Fellows of the Golden Apple Academy of Educators:

2009

Jeanette Hachmeister, Child's Voice School, Wood Dale
Christina Hayward, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago
Maria Hernandez, Ruiz School, Chicago
Melissa Hooker, Mayer Magnet School, Chicago
Michele Mangold, Dryden Elementary School, Arlington Heights
Gloria Moyer, Otis Elementary School, Chicago
Jennifer Phares, Bright Elementary School, Chicago
Kristin O'Rourke Salamanca, Red Oak Elementary School, Highland Park
Peter Schreurs, Sprague School, Lincolnshire
David Sobel, Hunting Ridge School, Palatine

2008

Holly Bontkowski, Kennedy Middle School, Plainfield
Carol Broos, Sunset Ridge School, Northfield
Monica Gil, Gray Elementary School, Chicago
Elaine N. Harmon (GACI), Thomas Paine Elementary School, Urbana
David William Hirst (GACI), Normal Community West High School, Normal
Donald Thurston Jolly (GACI), Our Savior Grade School, Jacksonville
Samina Khan, Clark Academic Preparatory Magnet High School, Chicago
Nancy Kontney, Sunny Hill School, Carpentersville
Roberta Marie Maubach (GACI), Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School, Normal
Timothy David McCollum (GACI), Charleston Middle School, Charleston
Suzanne McDowell (GACI), Bloomington Area Vocational Center, Bloomington
Daniel Morvaji, Lake Zurich North Middle School, Hawthorn Woods
Natalie Neris-Guereca, Pershing West Magnet School, Chicago
John Nieciak, Sheridan Math and Science Academy, Chicago
Nancy Norem Powell (GACI), Bloomington High School, Bloomington
Shameem Rakha (GACI), Franklin Middle School, Champaign
Hillary Sawyer (GACI), Booker T. Washington Elementary School, Champaign
Sheila Stephens (GACI), Illinois School for the Deaf, Jacksonville
Brooke Thompson, Peirce School of International Studies, Chicago
Donnell White, Clark Academic Preparatory Magnet High School, Chicago

2007

Aaron Becker, Evanston Township HS, Evanston
Kraig Conyer, Hinsdale South HS, Darien
David Derbes, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago
Danna Dotson, Lindblom Math & Science Academy, Chicago
Samuel Dyson, Payton College Prep HS, Chicago
David Eanes, Thornridge HS, Dolton
Joseph Ekpo, Fenwick HS, Oak Park
John Naisbitt, Hinsdale Central HS, Hinsdale
Gina Williams, Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest
Melinda Wilson, Curie Metropolitan HS, Chicago

2006

Kristie Charles, Hunting Ridge Elementary, Palatine
Kristin Ziemke Fastabend, Burley Elementary, Chicago
Dianne Hamelly, Fremont Elementary, Mundelein
Erica Hilgart, Piccolo Elementary, Chicago
Sandy Lucas, Murphy Elementary, Chicago
Sandra Noel, Hatch Elementary, Oak Park
Ziomara Perez, Nettlehorst Elementary, Chicago
Jennifer Sime, Our Lady of the Gardens, Chicago
Kevan Truman, Central Elementary, Wilmette
Karen Wylie, Elizabeth Meyer, Skokie

2005

Seth Baker, Julian Middle, Oak Park
Kim Brasfield, Carver Middle, Chicago
Jill Gontovnick, Highcrest Middle, Wilmette
David Hollander, Kennedy Junior HS, Lisle
Tracy Kwock, KIPP Ascend Charter, Chicago
Michelle Navarre, Washington Elementary, Chicago
Mathias (Spider) Schergen, Jenner Academy of the Arts, Chicago
Sharon Takahashi, Thomas Middle, Arlington Heights
Elisabeth Trost, Boone Elementary, Chicago
Roel Vivit, Francis Xavier Warde, Chicago

2004

Jelaine Binford, Curie Metropolitan HS, Chicago
Timothy Devine, Northside College Preparatory HS, Chicago
Elena Diadenko-Hunter, Robert Clemente HS, Chicago
Diego Giraldo, Social Justice HS, Chicago
Chuck Gress, Lake Forest HS, Lake Forest
Bill Grosser, Glenbard South HS, Glen Ellyn
Rosa McCullagh, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago
Steve Newman, Evanston Township HS, Evanston
Aaron Podolner, Oak Park and River Forest HS, Oak Park
Venessa Simmons-Woods, Evanston Township HS, Evanston

2003

Thomas Beck, Central Elementary, Lake Bluff
Mary Bianchi, Christopher Elementary, Chicago
Carolyn Grantham, Woodson South Elementary, Chicago
Karen Weber Meany, Sieden Prairie, Matteson
Donna Piazza, Willow Elementary, Homewood
Margaret Pyterek, Grove, Northbrook
Jennifer Santo, Avon Center Elementary, Round Lake Beach
Betty Scalia, Mayer Elementary, Chicago
Paula Ann Sprecher, Farnsworth, Chicago
Luci Stein, Avon Elementary, Round Lake Beach

