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