Thirty High School Teachers Selected as 2001 Golden Apple Award Finalists
(Chicago - January, 2001) — Some of Chicagoland’s best high school teachers will be recognized February 3, 2001, as Golden Apple Award Finalists. The Finalists will be honored by the Golden Apple Foundation and past Golden Apple winners at the Celebration of Excellence in Teaching from 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at The House of Blues, 333 North Dearborn Street in Chicago. This year’s Celebration will feature Keith Anderson, a 1990 Golden Apple Fellow, and the award-winning Hillcrest High School Jazz Ensemble.
The Finalists were selected from over 1200 nominations of outstanding high school teachers from Cook, Lake and DuPage counties. The Foundation’s Selection Committee is made up of 70 volunteer Chicago-area educators and education administrators. Two committee members will observe each Finalist in the classroom and interview the Finalist’s principal and selected colleagues, parents and students. The 10 Golden Apple winners will be announced on February 21, 22, and 23, 2001, and will be honored in May in a one-hour prime time special produced by WTTW/Channel 11.
Each of the 10 Golden Apple Award winners will receive a tuition-free fall term sabbatical at Northwestern University; $2,500; a personal computer from Apple; and induction into the Golden Apple Academy, made up of past Golden Apple winners.
Michelle Alfano
Eisenhower High School
Subject taught: Spanish, bilingual biology
Years teaching: 17
Craig Ameel
Wheeling High School
Subjects taught: Special education, math, English, U.S. history, biology, work orientation, special community work
Years teaching: 21
Dr. Mark W. Antonoff
Downers Grove South High School
Subject taught: English
Years teaching: 23
James Arey
Elk Grove High School
Subjects taught: English, social studies, business. school to community resource program
Years teaching: 10
Donald G. Asher
William Rainey Harper High School
Subject taught: Art
Years teaching: 11
Dean M. Auriemma
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Subject taught: Art
Years teaching: 11
Mark Buesing
Libertyville High School
Subject taught: Physics, A.P. physics
Years teaching: 9
Kermit Eby III
Naperville North High School
Subjects taught: A.P. American history, American studies and government
Years teaching: 21
Kathleen Fischer
Morton East High School
Subject taught: Photography
Years teaching: 29
Murray K. Fisher, Ed.D.
Southside Occupational Academy
Subject taught: Special education-cognitive/industrial arts education
Years teaching: 26
Devora Freeman
Lawrence Hall Youth Services
Subjects taught: Food service and life skills
Years teaching: 12
Larry Geni
Evanston Township High School
Subjects taught: Physics; and science, technology and society
Years teaching: 30
Jacqueline Gnant
DuSable High School
Subject taught: Physics
Years teaching: 4
James R. Gustafson
Evergreen Park Community High School
Subject taught: Current events and American law
Years teaching: 20
Erin Kelly
Tinley Park High School
Subjects taught: Accounting, web design
Years teaching: 13
Elizabeth Kirby
Kenwood Academy
Subjects taught: World studies, United States and African-American history
Years teaching: 7
Joan O. Kustak
St. Francis High School
Subjects taught: A.P. Calculus, Algebra and Trigonometry
Years teaching: 21
Margaret A. Lang
William Fremd High School
Subject taught: English
Years teaching: 30
Sarah Levine
Marie Curie Metropolitan High School
Subjects taught: Creative writing, I.B. English, world literature
Years teaching: 5
Esther Lieber
Senn Newcomer and Refugee Center
Subjects taught: ESL
Years teaching: 25
Mary Katherine Marcotte
Fenwick High School
Subjects taught: World literature and American literature
Years teaching: 25
Rito Martinez
Morton East High School
Subjects taught: United States and Latin American history
Years teaching: 10
Sally Lee McDavid
Palatine High School
Subjects taught: Fashion
Years teaching: 32
Jacklyn Naughton
Niles North High School
Subjects taught: Honors and A.P. biology
Years teaching: 29
Steve Brady Phillips
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School
Subjects taught: World and American history
Years teaching: 11
Joseph R. Scotese
Whitney Young Magnet High School
Subject taught: British literature, journalism and world literature
Years teaching: 13
Brayer Teague
Downers Grove North High School
Subject taught: Jazz ensemble, concert band, wind ensemble
Years teaching: 11
Roy Triveline
Warren Township High School
Subjects taught: Environmental science, A.P. biology
Years teaching: 16
Tracy Van Duinen
Austin Community
Subject taught: Art
Years teaching: 6
Jessica S. E. Young
Oak Park and River Forest High School
Subject taught: Honors and regular world history; A.P. European history
Years teaching: 11