacher, who has been teaching at Davis Drive for six years and has been a teacher for 11 years.

2003-2004

Eleven Wake County teachers were honored in a reception May 4 as the 2004 Kenan Fellows after being selected by North Carolina State University's Kenan Fellows for Curriculum and Leadership Development Program. The eleven teachers include Amy Davis of Wakefield High, Benjy Downing of Enloe High, Edward Kelley of Combs Elementary, Thomas Knott of Southeast Raleigh High, Kirtikumar Patel of Dillard Drive Middle, John Pritchett of Broughton High, Gail Powell of Leesville Road Middle; Laura Stiles of Wakefield High; Carol Swink of Hunter Elementary; Kelly Taft of Moore Square Middle; and Marie-Anntoinette Watson of Leesville Road Middle.The teachers will engage in a two-year fellowship in partnership with distinguished scientists and university faculty to develop innovative curricula for use in North Carolina classrooms.

2003-2004

Three Wake County teachers were honored by the Wake County PTA Council. Kelly Tabolt of Green Hope Elementary was named Elementary School Teacher Of The Year. Phil Byrd of Wakefield Middle was named Middle School Teacher Of The Year. Julia Royall of Broughton High was named High School Teacher Of The Year.

2003-2004

Deirdra Williams of Wakefield High was presented the 21st Century Educators Award by the Triangle Urban League. Keith Sutton of the Urban league presented the award April 20 to Williams at the Closing the Achievement Gap Conference in Greensboro. Williams received a $1,000 cash award and the Urban League's Crystal Apple Award.

2003-2004

Moore Square Middle teacher Cindy Hoban was named Dance Educator of the Year K-12 by the Association of Athletics,Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance at the AAHPERD National Convention.

2003-2004

Karen Vertreese, the foreign language department chair at Leesville Road High School, has been presented the: North Carolina Chapter American Association of Teachers of French Teacher of the Year for 2004.

2003-2004

The Visiting International Faculty Program based in Chapel Hill honored two Wake County VIF teachers for their contributions to international education. Natalie Infante Castillo of Joyner Elementary School was named Cultural Educator for eastern North Carolina. She is from Colombia and works as a Spanish Immersion Teacher at Joyner. Wendy Rawlinson of Carroll Middle School was named an Outstanding Cultural Ambassador. She is from South Africa and works as a English as a Second Language teacher at Carroll.

2003-2004

Johnny Gatlin, an environmental sciences teacher at Middle Creek High School, was named the 2003-2004 North Central Region Teacher of the Year. Gatlin is one of the eight regional winners from across North Carolina who will now compete for the North Carolina State of the Year.

2003-2004

Moore Square Middle teacher Cindy Hoban has been named the 2004 Southern District Dance Educator of the Year. Hoban, who has been teaching for more than 25 years, is currently the dance educator and arts department chair with Moore Square Museum Magnet Middle School.

2003-2004

The North Carolina Council on the Social Studies named East Wake High social studies teacher Susan Hirsch the North Carolina Social Studies Teacher of the Year at their Annual Conference in Greensboro last week. Hirsch, the school's social studies department chair, is a Kenan Fellow, pacing-guide writer, curriculum-guide writer and social studies teacher extraordinaire.

2003-2004

A record-setting 189 teachers from the Wake County Public School System earned certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards this year. The 189 teachers earning National Board certification were the most of any school district in the North Carolina, which led the nation in the number of teachers earning certification. North Carolina had 1,509 teachers earn certification this year bringing the state total to 6,646 during the program's nine-year history Salem Elementary had 10 teachers earn certification this year, the largest number of any WCPSS school. There were 59 high school teachers earning certification, including eight at Millbrook High and 52 middle school teachers including seven at Durant Road Middle.

2003-2004

The News and Observer recognized teacher Betsy Beals of Northwoods Elementary as its Tarheel of the Week Nov.30. Beals was recently recognized as the state's Elementary School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the North Carolina Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. The newspaper praised Beals for her efforts to help children understand the benefits of a healthy active lifestyle. Beals has been teaching for 35 years, 21 years at Northwoods Elementary.

2003-2004

North Ridge Elementary fifth grade teacher Virginia Byrne was selected as the "First in Flight Teacher of the Year." Ginny has received this honor twice. She has worked closely with the "First in Flight" Commission. Ginny receives $1,000 and North Ridge receives $1,000.

