Date:  December 21, 2001
Contact: Irene Cromer
(703) 791-8720

Thirty-six Prince William County Public Schools teachers have been nominated by their school communities as Prince William County Teacher of the Year and Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher.  The School Board will recognize the nominees at a reception on Wednesday, January 23.  A committee of parents and school division employees will review the nomination packets over the next several months.  The school division will announce the recipient of the award in April.

The teachers nominated are as follows: Cynthia Baird, Mathematics, Brentsville District High School; Sandra Coulter, Third grade, Occoquan Elementary School; Annette Doktor, Sixth grade, Marsteller Middle School; Vincent DiPaolo, Mathematics, Science, Spanish I, Parkside Middle School; Beverly Ellis, history, Forest Park High School; Linda Finch, World History & Geography, New Dominion Alternative School; and Melvin Goodwyn,Vocal music, C.D. Hylton Senior High School.

Also, Brenda Hamlett, third grade, River Oaks Elementary School; Carolyn Hardney, History, Woodbridge Senior High School; Sheila Huckestein, Language Arts, Lake Ridge Middle School; Doris Kahler, Mathematics, Stonewall Middle School; Mary Keen, Fourth grade, Pennington School; and Jesse Kushner, high school, Independent Hill School. 

Also, Christy Lee, first grade, Bristow Run Elementary School; Felda Lehto, Latin I-V, Woodbridge Senior High School; Jim Livingston, Mathematics, Parkside Middle School; Jeff Lovins, Exploratory Arts (Technology), Marsteller Middle School; Clementine McIntosh, fifth grade, Marshall Elementary School; Frances Michaels, Information Management (Library), Montclair Elementary School; John Nicholas, Jr., World History, Parkside Middle School; and Richard Nichols, IB Theory of Knowledge, Leadership Seminar, Stonewall Jackson Senior High School,

Also, Laura Osburn, Language Arts, Marsteller Middle School; Patricia Parker, second grade, Pennington School; Tamara Peterson, Language Arts/World History, Parkside Middle School; Frances Phoenix, Mathematics,; Graham Park Middle School; April Rodriguez, fifth grade, Kerrydale Elementary School; Lynn Ross, Educable Mentally Retarded, Sudley Elementary School; Sarah Senio, first grade, Marumsco Hills Elementary School; Mark Shiring, fifth grade, Enterprise Elementary School; and Margaret Slapcinsky, Learning Disabled, Brentsville District High School.

Also, Jan Smith, third grade, Elizabeth Vaughan Elementary School; Catherine Turner, Advanced/Accelerated English 10; English 11, Woodbridge Senior High School; Amy Weiler, IB English 12; English 12, Gar-Field Senior High School; Phillip Wells, fifth grade and Special Education, Mountain View Elementary School; Victoria Wilcox, First grade, Marshall Elementary School; and Sarah Wolfe, second grade, Marshall Elementary School.