Emerson’s Excellence in Belleville School District 118 Collinsville Community Unit Teaching Awards Westhaven Elementary School School District 10 November 17, 2019 Carrie Friederich Hollywood Heights School 4th – 5th Lindsey Rakowski Excellence in Teaching Award Kindergarten – 4th Honorees Belleville Township High School District 201 Columbia Community Unit School Alton Community Unit School Belleville East High School District 4 District 11 Sarah Svoboda Columbia High School West Elementary School Individualized Education – Team Elisha Arnold Greg Adams Phoenix 9th – 12th 4th Spanish Brentwood School District Archdiocese of St. Louis Brentwood High School Coordinated Youth and Human Holy Cross Academy – Robyn Haug Services Annunciation Campus 11th – 12th Stephanie Koishor Maureen Tavernaro English, Yearbook, Debate and 3rd – 12th 6th – 8th Online Newspaper STEM Coordinator Math and STREAM Electives Central School District 104 Crystal City 47 School District Holy Rosary Joseph Arthur Middle School Crystal City Elementary School Eileen Vehige Tiffany Owens Jennifer Gile 5th – 6th Special Education St. Francis of Assisi Special Education Co-Teacher Linda Wood Dunklin R-V School District 1st Chaminade College Preparatory Pevely Elementary School School Casie Goddard St. Louis University High School Keith Mug 4th Timothy Curdt 6th 7th, 8th, 9th and 11th Social Studies East Alton - Wood River School English District 14 Chesterfield Day School East Alton-Wood River High School Bayless School District Lindsay Klasing Emily Zipprich Bayless Junior High School Kindergarten – 1st 9th – 12th Jenny Wurth Special Education and English 6th City of St. Charles School District Physical Education and Health Null Elementary School East Central College Lauren Keebey Tracy Mowery Belle Valley District 119 Kindergarten College Level Belle Valley School Biology Yvonne Barker 2nd
East Saint Louis School District Francis Howell High School Highland Community Unit School 189 Kimberly Linneman District 5 Gordon Bush Elementary School 10th and 12th Highland High School Quintina Fisher English II Dawn Jones 3rd 9th – 12th English Language Arts Grant Community Consolidated School District 110 Jefferson College Edwardsville School District 7 Illini Elementary School Charlie Roberts LeClaire Elementary School Karen Reinacher College Level Lisa Allen Kindergarten – 4th Veterinary Technology Kindergarten – 2nd Speech Reading Jefferson County R-7 School Hancock Place School District District Festus R-VI School District Hancock Place High School Platin Primary Festus Middle School Mark Garascia Telegraph Intermediate Erin Pfundt 9th – 12th Danby Middle School 7th Alternative Education Jefferson High School Math Harmony Emge District 175 Cassie Peterein Fontbonne University Ellis Elementary School Kindergarten – 12th Zahid Anwar Jill Mathenia Gifted and Talented and Theatre College and Graduate Level Kindergarten – 3rd Cyber Security Special Education / Resource Jennings School District Jennings Senior High School Fort Zumwalt School District Harris-Stowe State University Chang-hee Russell Rock Creek Elementary School Odesa Weatherford-Jacobs Algebra I Kelsie Ballmann College Level 1st – 5th Teacher Education Kirkwood School District Special Education – Intensive North Kirkwood Middle School Language and Behavior Support Hazelwood School District Denise Ford Barrington Elementary School 6th – 8th Fox C-6 School District Rebecca Bockhorst Gifted Sherwood Elementary School 4th Melissa Hargis English Language Arts Lewis and Clark Community 3rd College High Mount School District 116 Chrissie Chapman Francis Howell School District Stephanie Bontemps Developmental Reading and Central Elementary High Mount School Writing, Teresa Swaringim 8th Technical Writing and The Science 2nd – 3rd History of Happiness
Lindbergh School District McKendree University O'Fallon Community Consolidated Crestwood Elementary School Kelli Whittington School District 90 Beth Bridwell McKendree University Estelle Kampmeyer School Kindergarten – 5th College Level Karen Frisch English Language Learners Nursing Kindergarten