2003-2004

Pryce Baldwin, coordinator of the Helping Hands Project for the Wake County Public School System, received the Unsung Hero Award Oct. 25 from the Eta Phi Beta Sorority of the National Council of Negro Women. Baldwin has been coordinator of the Helping Hands program since 1993 and has been a part of the mentoring program since 1987.

2003-2004

Mitzi Safrit of Partnership Elementary received the UNC Excellence in Teaching Award Sept. 20. Safrit was nominated by the staff of Partnership Elementary for creating a special education program, which allows students to succeed academically and emotionally. Each year her students grow more as measured by the EOG than any other group at Partnership. Her program involves in-class work as well as pull-out depending on what the students need. UNC gives out this award annually to a UNC alum who exhibits exceptional talent in educating students. Safrit graduated from UNC in 1989 and got a masters in special Ed from UNC in 1993.

2003-2004

Amanda Curly, a Rand Road Elementary kindergarten teacher, has been named WalMart's 2003 North Carolina Teacher of the Year. Curly was presented a $5,000 educational grant for her school, a personalized Teacher of the Year jacket, a certificate and a one year membership to Phi Delta Kappa.

2003-2004

Carnage Middle teacher Holly Hanrahan is headed to Lisbon Portugal to take part in the International Workshop on Planetary Probe Atmospheric Entry and Descent Trajectory Analysis and Science in October.

2002-2003

Baucom Elementary teacher assistant Dawn McMahon earned the John I. Wilston Teacher Assistant Awarded from the NC Association of Educators. McMahon won the award and its $1,000 prize with an essay written about her reasons for wanting to be a teacher.

2002-2003

Teacher Sofi Frankowski of Southeast Raleigh High earned third place in the 2003 North Carolina Character Educator of the Year award presented by Duke University's Kenan Institute for Ethics. Frankowski was honored for her high school project, "Making a Difference in Our School." The annual awards recognize educators for innovative curricular approaches to nurturing good character among students. For more information about the Kenan Institute for Ethics, visit http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu

2002-2003

Cindi Baker, a Davis Drive Middle School eighth-grade social studies teacher has been named National Character Education Teacher of the Year for middle schools by the National Character Education Center.

2002-2003

Erin Thomas of Lincoln Heights Elementary, Kristina Crocoll of Reedy Creek Elementary, Stormy Norwood of Ligon Middle, and Matthew Scialdone of Middle Creek high have won Outstanding First-Year Teacher of the Year Awards in Wake County.

2002-2003

Three Wake teachers were recognized by the NC State University Chapter of Sigma Xi before the Board of Education at its meeting May 6. Sigma Chi seeks annually to honor Wake County middle and high school teachers in science and math who instill in their students a love and appreciation for their subjects. This year's award winners are: Connie Schlimme of Carroll Middle for Outstanding Middle School Math Teacher; Maryn O'Neill of Zebulon Middle for Outstanding Middle School Science Teacher; and Susan Andrews of East Wake High for Outstanding High School Math Teacher.

2002-2003

Chris Branam, Sanderson High School's director of bands, has been chosen by the Central District Bandmaster's Association as Band Director of the Year for 2001-2002.

2002-2003

Antonia Beh, Dance Educator at Northwoods, has been named dance educator of the year for NC by the N.C. Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. This is the second year in a row a Wake County teacher has been honored. Susan Hartley, Dance Educator at West Cary Middle School, was named dance educator of the year for NC last year. Recently she was selected by the Southern District American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance as K-12 Dance Educator of the Year at a conference in Savannah, GA. Then she was one of only three regional winners who were asked to "compete" in Philadelphia at nationals. Both educators have been asked to facilitate at the AAHPERD National Convention next year to share with participants, from around the USA, the wonderful dance programs that WCPSS is offering.

2002-2003

Cary High School math teacher Vicki Barfield is one of 110 educators nationwide to earn the Radio Shack National Teacher Award. Barfield received a $3,000 cash award and Cary High School will receive a $500 Radio Shack Tech Tool Grant. The school may use the grant to buy equipment, software or supplies to enhance the learning experience for students in the classroom. Radio Shack presents the award to teachers for demonstrating a commitment to academic excellence in mathematics, science or technology

2002-2003

Seven Wake County Public School System teachers have been named as finalists for the 2003-2004 Teacher of the Year Award. The finalists are Susan Banks of Combs Elementary, Mary Davis of Centennial Campus Middle, Anna Evenhouse of Salem Elementary, Johnny Gatlin of Middle Creek High, Elic Senter of Wakefield High, Pamela Smith of Lynn Road Elementary and Christy Story of Conn Elementary.

