Date: December 13, 2004
Contact: Irene Cromer
703-791-8720

TWENTY-FIVE TEACHERS NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHER AWARD

Twenty-five Prince William County Public Schools teachers have been recognized by their school communities with nominations for the Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award. The nominees will be honored at a reception on Wednesday, January 26 at
4:30 p.m. The reception will be held in the commons area of Forest Park High School, 15721 Spriggs Road, Woodbridge.

The Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award program was established by the Post to recognize teachers who exemplify excellence in their profession. The Post will announce twenty winners in April, one representing the private schools and nineteen representing the public school systems of the Washington metropolitan area. Each award winner will receive $3,000 from the Post at a ceremony in April. Prince William County Public Schools will also recognize the Agnes Meyer Award recipient as its 2004-2005 Teacher of the Year.

A panel of parents, teachers, school and central office administrators, and classified personnel will select the teacher to represent Prince William County. Teachers who meet the criteria for the award are those who instill in students a desire to learn and achieve; understand the individual needs of students; and demonstrate a thorough knowledge of subject matter and have the ability to share it effectively with students.

The twenty-five teachers who have been nominated for the Teacher of the Year/Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award, their instructional areas, and their schools are listed below.
Michael Ahern, IB Chemistry, Pre-IB Chemistry, Chemistry, Gar-Field Senior High School; Susan Bonekemper, Kindergarten, Penn Elementary; Steven Carbone, Physics, Grades 11-12, Forest Park High School; Jane Carr, Remediation Coordinator for Math and Reading Support Classes, Grades 6-8, Woodbridge Middle School; Marilyn Clemence, French and Spanish, Grades 9-12, Battlefield High School; Cami Craig, Math, Eighth Grade, Marsteller Middle School.

Also, Ruth Daly, First Grade, Westridge Elementary School; Dawn Evans, Fifth Grade, Old Bridge Elementary School; Dorothy Fricke, World History, Eighth Grade, Graham Park Middle School; Cheryl Heilman, Emotionally Disabled, Multi-grade/Multi-subjects, Occoquan Elementary School; Eric Hoefler, Advanced English, Humanities/Creative Writing Genre and Seminars, Tenth Grade, Woodbridge Senior High School; Ann Hoyle, Third Grade, Marshall Elementary School.

Also, Jessica Hruska, Oceanography and IB Environmental Systems, Stonewall Jackson High School; Dawn Johnson, Fourth Grade, Pennington School; Felicia Lawson, Kindergarten, Westridge Elementary School; Jonathon Lind, First Grade, Sudley Elementary School; MaryAnn Oldis, Fifth Grade, Occoquan Elementary School; Rachel Perry, Fourth Grade, Pennington School.

Also, Alan Roach, World History, Ninth Grade, Rippon Middle School; Robin Rudd, First Grade, Swans Creek Elementary School; Dawn Rutland, Grades 6-7, New Dominion Alternative School; John Snow, Band, Grades 9-12, Forest Park High School; Tharba Urben, Advanced Biology I, Biology I (ESOL), C.D. Hylton High School; Phillip Wells, Fifth Grade, Mountain View Elementary; and Linda Westerhoff, Combination Home/Centerbase, Special Education, Woodbine Preschool Center.

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