Lindenwood University Mehlville School District O'Fallon School District 203 Suzanne Stoelting Margaret Buerkle Middle School O’Fallon Township High School College Level Dan Regan Neil James Sociology 6th and 8th 10th – 12th Social Studies and English College Algebra / Trigonometry, Living Water Academy Language Arts Algebra II and Advanced Algebra II Lisa Donald 5th Meramec Valley R-III School Orchard Farm School District District Orchard Farm Elementary Lutheran Elementary School Pacific High School Katherine Land Association Emily Devine 5th Immanuel Lutheran – Wentzville 9th – 12th Melissa Bady Special Education Parkway School District 2nd Parkway South High School Missouri Baptist University Melissa Gebhard Maplewood Richmond Heights Laura Rauscher 9th – 12th Maplewood Richmond Heights Graduate Level English Language Arts Early Childhood Center Education and Counseling Rebecca Stobbs Parkway West Middle School Kindergarten New City School Tony Dwiggins Linda Churchwell-Varga 7th Marissa Community Unit School 6th History District 40 Reading and Social Studies Marissa Elementary School Pattonville School District David Lerch Normandy Schools Collective Pattonville High School 6th Jefferson Elementary School Jeremiah Simmons Theresa Hopkins 9th – 12th Mascoutah Community Unit Art Computer Science School District 19 Mascoutah Middle School Northwest R-I School District Pontiac-William Holliday School Joele Macke High Ridge Elementary District 105 6th – 8th Cheryl Penning William Holliday Elementary Special Education 3rd – 5th Robin Ibel Kindergarten – 5th Interventionist
Ritenour School District Shiloh Village School District 85 St. Louis College of Pharmacy Ritenour High School Shiloh Elementary School Nicole Gattas Colette Love Hilliard Brooklyn Sterns Graduate Level English Language Arts 1st Community Care Pharmacy and Ambulatory Care Riverview Gardens School District Signal Hill School District 181 Moline Elementary School Signal Hill School St. Louis Community College - Twila Conwell Kyle Selliers Florissant Valley 5th 6th Jasmin Marshall Math and Science College Level Rockwood School District Child and Family Development Crestview Middle School Southwestern Illinois College Meghan Menchella Linda Dawkins St. Louis Community College – Social Studies College Level Forest Park Chemistry Carolyn Godfrey Eureka High School College Level Andrew Ribbing Special School District Nursing Chemistry, Honors Chemistry and Kim Fallert AP Chemistry Vocational Skills Program St. Louis Community College – Meramec Ridge Meadows Elementary North Glendale Elementary School Amanda White School Katie Goelz College Level Ali Pennycuick Special Education Sociology 1st North Technical High School St. Louis University Roxana Community Unit School Clarence Hines Ann Hayes District 1 9th – 12th College Level Roxana Junior High School Physical Therapy Juli Akal Lindbergh Early Childhood – West 8th Campus Mary Vermilion English Language Arts Marcie Huelsing College Level Early Childhood Anthropology School District of Clayton Meramec Elementary School Litzsinger School Sullivan School District Patricia Casseau Kathryn O’Rourke Sullivan Middle School Kindergarten and 2nd 1st – 5th Kylie Record Special Education 6th School District of Washington Washington High School St. Charles Community College Tim Branson Monica Hall-Woods 9th – 12th College Level Alternative Program Biology
Triad Community Unit School McKelvey School of Engineering Wolf Branch District 113 District 2 Bill Siever Wolf Branch School St. Jacob Elementary School College Level Kathy Rohn Marine Elementary School Computer Science and Computer Kindergarten – 8th Amy Sheehan Engineering Art Kindergarten – 5th Physical Education Olin School of Business Wood River-Hartford School Cynthia Cryder District 15 Union R-XI School District College Level Lewis and Clark Junior High School Clark-Vitt Elementary School Marketing and Consumer Behavior Brandan LeMarr Paula Kissinger 7th 4th Webster Groves School District Language Arts and Literature Hixson Middle School University of Missouri - St. Louis Jessica Warneke Amber Candela 7th– 8th College Level Spanish Mathematics Webster University Valley Park School District Anne Geraghty-Rathert Valley Park Elementary College Level Michelle Wirick Legal Studies and Kindergarten Women, Gender and Sexual Studies Washington University in St. Louis Brian Carpenter Wentzville R-IV School District
College and Graduate Level Wabash Elementary School
Psychology and Gerontology Kaci Lueking
1st Mairin Hynes College Level Westminster Christian Academy Physics Allen Schwamb 7th – 12th John Hendrix Fine Arts Department Chair, College and Graduate Level Chorus, Concert Choir, Music Illustration Theory and Piano
Beth Martin Whiteside School District 115 College and Graduate Level Whiteside Middle School Environmental Studies Julie Crask 7th Special Education