2002-2003

Washington Elementary teacher Laurie Eckenrode earned the 2003 Shaklee Award, a prestigious award designed to recognize up to ten of the country's most outstanding teachers of children with disabilities. Selection of teachers for the Shaklee Award is based on specific student outcomes and related contributions they have accomplished in their roles as teachers of children with disabilities. Teachers earning the award receive a $1000 unrestricted cash award and Shaklee Teacher Award sculpture; participate in the Shaklee Summer Session, an interactive learning event designed to expand understanding, increase effectiveness, and explore critical issues related to the education of children with disabilities; learn from other outstanding special educators from across the country; become a member of a learning community of fellow outstanding teachers that can offer a sense of continued support and encouragement to each other; and interact with previous winners of the Shaklee Teacher Award who attend the 2003 Summer Session, in order to participate with the growing number of Shaklee Award recipients.

2002-2003

Richard Dubois, French teacher at Broughton High School, is one of fifteen teachers chosen nationwide to participate in a 5-week National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar in France, studying World War II and its French legacy.

2002-2003

Eight Wake County teachers have been selected by the Kenan Fellows for Curriculum and Leadership Development Program at North Carolina State University as 2003 Kenan Fellows. The eight teachers include Jason Bailey of West Lake Middle, Nancy Carty of Broughton High, Michael Clinkscales of Broughton High, Charles Cobb of Southeast Raleigh High, Susan Hirsch of East Wake High, Randolph Senzig of Fuquay-Varina High, Elizabeth Suber of Leesville Road Middle, and Brian Wood of Enloe High. The teachers will engage in a two-year fellowship in partnership with distinguished scientists and university faculty to develop innovative curricula for use in North Carolina classrooms.

2002-2003

The NC Middle School Association has named West Millbrook Middle School's 6th-grade GEMS team as the Team of the Year. The GEMS team consists of Barbara Clark, Team Leader (Social Studies), Suzanne Eaton (Language Arts), Jennifer Koch (Science) and Denise Seroka (Mathematics). The team of teachers will be recognized at the NC Middle School Association Conference General Assembly on March 11. Each teacher will receive a plaque, and the team will receive a check for $500.

2002-2003

Scott Sloan, Athletic Director, at Carroll Middle School is North Carolina State Athletic Director of the year. Sloan coaches boys and girls soccer. Carroll tied with Martin Middle School for the Sportsmanship Award from the Middle School Athletic Association.

2002-2003

Cathy Lowry, the PE teacher at North Ridge Elementary, has been selected as the North Carolina Elementary School Physical Education Teacher of the Year for 2002 by the North Carolina Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (NCAAHPERD). Lowry will be presented with the award at a luncheon in Greensboro on Nov. 22 during their convention.

2002-2003

142 teachers from the Wake County Public School System earned certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards this year - the largest number of WCPSS teachers to earn the honor in the program's eight-year history.

2002-2003

Marge Ronco of Ballentine Elementary named Principal of the Year.

2002-2003

Robin Moore of Wake Forest-Rolesville High named Assistant Principal of the Year.

2002-2003

Julia Williams of Enloe High has been named this year's ExplorNet North Carolina Teacher of the Year for 2002. As a pilot teacher for Network Essentials, Julia had several students pass the Net+ certification exam. She showed great enthusiasm for the program and shared a lot of resources that she had developed with the other pilot teachers. Williams was honored at the annual Knowledge Nova conference, sponsored by NCEITA and ExplorNet, in Winston-Salem.

2002-2003

North Ridge Elementary art teacher Elissa Oken has been selected as the Elementary Art Educator of the Year by the North Carolina Art Education Association. The award will be presented at their annual Staff Development weekend in Wilmington on Nov. 2nd.

2002-2003

East Wake High biology teacher Dusty Burns has been named Outstanding Biology Teacher for the State of North Carolina by the North Carolina Biology Teacher's Association.

2002-2003

Jesse M. Dingle, assistant principal at Durant Road Middle School, will depart in October for Tokyo, Japan, as a participant in the Fulbright Memorial Fund Program. Dingle was selected from more than 2,100 applicants for a three-week trip to Japan to promote greater intercultural understanding between the two nations. He will visit Tokyo for a practical orientation on Japanese life and culture and will meet with Japanese government officials and educators. Then he will travel the country with small groups of educators to meet Japanese teachers and students in primary and secondary schools and visit a teachers college. The program is sponsored by the Government of Japan and was launched to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Fulbright fellowships.

