Photos by Mary Alys Cherry
Clear Creek ISD Superintendent Dr. Greg Smith, center, congratulates the district’s Elementary Teacher of the Year Kristi Roney and Secondary Teacher of the Year Dale Jensen during Rotary Teacher of the Year Luncheon May 16 at South Shore Harbour Resort.
CCISD honors Teachers of the Year By Mary Alys Cherry
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orty-four Clear
Creek ISD teachers were honored and two were named Teachers of the Year when three Bay Area Rotary Clubs hosted a luncheon May 16 at South Shore Harbour Resort to celebrate excellence in education. Dale Jensen, CCISD’s Secondary Teacher of the Year, was cited for his caring and compassionate demeanor and always being one to go above and beyond to help anyone in need. He has been a math teacher for more than 17 years and teaches 9th through 12th grade students at Clear View High. Jensen, is devoted to working with his students one-on-one and showing them the patience needed to help them achieve their goals. Falcon Pass fifth grade math and science teacher
Kristi Roney, the district’s Elementary Teacher of the Year, has taught both third and fifth grades in her 10 years as an educator. She is dedicated to engaging her students within the classroom and having them walk out feeling successful each day. A product herself of CCISD, Roney has become a leader within both her school and the district. They both also happen to be under the leadership of the 2016 CCISD Principals of the Year, Monica Giuffre of Falcon Pass Elementary and Michael Houston of Clear View High School. When their names were called out by CCISD Superintendent Dr. Greg Smith, they were greeted with thunderous applause from the crowd of several hundred educators, Rotarians, elected officials and members of the business community who came to honor those who
Rotary Club Presidents John Branch of the Space Center, Amy Kilgore of League City and Scott Stillman of Seabrook prepare to address the crowd at the Rotary Teacher of the Year Luncheon at South Shore Harbour Resort.
mean so much in our lives. Besides the two winners, others finalists for the key honor were Bonnie Jeffcoat of Sandra Mossman Elementary, Stephanie Hirsch of North Pointe Elementary, Katie Batenhorst of Clear Creek High and Tiara Toney of Clear Creek Intermediate. Roney and Jensen will now move forward to the regional selection process. They each received $1,750 from the Rotary Clubs. The other finalists received $750 each.
Goforth Elementary Bayside Intermediate Carissa Petersen Jason Mummert Greene Elementary Brookside Intermediate Elizabeth Wallace Sheryl Swiggert Hall Elementary Clear Creek Intermediate Susan Johnson Tiara Toney Hyde Elementary Clear Lake Intermediate Melissa Hoover Tracy Johnson Landolt Elementary Creekside Intermediate Alyssa Rollins Staci Weber League City Elementary League City Intermediate Shelly Delaney Jennifer Campbell McWhirter Elementary Seabrook Intermediate Margo Lewallen Matthew Risoldi Mossman Elementary Space Center Intermediate Bonnie Jeffcoat Laura Ozinga North Pointe Elementary Victory Lakes Intermediate Stephanie Hirsch Darlene Schlitzberger Campus Teachers Parr Elementary Westbrook Intermediate of the Year April Guseman Jennifer Kernohan Robinson Elementary Clear Brook High School Armand Bayou Elementary Angie Lohman Angela Vong Deborah Morgenthaler Ross Elementary Clear Creek High School Bauerschlag Elementary Carol Brunson Katie Batenhorst Molly Malloy Stewart Elementary Clear Falls High School Bay Elementary Priscilla Thompson Kurt Oian Megan Tietz Ward Elementary Clear Horizons Early College Brookwood Elementary Shirin Jalufka Natandra McGill Betty Fishback Weber Elementary Clear Lake High School Clear Lake City Elementary Miriam Cortes Bryan Buffaloe Emily Tyler Wedgewood Elementary Clear Path High School Falcon Pass Elementary Melissa Thornton Molly Kistler Kristi Roney Whitcomb Elementary Clear Springs High School Ferguson Elementary Ma Corazon Estrada Candice Thibodeaux Tammy Cornor White Elementary Clear View High School Gilmore Elementary Tamiko Brown Dale Jensen Brenda Isom
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Clear Falls High School
Clear Springs High School
Clear Brook High School
Clear View High School
Clear Lake High School
Clear Horizons High School
Clear Creek High School
Wednesday, June 1 CCISD Challenger Columbia Stadium 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 2, CCISD Challenger Columbia Stadium 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 3 CCISD Challenger Columbia Stadium 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 4 Clear Springs High School Gymnasium 2 p.m.
Saturday, June 4 CCISD Challenger Columbia Stadium 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 5 Clear Springs High School Gymnasium 2 p.m.
Sunday, June 5 CCISD Challenger Columbia Stadium 7:30 p.m.
Bay Area Houston Magazine | JUNE 2016