2011 Teacher Recognition Award: Presidential Scholars Program's May 2011 (Msword)

2011 Recipients of the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program’s

Teacher Recognition Award

Mr.TonyAngelo, The Branson School, CA, Music

Nominating Scholar: ZacharyOstroff

Mrs.ChristineBarry, Unknown High School, Teacher and Diversity Chairman

Nominating Scholar: SolTaubin

Mrs.SusanBauska, Annie Wright School, WA, English

Nominating Scholar: StacyYeh

Mr.BradBessetti, St. Scholastica Academy, LA, Biology

Nominating Scholar: CarlyLoveland

Mr.DarrinBoehm, West Fargo High School, ND, AP US Government

Nominating Scholar: CourtneyEllenson

Mr.DanielBosch, Walnut Hill School, MA, Writing

Nominating Scholar: KevinHong

Mr.PaulBosley, St. Edward High School, OH, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: JoshuaMueller

Mr.RobertBradley, The Derryfield School, NH, Chemistry

Nominating Scholar: KaitlinFink

Mrs.NancyBrauchie, Kelly Walsh High School, WY, Biology

Nominating Scholar: VikkiDoherty

Mrs.PatriciaBrown, Brownell-Talbot School, NE, Biology

Nominating Scholar: EmilyChen

Mrs.KimberlyBuchanan, Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet, KS, Elementary Education

Nominating Scholar: SamuelTeeter

Mrs.MicheleBuche, Blue Valley North High School, KS, Gifted Education, English Rhetoric

Nominating Scholar: RexTai

Dr.AndrewBucki, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, OK, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: AnsonHwang

Mr.KeithBurns, Phoenix Country Day School, AZ, Theater/Drama

Nominating Scholar: KeshavAmla

Dr.PaulCammer, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, VA, Neuroscience

Nominating Scholar: AnnaKnight

Ms.PatCannon, Highland Park High School, IL, Counselor

Nominating Scholar: DanaSchwartz

Mr.PatrickCarroll, Indian Hill High School, OH, Physics

Nominating Scholar: SarahEspaldon

Mrs.GwendolynCash, Clear Creek High School, TX, AP United States History

Nominating Scholar: ArmiyaHumphrey

Mr.PaulChadwick, Atlantic Community High School, FL, Biology

Nominating Scholar: StephanieHeung

Dr.AmyChai, Chai Home School, MD, All

Nominating Scholar: NathanChai

Dr.LipingChen, Unknown High School,Mandarin Chinese

Nominating Scholar: SarahSchrader

Mr.ErnestClark, Parkersburg High School, WV, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: HenryWang

Ms.JoannCongdon, Grace Christian School, AK, English

Nominating Scholar: ElizabethWinkle

Mr.AndrewConneen, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, IL, Government

Nominating Scholar: ZacharyBlumenfeld

Mr.JonCreamer, Groton School, MA, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: EricSmyth

Dr.CherylCrooks, Wheeler High School, GA, Scientific Research

Nominating Scholar: MichelleLee

Mr.JosephCukierski, Fairfield Community High School, IA, Science

Nominating Scholar: EdnaJones

Mrs.StephanieDa Silva, Kaiser High School, HI, History

Nominating Scholar: KevinHirata

Mr.JamesDaniels, Haddam Killingworth Senior High School, CT, Chemistry

Nominating Scholar: ClaytonRountree

Mrs.WendyDau, Davis High School, UT, AP American History

Nominating Scholar: YenNguyen

Mr.AndrewDavis, Northwest High School, KS, English

Nominating Scholar: DanielDepew

Mr.MatthewDavis, Lincoln East High School, NE, English

Nominating Scholar: EricMattson

Mr.MichaelDelp, Interlochen Arts Academy, MI, Creative Writing-Poetry

Nominating Scholar: DelaliAyivor

Mr.AncilDeluz, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL, Cinematic Arts