2002

Cynthia Bell, Still Middle School, Aurora
Louise Huffman, Kennedy Junior HS, Lisle
David Jones, Pleasant Ridge School, Glenview
Barbara Joseph, Ravenswood Elementary, Chicago
Dave Kayson, Keller Junior HS, Schaumburg
Mary Ryan Kennedy, St. Bede the Venerable, Chicago
Mary Ridley, Nettlehorst School, Chicago
Stephen Salski, Lincoln Hall Middle School, Lincolnwood
Margie Smagacz, Franklin Fine Arts Center, Chicago
Susan Wachowski, Hinsdale Middle School, Hinsdale

2001

James Arey, Elk Grove HS, Elk Grove Village
Dean Auriemma, Homewood-Flossmoor HS, Homewood
Murray Fisher, Southside Occupational Academy, Chicago
Devora Freeman, Hall Youth Services, Chicago
Jacqueline Renee Gnantu, DuSable HS, Chicago
Erin Kelly, Tinley Park HS, Chicago
Elizabeth Kirby, Kenwood Academy, Chicago
Sarah Levine, Curie Metropolitan HS, Chicago
Rito Martinez, Morton East HS, Cicero
Tracy Michael Van Duinen, School for Social Justice HS, Chicago

2000

Carl Berg, Sherwood School, Highland Park
Karla Daye, Chicago Academy, Chicago
Shari Frost, Norwood Park Elementary, Chicago
Lucy Catherine Klocksin, Boone Elementary, Chicago
Jane Therese Klunk, Christopher Elementary, Chicago
Richard Marecek, Forest Elementary, Des Plaines
Mireya Mata-Donnelly, Ruiz Elementary, Chicago
Sandra Kuchler Skonieczny, Hanover Highlands Elementary, Hanover Park
Jill Janice Sontag, Inter-American Magnet, Chicago
Cissy Ann Sullivan, Hale Elementary, Schaumburg

1999

Elizabeth Anne Blazejak, Pulaski Community Academy, Chicago
Barbara Marie Figlewicz, Sanborn, Palatine
Dorothy Franklin, Clinton Elementary, Chicago
Ranada Johnson, Mann Elementary, Chicago
Jacquie McGrew, Winston Campus Elementary, Palatine
Sandra Pye, Paideia Community Academy, Chicago
Carlos Rodriguez, Inter-American Magnet, Chicago
Craig Segal, Inter-American Magnet, Chicago
James Robert Sorensen, Chippewa Junior HS, Des Plaines
Steven Frank Tabisz, Hinsdale Middle, Hinsdale

1998

Ramzi Farran, Fenwick HS, Oak Park
Laine Gurley, Rolling Meadows HS, Rolling Meadows
Lee Marek, Naperville North HS, Naperville
Karen Nyberg, Homewood-Flossmoor HS, Flossmoor
Lori Real-Griyech, Niles North HS, Skokie
Miriam Socoloff, Lake View HS, Chicago
Julie Soule, Southside Occupational Academy, Chicago
James Stankevitz, Wheaton-Warrenville South HS, Wheaton
Kathleen Wandro, Hoffman Estates HS, Hoffman Estates
Michael Whitmore, Morton East HS, Cicero

1997

Claire Billingham, Otis Elementary, Chicago
Cheryl Chapman, Frances Xavier Warde, Chicago
Nancy Dailey, Hickory Pointe Elementary, Northbrook
DeeDee Farmer, Longfellow Elementary, Oak Park
Jessie Kalinowski, Lincoln, Palatine
Susan Moody Maciag, Paddock, Palatine
Elise Mooney, Murray Language Academy, Chicago
Peggy Nadziejko (deceased), Burnham, Cicero
Susan Vani, Sprague Elementary, Lincolnshire

1996

Carolyn Cyriaque, Coles Model for Excellence, Chicago
Andy Galus, St. Benedict, Chicago
Carol Gaul, Goldblatt School, Chicago
Charles “Barry” Gold, Grayslake Middle School, Chicago
Donald Jones, Stone Scholastic Academy, Chicago
Frank Koerner, Jackson Language Academy, Chicago
David Mac-Williams, Ruiz School, Chicago
Gregory Michie, Seward Communication Arts Academy, Chicago
Linda Newman, Conrady Junior HS, Hickory Hills
Georgene Sims, Aldridge Elementary

1995

Lawrence Baran, Homewood-Flossmoor HS, Flossmoor
Aiko Boyce, Taft HS, Chicago
Mark Larson, Evanston Township HS, Evanston
Robert Lewis, Downers Grove North HS, Downers Grove
Judy Moe, Glenbrook North HS, Northbrook
Phyllis O’Connell, Southside Occupational Academy, Chicago
Kevin Pobst, Oak Park and River Forest HS, Oak Park
Michael Sailes, Carver HS, Chicago
Rosa Sailes, Carver HS, Chicago
Paul Swanson, Highland Park HS, Highland Park