2001-2002

Teacher Carol Neighbors of Aversboro Elementary has been named Teacher of the Year by the Wake County unit of the Autism Society of North Carolina. This is the second year in a row that Neighbors has earned the honor.

2001-2002

Timber Drive Elementary Physical Education teacher Vann Taylor has been named Outstanding Young Educator of the Year by the Garner Jaycees.

2001-2002

Ligon Middle math teacher Kim Hong Li was one of 56 middle school teachers in America to win the Sliffe Award for Distinguished Mathematics Teaching. The Mathematics Association of America will recognize Kim Hong Li with a certificate, a $100 cash prize, a one-year membership in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and a Sliffe award pin. Edyth May Sliffe a retired high school teacher of mathematics at Emeryville, California, created the award to recognize middle and high school math teachers. Students at schools who earn high marks on a national math test may nominate their teacher for the honor.

2001-2002

Third-grade teacher Kitty Rutherford of Dillard Drive Elementary has been awarded the 2001 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation's highest honor for mathematics and science teachers in grades K through 12. Rutherford is one of 200 teachers from across the U.S. to earn the honor this year. Each year, after an initial selection process at the state level, a national panel of distinguished scientists, mathematicians and educators recommends elementary and secondary teachers in math and science to receive a presidential award. Each teacher receives a $7,500 educational grant for his or her school, a presidential citation and a trip to Washington, D.C., for a series of recognition events.

2001-2002

Durant Road Middle Principal Tom Benton was named Middle Level Administrator of the Year in Region 3 for the NC Middle School Association. Superintendent Bill McNeal said that Benton was recognized at a recent meeting of Wake County principals for earning the honor.

2001-2002

Three classes of Judy Simmons Exploring Technology 7th and 8th classes piloted and completed the medical challenge curriculum at Leesville Road Middle School as a part of a National Science Foundation Grant which integrates math, science and technology. Simmons was chosen by NCSU to participate in this grant not only as a curriculum writer (Dragster Challenge) but also as a pilot teacher for Medical Challenge. You can find more information at http://www.iteawww.org

2001-2002

Cary High Principal Dave Coley is one of 12 principals from across the nation selected by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) to serve on its advisory board of elementary and secondary principals. The advisory board will serve a variety of roles including: increasing administrative awareness of the National Board Certification process and the benefits earned by teachers who achieve it, enlisting principals to encourage and support teachers who pursue National Board Certification, encouraging principals to empower National Board Certified Teachers to assume leadership roles in their schools and communities, and identifying strategies and resources for using NBPTS Standards and the National Board Certification process as a framework for the professional growth of all teachers and principals.

2001-2002

Millbrook High teacher Lindy Poling has been named the VFW's national Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year. Poling was nominated by the mother of one of her students and was sponsored by the Garner VFW Post and Auxiliary. The award recognizes the nation's top elementary, junior high, and high school teachers of citizenship education topics. Poling was the winner in the high school category, competing over one thousand other nominees from across the nation. She will be presented the award at the VFW annual Community Service Conference in Washington DC April 4-7, where she and the winners in the elementary and junior high categories will also share information about their teaching. At Millbrook High, Poling teaches U.S. History and Lessons of Vietnam. She encourages students to be active citizens and to seek opportunities such as serving as a legislative page or attending Boys State or Girls State. She was Lead Teacher at the 2000-2001 North Carolina Capitol Forum where students talked with state lawmakers about the nation's future. You can read more about the honor at http://www.vfw10225.org/lindy.shtml

2001-2002

Sanderson High Band Director Chris Branam has been named one of 50 "Directors who make a Difference" by School Band and Orchestra magazine. Annually, the magazine spotlights one music director from each state who is making a difference in their students' lives. The magazine defines the "50 Directors Who Make a Difference" as educators who go above and beyond the call of duty to inspire their students and instill in them a life-long love and appreciation of music. These directors teach not only the importance and value of music, but also life skills that will help their students along any future path they pursue. Branam has directed the 130-member Sanderson band for two years and has been teaching for nine years. Branam says he works to reach all of his students and to make them better consumers of good music literature.

