Kim Fearrington of Northside
Elementary, was named the District Teacher of the Year at the Annual
Recognition Reception on May 30 at Carrboro High.
Fearrington is a kindergarten
teacher with 20 years of teaching experience. Fearrington holds a
bachelor's degree in elementary education from North Carolina Central
University. Fearrington received a $1,000 check from Harrington Bank, as
well as gifts from area businesses.
Two Honor Teachers were also
named on Friday. They are Alicia Adcock of Phoenix Academy High School
and Mary Beth Braker of Carrboro High School. They each received a $500
check from Harrington Bank and gifts from local businesses.
Other
Teachers of the Year were recognized with $100 checks from the Chapel
Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation and gifts from local businesses.
They are: Emily Kochy, Carrboro Elementary; Kristin Ducanis,
Ephesus Elementary; Dawn McClendon, Estes Hills Elementary; Ann Harrawood, FPG
Elementary; Sheryl Finegan, Glenwood Elementary; Mike Sharp, McDougle
Elementary; Amanda Woodroffe, Morris Grove Elementary; Ashley Laver, Rashkis
Elementary; Susan Kenny, Scroggs Elementary; Molly McLean, Seawell Elementary; Megan
Taber, Culbreth Middle School; Steven Simmons, McDougle Middle School; Jennifer
Marquis, Phillips Middle School; Regina Baratta, Smith Middle School; Jennifer
Ballew, Chapel Hill High School; and Keith Gerdes, East Chapel Hill High School.
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| Kim Fearrington, District Teacher of the Year 2014-15 Kindergarten Teacher at Northside Elementary |
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| Alicia Adcock, District Honor Teacher of the Year 2014-15 Science Teacher at Phoenix Academy High |
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| Mary Beth Braker, District Honor Teacher of the Year 2014-15 English Teacher at Carrboro High |
Teacher of the Year gifts
were provided by: A Better Image Printing, Barnes and Noble at New Hope
Commons, Chapel Hill Florist, Chapel Hill Restaurant Group, FSI, Office Depot, the
Spotted Dog Restaurant and University Florist.
The Mary Scroggs Award for
Excellence in Providing Support Services recognizes one classified staff member
from each school and Lincoln Center. The award recipient is Gina Clark, a
custodian at McDougle Elementary, who also received a $1,000 check. Two
Honor Recipients were named. They are Linda Fyle, the school secretary at
Scroggs Elementary, and Kara O’Dor, a media specialist at Ephesus
Elementary. They each received $250.
Other Classified Staff of the
Year, who each received $100, are: Lee Newbold, EC teacher assistant,
Carrboro Elementary; Savada Gilmore, EC teacher assistant, Estes Hills
Elementary; Esteban Mena, teacher assistant, FPG Elementary; Annabelle
Devonport, EC teacher assistant, Glenwood Elementary; Cindy Renner, teacher
assistant, Morris Grove Elementary; Jeremy McIlwaine, EC teacher assistant,
Northside Elementary; Teresa Harrington, custodial services supervisor, Rashkis
Elementary; Joann Westfall, school secretary, Seawell Elementary; Matthew
McCauley, ISS teacher assistant, Culbreth Middle; Julie Walker, guidance
secretary, McDougle Middle; Delphine Sieredzki, media center assistant,
Phillips Middle; Panda Rushing, EC teacher assistant, Smith Middle; Belinda Nix,
school secretary, Carrboro High; Daryl Anderson, teacher assistant, Chapel Hill
High; Sharie Walker, receptionist, East Chapel Hill High; Nicole Hodge, teacher
assistant, Phoenix Academy High; Kathy Nelson, benefits specialist, Human
Resources, Lincoln Center; Holly Snyder, network support technician,
Information Technology, Lincoln Center; Kenny Daulton, electrical foreman,
Maintenance, Lincoln Center; and Catherine Day, bus driver, Transportation.
