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Bravo, ATPE members
Congratulations to all of the ATPE members who go the extra mile to achieve great heights in their field.
Abilene Wendy Morgan, a second-grade teacher at Reagan Elementary School, was named the school’s 2014 TLC Teacher of the Year.
AUSTIN Adam Miller, a social studies teacher at David Crockett High School, was recognized as the school’s Teacher of the Year.
BALLINGER Crystal Clinton, a counselor at Ballinger Elementary School, was selected as the 2013-14 Three Rivers Counseling Association School Counselor of the Year in February.
DENTON Fourteen ATPE members were recognized as the 2014 Teacher of the Year at their respective campuses: • Jill Arnold, a dyslexia therapist/teacher at Ginnings Elementary School. • Jeanetta Byrd, a second-grade teacher at Savannah Elementary School. • Modesta Cevallos, a first-grade teacher at Evers Elementary School.
• Erin Findley, a third-grade teacher at Paloma Creek Elementary School. • Whitney Gohlke, a reading recovery teacher at Nelson Elementary School. • Pam Hurst, a fifth-grade math teacher at Hodge Elementary School. • Amy Murray, a fifth-grade math teacher at McNair Elementary School. • Sarah Overstreet, a first-grade teacher at Blanton Elementary School. • Laurel Oyarce, a dual-language kindergarten teacher at Rivera Elementary School. • Debbie Smith, a first-grade teacher at Borman Elementary School. • Amy Taylor, a sixth-grade English teacher at Calhoun Middle School. • Brenda Thomas, a kindergarten teacher at Lee Elementary School. • Stephanie Young, a social adjustment class teacher at Crownover Middle School. • Kevin Zahner, a social studies teacher at Denton High School.
Fort Worth
Worth ISD, was selected by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) as a fellow for the association’s 2013-14 New Science Teacher Academy.
LAMESA Jenny Woodell, a fourth-grade math teacher at North Elementary in Lamesa, was one of the three Mrs. Baird’s Bread’s “Teachers on the Rise” award winners in January.
ROUND ROCK Stephanie Stoebe, a reading specialist at Hernandez Middle School, received the 2013 Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) National Citizenship Education Teacher Award from Round Rock VFW Post 9078.
WAXAHACHIE Hilary Landrum, a sixth-grade reading teacher at Eddie Finley Sr. Junior High School, received a $1,000 grant from the local education foundation to purchase book sets for “Bookworm Warriors,” a book club for sixth graders.
Evette Mumford, a teacher at the Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences in Fort
Be recognized for your efforts! If you know an ATPE member who deserves recognition (it could even be you!), let us know. Kudos covers awards, scholarships and other education-related achievements only; promotions, retirements and non-education-related personal achievements will not be included. Email Kudos to ATPE Communications at comm@atpe.org or send them to: ATPE News | 305 E. Huntland Dr., Ste. 300 | Austin, TX 78752-3792
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