"Excellence in Education" Award Finalist • News

WRITTEN BY Site Administrator ON March 30, 2015

Congratulations to Mrs. Rhonda Cegielski! Rhonda is an American History teacher in the Junior High. Rhonda has been selected as one of the final six Junior-High finalists for the Professional Oklahoma Educators "Excellence in Education" Awards. The finalists will be honored at the annual Professional Oklahoma Educators "Foundation Excellence in Education Merit & Character Awards Banquet", scheduled for 6:30 p.m., April 17, 2015, at the POEF Conference Center in Noble, Oklahoma.

This event is held to recognize and reward Oklahoma educators who demonstrate a commitment to their students and strength of character and excellence in the classroom. Award nominees must submit several documents with their applications, including reference letters from students, parents and administrators.

Ginger Tinney, Executive Director of the Foundation and the affiliated association of teachers, Professional Oklahoma Educators, said she hopes this evening to reward excellence in education will "serve as an encouragement not only to Oklahoma educators, but also to the many businesses and organizations that influence the character building and intellectual development of the children who will shape our community in the future."

The below-listed 28 educators and four school sites will all be recognized at the awards banquet. This year's awards include four merit award categories: elementary, middle school/junior high, high school, special education. There are also two character award categories: teacher and school.

CATEGORY	FINALIST	SCHOOL
Elementary Education Merit	Adrienne Wootten	Stratford Elementary
Elementary Education Merit	Candy Akehurst	Mounds Lower Elementary
Elementary Education Merit	Carla Fivekiller	Brushy Elementary
Elementary Education Merit	Jennifer Coblentz	Chouteau-Maize Early Childhood Center
Elementary Education Merit	Katherine Williams	Broken Arrow Country Lane Intermediate
Elementary Education Merit	Kimberly D. Seaton	Moffett Elementary
Elementary Education Merit	Luci Copelin	North Rock Creek Elementary, Shawnee
Elementary Education Merit	Marilyn Taylor	Chouteau-Maize Early Childhood Center
Elementary Education Merit	Raegan Cunningham	Sallie Gillentine Elementary, Hollis
Elementary Education Merit	Sandra McCain Garner	Northwest Heights Elementary, Durant
Elementary Education Merit	Sarah Hannon	Okmulgee Primary School
Elementary Education Merit	Shannon Butcher	Muldrow Elementary
Elementary Education Merit	Sherryl Akers	Vanoss Elementary
Junior High Merit	Anita K. Cole	Curtis Inge Middle School, Noble
Junior High Merit	Chad Brooking	North Rock Creek Middle School, Shawnee
Junior High Merit	Jonathan Curtis Moore	Muldrow Middle School
Junior High Merit	Kim Condit Mays	Duncan Middle School
Junior High Merit	Lisa Derryberry	Hydro-Eakly Middle School
Junior High Merit	Rhonda Cegielski	Verdigris Junior High
High School Merit	Jay Allan Rotert	Charles Page High School, Sand Springs
High School Merit	Megan Muncy	Red Oak High School
High School Merit	Tammy JoAnn Bray	Bokoshe High School
Special Ed Merit	Audrey Meeks	Red Oak Elementary
Special Ed Merit	Mitzie Mathis	Bokoshe High School
Teacher Character	Carrie Caldwell	Duncan Middle School
Teacher Character	Janna Philpot	Brushy Elementary
Teacher Character	Susan Applegate	Chouteau-Maize Early Childhood Center
Teacher Character	Tina Cardwell	Brushy Elementary
School Character		Hydro-Eakly Elementary
School Character		Hydro-Eakly High/Middle School
School Character		Moffett Public School
School Character		Eisenhower Middle School (Lawton)

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