Nominating Scholar: TylerRabinowitz

Ms.DeniseDeMartino, Westlake High School, TX, AP Chemistry

Nominating Scholar: FatimaAlvi

Mrs.DeannaDouglas, Concord Academy, MA, History

Nominating Scholar: KateNussenbaum

Mr.PatrickGoeser, Chapman University, CA, Vocal Teacher

Nominating Scholar: DanielMcGrew

Dr.StevenGordon, Garden City Senior High School, NY, Science Research

Nominating Scholar: JanGong

Ms.BarbaraGray, University High School, AZ, Economics

Nominating Scholar: AmitaGupta

Ms.PaulaGray, Bernards High School, NJ, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: SamuelRosin

Mrs.SarahGriffith, Charleston Catholic High School, WV, Calculus, Physics

Nominating Scholar: KaitlinStricker

Mr.AlanHall, Yarmouth High School, ME, AP European History

Nominating Scholar: NatalieSalmon

Mr.GaryHandley, The Meadows School, NV, History - Social Science

Nominating Scholar: SanchayGupta

Mr.MichaelHayden, Mira Costa High School, CA, Director of Choirs

Nominating Scholar: DanielStanfill

Mrs.LorraineHeinrichs, Bonn International School, , Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: KathrynOsborn

Mr.RobertJames, Unknown High School, History

Nominating Scholar: JamesTurner

Mr.RobertJenkins, Maggie L. Walker Governor's School, VA, Spanish

Nominating Scholar: JasonKong

Ms.AngelaJensvold, Diamond Bar High School, CA, Physics

Nominating Scholar: BrandonSim

Mr.SullyJohnston, Academic Magnet High School, SC, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: DavidZhang

Mr.SullyJohnston, Academic Magnet High School, SC, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: WilliamZhang

Mr.ThomasJones, Campbell High School, GA, English

Nominating Scholar: JoanBedinger

Dr.YohevedKaplinsky, The Juilliard School, NY, Piano

Nominating Scholar: ConradTao

Mr.ErikKarns, Coeur d'Alene Senior High School, ID, Science

Nominating Scholar: NicholasInduni

Ms.MarilynKennings, Centennial High School, ID, English

Nominating Scholar: LydiaChen

Mr.StefanKern, Cherry Creek High School, CO, Physics

Nominating Scholar: ConnieLiu

Mr.DavidKinberg, Oak Park High School, CA, History

Nominating Scholar: XiaokunChang

Mr.KentKnutson, Minnetonka High School, MN, Theater

Nominating Scholar: RyanMcCartan

Dr.RebeccaKoopmann, Unknown High School,Physics, Astronomy

Nominating Scholar: SchuylerSmith

Mr.JoelLang, Salesianum School, DE, Guidance

Nominating Scholar: LincolnLamberton

Mr.WilliamLarson, Unknown High School,Dance Teacher/Mentor

Nominating Scholar: BlakeKrapels

Mrs.SandraLawlis, North Central High School, IN, United States History

Nominating Scholar: MillicentCripe

Mr.W. AndrewLord, Eagle Rock High School, CA, Biology

Nominating Scholar: AlejandroJimenez Jaramillo

Mrs.LubnaLorena, William P. Clements High School, TX, Computer Science

Nominating Scholar: KarthikSethuraman

Ms.JanLucas, Franklin Central High School, IN, Theatre Arts

Nominating Scholar: KyleYoder

Mrs.VincyLugemwa, Alabama School of Fine Arts, AL, Algebra 2 and Trigonometry

Nominating Scholar: AnjaliWagle

Dr.TimothyLynch, William Penn Charter School, PA, Biology

Nominating Scholar: JoyaAhmad

Ms.LizzieMackenzie, Extensions Dance, IL, Dance

Nominating Scholar: MaxwellPerkins

Mr.JasonMarcero, Seneca High School, SC, Chemistry

Nominating Scholar: EmmyWilliams

Dr.RichardMason, Unknown High School, Low Brass

Nominating Scholar: ColbyParker

Mrs.DeannaMauck, NSU Center for Statewide E-Learning, SD, English

Nominating Scholar: KatieSorensen

Mr.JohnMaynard, Edmond North High School, OK, English II

Nominating Scholar: AnjaliSawh

Mrs.EmmaMcElroy, Battle Ground Academy, TN, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: RogerDayJr.