2001-2002

Five Wake County educators were honored at the Tuesday (Jan. 22) meeting of the Board of Education. Artie Kamiya of WCPSS Curriculum and Instruction congratulated the educators for their recognition: Elizabeth Grimes-Droessler as Dance Education Administrator of the Year; Steve Moore as Technology Educator of the Year - Elementary; Chris Droessler as Technology Educator of the Year - High; Susan Hartley as Dance Education Teacher of the Year; and Libby Leary as Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. They were named best in the state in their professional fields at conferences held earlier this year.

2001-2002

121 teachers in the Wake County Public School System earned certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). That brings the total of Wake County teachers who are nationally certified to 336.

2001-2002

Leesville Road Middle teacher Carolyn Moser has been named to USA Today's 2001 All-USA Teacher Team. Moser, a seventh-grade science teacher, was honored as part of the newspaper's annual recognition of teachers. A colleague said "Mrs. Moser unlocked her students' minds by involving community resources in her activities to make education relevant, practical, and expose student to careers involving the application of the content area." The newspaper recognized educators who "develop ways to ratchet up learning and make academics get real." Moser was named to the paper's third team. It honors 20 teachers on its first, second and third teams.

2001-2002

Muriel Summers of Combs Elementary named Principal of the Year.

2001-2002

James Overman of Leesville Elementary named Assistant Principal of the Year.

2001-2002

Leesville Road Middle teacher Carolyn Moser has been named to USA Today's 2001 All-USA Teacher Team. Moser, a seventh-grade science teacher, was honored as part of the newspaper's annual recognition of teachers. A colleague said "Mrs. Moser unlocked her students' minds by involving community resources in her activities to make education relevant, practical, and expose student to careers involving the application of the content area." The newspaper recognized educators who "develop ways to ratchet up learning and make academics get real." Moser was named to the paper's third team. It honors 20 teachers on its first, second and third teams.

2001-2002

Carolann Wade of Apex Elementary took part in the Teachers Network Policy Institute earlier this month in Snowbird, Utah. Wade, a second grade teacher who has earned National Board Certification, was one of 75 MetLife Fellows who will seek to connect education policy to classroom practice to improve student achievement. The purpose of the education institute was to ensure that the teacher's voice is included in developing federal, state and local education policy initiatives.

2001-2002

Leesville Road High math teacher Julie Kolb was recognized before the Board of Education at its Tuesday (Sept. 4) meeting for earning the 2000 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The National Science Foundation administers the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation's highest honor for mathematics and science teachers in grades K through 12. A national panel of distinguished scientists, mathematicians and educators recommends teachers to receive a presidential award - one elementary and one secondary math teacher and one elementary and one secondary science teacher from each jurisdiction. Awardees each receive a $7,500 educational grant for his or her school, a presidential citation and a trip to Washington, D.C. for a series of recognition events.

2000-2001

Millbrook High teacher Lindy Poling was selected by the U.S. Institute of Peace as one of 30 social studies teachers from across the U.S. to participate in a summer institute last month that examined the dynamics of international conflict management in the post-Cold War era. Poling participated in a series of special seminars and teaching exercises designed to encourage students to take an active interest in foreign affairs and conflict resolution. The seminar included discussions on the changing role of the military, human rights, teaching about peacemaking in the Middle East and a curriculum development session on land mines. While attending the seminar, Poling and several other teachers served as a panel on a Voice of America program answering callers' questions from around the world.

2000-2001

Two Lufkin Road Middle teachers were named N.C. Character Educators of the Year. Mirka Christesen and Lee Gardner were recognized for their project "Timelessness of Character Through the Ages." The program integrates art, literature, history, and creative thinking to teach students how to view character in themselves and others. The teachers worked with 100 sixth graders, and an adaptation of the program was used with first-and second-grade students at a nearby elementary school. The awards program is sponsored by the Kenan Institute of Ethics at Duke University, Hodges Ethics Committee of Rotary International, N.C. Character Education Partnership, and the Center for the Prevention of School Violence. The awards include a $3,000 personal prize and $1,000 grant for purchasing character education resource materials for the schools.

2000-2001

Leesville Road Middle teacher Stephanie Horner Toney, is one of 10 people nationally to be selected for an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship. The program offers outstanding public- or private-school teachers of elementary and secondary mathematics, technology and science the opportunity to serve in the national public policy arena. Toney will work for 10 months in the Office of Science Education at either the U.S. Department of Energy or on Capitol Hill. Toney, a teacher and team leader, has taught science and math since 1994 at Leesville Road Middle.