Irene Slydel, school nurse at
Smith Middle, received the Exceptional Children Student Support Services Staff
of the Year Award, as well as a check for $500. The other nominees for
this award are: Reyna Rivera, school social worker, Carrboro Elementary; Marne
Meredith, school social worker, Ephesus Elementary; Ashley Hudson, speech
pathologist, Estes Hills Elementary; Barbie Tudryn, school counselor, FPG
Elementary; Wendy Johnston, school social worker, Glenwood Elementary; Kathie
Guild, school counselor, McDougle Elementary; Stephanie Bruce, school counselor,
Morris Grove Elementary; Candice Norwood, school social worker, Northisde
Elementary; Carlie Ewen, school social worker, Rashkis Elementary; Sue Heflin,
school social worker, Scroggs Elementary; Eileen Stough, school nurse, Seawell
Elementary; Matthew Straub, school counselor, Culbreth Middle; Sarah Morales,
school counselor, McDougle Middle; Jeremy Young, school counselor, Phillips
Middle; Linda Karcher, student assistance program specialist, Carrboro High; Montez
Thomas, school counselor, Chapel Hill High; Brenda McNeely-Allen, school social
worker, East Chapel Hill High; and Gloria Sanchez-Lane, school social worker,
Phoenix Academy High.
Other staff awards were also
presented at the event. Amy Rickard of Morris Grove Elementary was
recognized as the district's Principal of the Year, while Tomeka
Ward-Satterfield of East Chapel Hill High was named the district's Assistant
Principal of the Year. Alisa McAlister of McDougle Middle was the
recipient of the Jeanette Blackwell Mentor Teacher Award. Amy Lineberry
of Phillips Middle was the recipient of the Exceptional Children's Award for
Outstanding Contributions as a Teacher. Jasmine Johnson of Scroggs
Elementary received the CHC Public School Foundation Promising New Teacher
Award.
The Blue Ribbon
Mentor-Advocate (BRMA) program presented two Excellence in Equitable Teaching
Awards. These award recipients are selected by the students in BRMA.
The middle school award went to Eric Zeigler of Smith Middle, while Alicia
Adcock of Phoenix Academy High received the high school award.
Representatives of the Public
School Foundation were on hand to present both new and renewing Teaching
Chairs. Katherine MacKinnon of Seawell Elementary was named the recipient of
the Elmo's Award for Excellence in Teaching English as a Second Language and
World Language. Jack Watson is the CHHS PTSA Award for Excellence in Teaching
in the Humanities. Danae Shipp of McDougle Middle is the Glaxo Award for
Excellence in Teaching Middle School Science. Candace White of Glenwood
Elementawry is the Neil Pedersen Teachers First Chair. Ashley Laver of Rashkis
Elementary is the Sockwell Chair for Excellence in Teaching in the Elementary
Classroom. Katherine Pardue of Phillips Middle is the Burton Stuart Chair
for Promising New Teachers in Math or Science. Ashley Lang of East Chapel Hill
High is the Bernadine Sullivan Chair for Excellence in Teaching English.
Renewing chair recipients
also were honored on Friday. Tom Brown of Carrboro High School is the
Elmo's Excellence in Teaching Mathematics or Science Chair. Tate Little of Carrboro Elementary is
the Upper Elementary Chair for Excellence in Teaching Innovation. Jennifer Scott of Phillips Middle is
the Zora Rashkis Chair in Middle School Language Arts.
Twelve teachers were
recognized for earning their National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards. They join the almost
300 other CHCCS teachers who have earned their National Boards. They are: Susan Azzu, Rashkis Elementary; Agnes Bernasconi, Rashkis
Elementary; Miles Chappell, Phillips Middle; Christine Cohn, Estes Hills
Elementary; Samantha Howard, Morris Grove Elementary; Ashley Laver, Rashkis
Elementary; Beth Kinney, McDougle Middle; Holly Loranger, Chapel Hill High;
Lisa Myles, McDougle Elementary; Melissa Nicholson-Clark, Morris Grove
Elementary; Jennifer Pedersen, Northside Elementary; and Jenny Marie Smith,
East Chapel Hill High.