Mrs.RuthMcMichens, Randolph School, AL, Chemistry

Nominating Scholar: TejaAlapati

Mr.MarkMcVicker, Brussels American High School, AE, Chemistry/Physics

Nominating Scholar: TristanFitch

Mr.CraigMerow, Germantown Academy, PA, Philosophy

Nominating Scholar: IanOchs

Mr.MarcusMilling, The Bishop's School, CA, Science (Physics)

Nominating Scholar: JuliaPian

Ms.MamieMorgan, South Carolina Governor's School for Arts & Humanities, SC, Creative Writing Poetry

Nominating Scholar: VictoriaFord

Mrs.SusanMorton, Springfield Catholic High School, MO, English

Nominating Scholar: RachelScott

Mr.JamesMurphy, Weston High School, MA, History

Nominating Scholar: DanielPark

Mr.DanielMurray, South Carolina Governor's School for Arts & Humanities, SC, Drama

Nominating Scholar: JessicaMiller

Mrs.CindyNelson, Lake Mary High School, FL, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: AkshaySave

Ms.DiaNelson, Westview High School, OR, Social Studies/History

Nominating Scholar: JenniferZhou

Mr.CharlesNewman, The Meadows School, NV, International Relations

Nominating Scholar: JesslynMitchell-Laguna

Dr.JamesNoble, Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division, NY, Voice & Musical Theater

Nominating Scholar: IndiaCarney

Mr.AndrewNussbaum, Lawrence Free State High School, KS, Social Studies

Nominating Scholar: VictoriaGilman

Mr.WilliamOuellette, Punahou School, HI, Dean

Nominating Scholar: KimberlySchaefer

Mrs.CarolPatterson, Unknown High School, Language Arts

Nominating Scholar: JohnMurray

Mrs.KellyPiontek, Brownsburg High School, IN, English

Nominating Scholar: SarahZabel

Mrs.ElizabethPlautz, Shaker Heights High School, OH, Economics

Nominating Scholar: NathanielHenry

Ms.BeatrizRamirez Betances, Tasis School in Dorado, PR, English

Nominating Scholar: CeciliaJoy

Mr.DennisReed, Mississippi School for Mathematics & Science, MS, Physics

Nominating Scholar: SamanthaNanayakkara

Mr.DougReed, Pulaski Academy, AR, Physics

Nominating Scholar: EricZheng

Mrs.KathleenRhodes, East Chapel Hill High School, NC, French

Nominating Scholar: Young-EunHyun

Mrs.KellyRiedell, Brookings High School, SD, Biology

Nominating Scholar: GabrielErion

Ms.IrisRinke-Hammer, Alabama School of Fine Arts, AL, Creative Writing

Nominating Scholar: AmberHolloway

Mrs.MariaRoca, Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, PR, Spanish

Nominating Scholar: EmmanuelFigueroa

Mrs.AnnRocarek, West High School, IA, English

Nominating Scholar: DavidHuang

Mrs.DonnaRoman, Las Cruces High School, NM, Advanced Educational Services

Nominating Scholar: Wei-HusanTing

Mr.DavidRome, Burlington High School, VT, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: ColinGliech