2000-2001

In the Gold Star Banquet celebration before 700 educators, elected officials, and business and community leaders, Wake County School Superintendent Bill McNeal named Cecilie Lewis Wake County's Teacher of the Year, the county's highest teaching award. Lewis is a sixth-grade language arts and science teacher at the new Centennial Campus Middle School. She has taught for twelve years, most of them in Wake County.

2000-2001

Teachers Kevin Porch of Carnage Middle, Pamela Lovin of Leesville Road High, Carolyn Moser of Leesville Road Middle, Julie Crain of Fuquay-Varina High, June Blackwell of Sanderson High and Judy Smith of Green Hope High have been named Kenan Fellows for Curriculum and Leadership Development and will take part in an intensive two-year program designed to make them better educators.

2000-2001

Long-time coach and Wake Forest-Rolesville High teacher Chuck Hess has received national recognition for his years of service to the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation. The foundation annually recognizes one person nationally for their citizenship and dedication to help the organization.

2000-2001

Carnage Middle School teacher Betsey Newmark won the award for the best teacher-designed Website from the North Carolina Association for Educational Communications and Technology at their conference March 9. The award was for an "innovative, content-rich Website that effectively uses the Internet as an instructional resource." You can visit it at http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark

2000-2001

Ninety-three teachers in the Wake County Public School System earned certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). That brings the total of Wake County teachers who are nationally certified to 215.

2000-2001

Sue Sisson of Kingswood Elementary named Wake County Principal of the Year

2000-2001

Sally Reynolds of Poe Montessori Elementary named Wake County Assistant Principal of the Year.

2000-2001

Teacher Lillie Costin of Northridge Elementary named a Light of Hope in Wake County Schools Annual Martin Luther King Light of Hope celebration.

2000-2001

Mirka Christensen, the academically gifted (AG) resource teacher at the new Centennial Campus Middle and Lufkin Road Middle schools, named by Rotary Club of Wake Forest as Humanitarian of the Year for her work in character education.

2000-2001

Timber Drive Elementary Principal Sue King named the Administrator of the Year by the North Carolina Association of School Librarians

2000-2001

Pat Meeks of Martin Middle School named Art Teacher of the Year.

2000-2001

Broughton High Principal Diane Payne was named North Carolina's National Distinguished Secondary Principal for the Year 2000 by the N.C. Principals and Assistant Principals Association.

2000-2001

Lindy Poling, teacher at Millbrook High, was named to the Third Team in the USA Today's 2000 All-USA Teacher Team program announced in USA Today.

1999-2000

Green Hope High teacher Holly Budzinski named Wake County Teacher of the Year.

1999-2000

Japanese educators picked Wake County teacher Laurie Eckenrode, Washington Elementary School, to speak about teaching children
with autism at the National Institute of Special Education in Japan.

1999-2000

Wake County Teacher of the Year Kim Hughes, Fox Road Elementary, named 1999 North Carolina Teacher of the Year.

1999-2000

Two teachers in the Wake County schools won national awards from the Visiting International Faculty Program (VIF), an international teacher exchange organization based in Chapel Hill. Ann Bozek, who teaches at Broughton High School, won the "High School Teacher of Excellence" award. Anne Kosfeld, who teaches at North Garner Middle School, won the "Middle School Teacher of Excellence" award.

1999-2000

Cynthia Baker of Davis Drive Middle named the Middle School N.C. character Educator of the Year by the Kenan Ethics Program at Duke University, the North Carolina Character Education Partnership, the Luther H. Hodges Sr. Ethics Committee of Rotary, and Rotary Clubs of North Carolina.

1999-2000

Susan Mastro of Enloe High elected president of the International Baccalaureate Schools of N.C.

1999-2000

Teacher Dusty Burns of East Wake High named WCPSS Outstanding Teacher of the Gifted.

1999-2000

Donna Thompson of Timber Drive Elementary named Wake County Teacher Assistant of the Year and District 3 Assistant of the Year by the N.C. Association of Teacher Assistants.

1999-2000

Teacher Carolann Wade of Apex Elementary named Elementary School Environmental Teacher of the Year by the Wake Soil and Water Conservation District.

1999-2000

Teacher Judy Peede named Wake County Outstanding Elementary Mathematics Teacher by the N.C. Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

1998-1999

Teacher Cheryl Phipps named Outstanding Professional of the Year by the Wake County Exceptional Children's Advisory Council.

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