1994

Rosa Brown, McDade Classical, Chicago
Lillian Degand, Peterson Elementary, Chicago
Kerri Druckmiller, Whittier, Oak Park
Debra Erikson, Fulton, Tinley Park
Susan Kajiwara-Ansai, Norwood Park Elementary, Chicago
Jenny Knight, Beye, Oak Park
Lois La Galle, Inter-American Magnet, Chicago
Jacki Lopushonsky, Beye, Oak Park
Michael (Spike) Wilson, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago
Susan Young, Westmoor Elementary, Northbrook

1993

Jan Cosmos, Maple, Northbrook
Tom Crofts, Lake Forest Country Day, Lake Forest
Jacquelyn Crook, Newberry Mathematics and Science Academy, Chicago
Nedra DeSavieu, Ashe Elementary, Chicago
Griselle Diaz-Gemmati, Norwood Park Elementary, Chicago
Janice Gould, Hall Youth Services, Chicago
Judy Hanson, Eisenhower Junior HS, Darien
Adrienne Le Dree, Carver Middle, Chicago
Jim Pudlewski, Hart Junior HS, Homewood
Eileen Zigman, Wilmette Junior HS, Wilmette

1992

Michael Bachrodt, Fremd HS, Palatine
Guadalupe Barajas, Robeson HS, Chicago
Renee Dolezal, Arts of Living Institute, Chicago
Jim Effinger, DuSable HS, Chicago
Emiel Hamberlin
Beverly Hawkins, South Shore Community Academy, Chicago
John Lewis, Glenbrook South HS, Glenview
John Quinn, Fenwick HS, Oak Park
Judith Stein, Kenwood Academy, Chicago
Jan Yourist, Chicago Academy for the Arts, Chicago

1991

Geraldine Banks, Kinzie Elementary, Chicago
Karen Bauder, Immanuel Lutheran, Palatine
Patricia Bearden, Metcalfe Magnet, Chicago
Ana Bensinger, Inter-American Magnet, Chicago
Tom Clark, Shiloh Park Elementary, Zion
Betsy D’Angelo, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chicago
Brigid Gerace, Franklin Fine Arts Magnet, Chicago
Elsa Fonseca Gonzalez, Audobon, Chicago
Sue Stoehrmann, Westcott Elementary, Northbrook
Cheryl Watkins, Agassiz Elementary, Chicago

1990

Keith Anderson, Lincoln Elementary, Dixmoor
Ava Belisle-Chatterjee, Sabin Magnet, Chicago
Barbara Canady, Lake Park, Addison
Consuelo Milburn, Earle Elementary, Chicago
Gwendolyn Mollison, Burbank, Chicago
Mary Murphy, St. Michael, Wheaton
Paddy O’Reilly, Whittier Elementary, Chicago
Charles Sentell, Henking Elementary, Glenview
Bill Vaananen, Westcott, Northbrook
John Zurbrigg, Ancona, Chicago

1989

Catharine Bell, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago
Scott Buzard, Springman Middle, Glenview
Mary Farmar, St. Luke Parish, River Forest
John Figlewicz, Thomas Middle, Arlington Heights
Lois Fisch, Prince of Peace, Lake Villa
Carol Fisher, Douglass Middle, Chicago
Ken Klopack, Funston Elementary, Chicago
Karen Knudstrup, Kenwood Academy, Chicago
Beverly Ruby, Park Junior HS, LaGrange Park
Nancy Young, Gregory Middle, Naperville

1988

Susan Jane Artabasy, Springman Junior HS, Glenview
Esther Beer, Fierke Education Center, Oak Forest
Bernie Bradley (deceased), Newberry Mathematics and Science Academy, Chicago
Louis Broccolo, Center Middle, Tinley Park
Dale Halter, Pilgrim Lutheran, Chicago
Manja Narret, McCutcheon Elementary, Chicago
Joan Preer, Beasley Academic Center, Chicago
Terry Schwab, Iroquois Junior HS, Des Plaines
Raeleen Sweeney, St. Germaine, Oak Lawn
Theresa Wong, St. Therese HS, Chicago

1987

Dominic Belmonte, York Community HS, Elmhurst
Margaret Cain, Nazareth Academy, LaGrange Park
Ruth Nickelson Dalenberg, Maine Township West HS, Des Plaines
Hanna Goldschmidt, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago
Nguyen-Trung Joseph Hieu, Clemente HS, Chicago
Scott Iliff, Glenbard South HS, Glen Ellyn
Frank Raispis, St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, Chicago
Shirley Redmond, Oak Park and River Forest HS, Oak Park
Frank Tobin, Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, Chicago
William Wilson, Hubbard HS, Chicago

1986

Chris Bacon (deceased), Curie Metropolitan HS, Chicago
Barry Bradford, Immaculate Conception HS, Elmhurst
Millie Brudd (deceased), Washington HS, Chicago
Randy Fowler, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago
Charles Hamberg, Stevenson HS, Lincolnshire
Syd Lieberman, Evanston Township HS, Evanston
Penny Lundquist, Notre Dame HS for Girls, Chicago
Odis Richardson, DuSable, Chicago
Walter Sherrill (deceased), Kenwood Academy, Chicago
Sally Zepeda, St. Rita HS, Chicago