Teachers of Distinction

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The job of molding the minds of our future leaders is a responsibility not to be taken lightly. Teachers have risen to the occasion and so many have put great ideas into practice to make a difference for our students.

Today, Champions For Learning highlighted those teachers by announcing the Golden Apple Teacher Recognition Program’s 2015-2016 Teachers of Distinction. These teachers will continue in the Golden Apple Selection Process. From this group of teachers, five will be selected to receive a Golden Apple Award.

The Teachers of Distinction and the Golden Apple recipients will be honored at the Golden Apple Celebration of Teachers Dinner presented by Suncoast Credit Union Foundation on April 1, 2016 at the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club.

Emily Ann Allen

Manatee Middle School

Gregory Anderson

Golden Gate High School

Ashley Brasile

Poinciana Elementary

Sarah Burd

Naples High School

Heather Burdick

Lely High School

Marge Cox

Veterans Memorial Elementary

Corali de Pablos

Shadowlawn Elementary

Leesha DiPalma

Golden Gate Middle

Susan B. Edwards

East Naples Middle

Nancy Garousi

Tommie Barfield Elementary

Jenny Godley

Naples High School

Staci Haralson Barretta

Big Cypress Elementary School

Lisa Heben

Veterans Memorial Elementary

Michelle Joyce

Palmetto Ridge High School

Sabrina Kovacs

Lake Trafford Elementary

Veronica Mamone

Lake Park Elementary

Eric Mazurkewitz

Immokalee High School

Joseph Merrill

Lake Park Elementary

McKenzie Morton

Naples High School

Bruce Peters

Lorenzo Walker Tech College

Amanda Peterson

Corkscrew Elementary

Jonas N. Rockhold

Gulf Coast High School

Cynthia Schreck Crouse

Cypress Palm Middle School

Stacy M. Smith

Palmetto Ridge High School

Colleen Steel

Pelican Marsh Elementary

Aaron P. Thayer

Manatee Middle School

Heather Van Osten

Calusa Park Elementary