The Public School Foundation
created a new award this year, the Lincoln Center Administrator of the Year
award. This new award’s first
recipient is Arasi Adkins, the executive director of human resources. She received $500 and a plaque from the
Foundation.
Twenty-three employees were
recognized for retiring from the district this year. They include: Amanda
Carol Cantrell, Carrboro Elementary; Kathy Latta, FPG Elementary; Sarah
Mansfield, Seawell Elementary; Pamela Wright, Seawell Elementary; Sara
Buechler, Culbreth Middle; Linda Glover, McDougle Middle; Rhonda Hairston,
McDougle Middle; Cissy O’Neal, McDougle Middle; Anne Brashear, Phillips Middle;
Julia Gaskell, Phillips Middle; Susan Prillaman, Phillips Middle; Dianne
Sturdivant, Phillips Middle; Anne Hicks-Mitchell, Carrboro High; Ron Benson,
Chapel Hill High; Hollie Taylor Novak, Chapel Hill High; Winslow Carter, East
Chapel Hill High; Hubert (Hugh) Clark, East Chapel Hill High; Patricia (Trish)
Dallen, East Chapel Hill High; Wandolyn Merritt, East Chapel Hill High Sandy
Williamson, East Chapel Hill High; Bill Frenzel, PreK/Head Start; Jean Parrish,
Lincoln Center; and Stephanie Willis, Lincoln Center.
Employees were also honored
for attaining milestone years of service with CHCCS. Two employees have
35 years of service: Beverly
Roberson, Transportation; and Patricia Farrington, Ephesus Elementary.
Employees with 30 years of
service included: Thomas Brown, Carrboro High; Jane Clunie, McDougle
Elementary and McDougle Middle; and Cissy O’Neal, McDougle Middle.
Employees with 25 years of
service included: Sonya Adams, Ephesus Elementary; Herbert Ferguson,
Lincoln Center; George Gilmer, Smith Middle; Deborah Gray-Ford, Northside
Elementary; Elizabeth Harris, Glenwood Elementary; Amy Langenderfer, Lincoln
Center; Rick McVey, Lincoln Center; Mary Roberts, Lincoln Center; and Kevin
Staring, Phillips Middle.
Employees with 20 years of
service included: Ronald Barbee, Rashkis Elementary; Faye Barker,
Glenwood Elementary; Lynn Carrino, Culbreth Middle; Lisa Clarke, Phillips
Middle; Toni DeMarco, Morris Grove Elementary; Linda Fyle, Scroggs Elementary;
Kathleen Eveleigh, McDougle and Scroggs Elementary; Carla Gilchrist, Glenwood
Elementary; James Gillan, Chapel Hill High; Carment Hackney, Rashkis
Elementary; Jessica Harris, East Chapel Hill High; Mary Hill, FPG Elementary;
Wendy Johnston, Glenwood Elementary; Antoinette Joyner, East Chapel Hill HS;
Susan Julian, Scroggs Elementary; Bill Kelley, Lincoln Center; Wanda King,
Morris Grove Elementary; Stephanie Lawrence, Scroggs Elementary; Toni Lehman,
McDougle Elementary; Jean McGregor, Carrboro Elementary; Sherdina Morrison,
Chapel Hill High; William Mullin, Lincoln Center; Patricia Pierce-Thompson,
Scroggs Elementary; Sammy Rape, Phillips Middle; Wanda Roper, Ephesus
Elementary; Mary Ristanio, McDougle Elementary; Kerry Sherrill, FPG Elementary;
Rita Simpson, Carrboro High; Robin Small, Transportation; Suzanne Stokes,
Morris Grove Elementary; Nara Strickland, Ephesus Elementary; Dave Tinker,
Lincoln Center; Missy Valentine, Smith Middle; Sheila Wilkerson, Chapel Hill
High; Kirsten Gardner Venema, Ephesus Elementary.
The annual Recognition
Reception is hosted in collaboration with the Public School Foundation.
"We are all inspired by
the truly amazing performance of these dedicated professionals," said
Superintendent Thomas A. Forcella. "Recognizing and celebrating them
in this public ceremony is one of the highlights of our school year.”
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