Mrs.LindaSagorski, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI, Math

Nominating Scholar: WilliamZhu

Ms.RitaSalisbury, Seaford Senior High School, DE, Science

Nominating Scholar: MollyCain

Mr.MichaelSchaefer, Olympia High School, WA, AP Government and Politics

Nominating Scholar: AndrewMoreland

Mr.JamesSenger, Sidwell Friends School, DC, History

Nominating Scholar: LaraMitra

Mr.KevinShindel, Montgomery Blair High School, MD, Research Methods and Seminar

Nominating Scholar: EliOkun

Mrs.ElizabethSilverstein, Home School, VT, All Subjects

Nominating Scholar: ShoshanaSilverstein

Ms.JillianSimon, Cypress Bay High School, FL, English

Nominating Scholar: IsabelaDos Santos

Mrs.KathySimson, Wayzata East Middle School, MN, Gifted Education

Nominating Scholar: RohitAgrawal

Dr.PaulSmith, Jackson Preparatory School, MS, English

Nominating Scholar: JohnFranklin

Mrs.MiriamSocoloff, Unknown High School, Art

Nominating Scholar: PriscillaLancaster

Mrs.HesterSofranko, Baton Rouge Magnet High School, LA, Statistics

Nominating Scholar: JustinMoore

Mrs.LisaSpangler, Hope Christian Schools, NM, Spanish

Nominating Scholar: AlexanderAlvarez

Mrs.DeAnnaStallings, Logan High School, UT, English

Nominating Scholar: PeterDaniels

Mr.MarcStanke, Brookfield Central High School, WI, Economics

Nominating Scholar: HaleyAdams

Mrs.AnniceSteadman, Unknown High School, AP Biology

Nominating Scholar: BoshanZhao

Dr.CarrieSteakley, Saint Mary's Episcopal School, TN, Biology

Nominating Scholar: ValerieHuang

Ms.JenniferStewart, Moses Brown School, RI, History

Nominating Scholar: DylanNeel

Dr.W. ScottStornetta, Columbia High School, NJ, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: JacobSilberg

Mr.RichardStout, Robert Service High School, AK, Science

Nominating Scholar: AaronWheatall

Mrs.MichelleStrand, West Fargo High School, ND, Physics

Nominating Scholar: AustinBattles

Mrs.NoreenStutheit, Park Elementary School, WY, Elementary - Gifted and Talented Program

Nominating Scholar: MarkSchenfisch

Mr.BrianSullivan, Great Falls High School, MT, Biology

Nominating Scholar: WilliamStrauss

Ms.AnnaSwafford, Riverwood High School, GA, English Language Arts

Nominating Scholar: GeorgiyLomsadze

Ms.PatriciaTaavoste, Ridge High School, NJ, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: RebeccaKotsonis

Ms.Mary LouThornton, Montgomery Blair High School, MD, United States History

Nominating Scholar: SandraYan

MissValerieTing, Hope Academy of Bishkek, MD, English

Nominating Scholar: KatherineKopan

Mr.AndrewTucker, Boulder High School, CO, Counseling

Nominating Scholar: JesseShapiro

Mr.PhilipVentre, Choate Rosemary Hall, CT, Music

Nominating Scholar: LyraOlson

Mrs.JillVerenkoff, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, CA, English

Nominating Scholar: DavidTang-Quan

Mrs.SharonVolpe, North Allegheny Senior High, PA, Math

Nominating Scholar: LiliPeng

Mr.JohnWallbaum, Naperville Central High School, IL, Mathematics

Nominating Scholar: KevinHu

Mrs.Ann MarieWard, East Catholic High School, CT, History

Nominating Scholar: TheresaOei

MissJaimieWarren, Unknown High School,Visual Art

Nominating Scholar: LeeHeinemann

Dr.DeannaWasman, David H. Hickman High School, MO, Math

Nominating Scholar: EricYoung

Mr.JonathanWedvik, Clarkstown High School South, NY, Chemistry (Honors, AP)

Nominating Scholar: DivyaShah

Ms.SusanWerner, Bozeman Charter School, MT, Science

Nominating Scholar: MarielWerner

Ms.SusanWildstrom, Walt Whitman High School, MD, Precalculus, Multivariable Calculus

Nominating Scholar: ClaraMcCreery

Mr.KipWilson, Ann Arbor-Huron High School, MI, English

Nominating Scholar: SussyPan

Mr.DouglasWorthley, Cape Elizabeth High School, ME, Chemistry

Nominating Scholar: JohnQueeney

Mr.BrianYearling, Unknown High School,English

Nominating Scholar: ArjunDhillon

Mrs.CharlotteZehring, Saint Mary's Episcopal School, TN, Literature

Nominating Scholar: NehaKumar

Mr.GlennZwanzig, duPont Manual Magnet High School, KY, Science

Nominating Scholar: ChristopherCai

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