Area Teachers Honored at the 16th Annual Crystal Apple Awards
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 -- 7:43 AM
(WDLB) -Two dozen of the area's top teachers were recognized last night, for their contributions to education.The Marshfield Chamber Foundation held its 16th annual Crystal Apple Awards banquet at Hotel Marshfield. 23 educators were honored as Teachers of Distinction, and four were given top honors as the 2017 Crystal Apple Award winners. They included Deb Kennedy of Columbus Catholic Middle and High School in Marshfield--the first two-time winner of the award. Kennedy has taught Spanish at Columbus for 21 years, and was a Crystal Apple Award recipient in 2008. Also honored last night was Jonathan Hitchcock, a fifth-grade teacher at Grant Elementary in Marshfield. Hitchcock has been teaching the past seven years at Grant. Also honored as a 2019 Crystal Apple Teacher last night was Auburndale Art instructor Kara Lasiewicz. Kara has taught in Auburndale for 11 years, and was recognized as a Teacher of Distinction in 2015. Greenwood has another Crystal Apple award recipient this year. He is Technology Education instructor Noah Werner.
Werner is an Edgar native, and has taught at Greenwood for the past four years. 19 other instructors were honored last night as 2019 Teachers of Distinction. They include Marshfield teachers Nancy Baierl of Columbus Catholic and OLP, Timothy Bergelin and Dean McFarlane of Marshfield High School, Madalyn Field from Marshfield Middle School, Janeen Herkert from Lincoln Elementary, Cari Martin from Washington Elementary, Christine Zanotelli of Madison Elementary, Shelisa Schmidt of Grant Elementary, Kris Phillips of Nasonville Elementary, and Brenda Kuhnau from Immanuel Lutheran. Other area Teachers of Distinction include Kayleigh Vantassel of Granton, Michelle Abel and Todd Steward of Pittsville, Kristie Bangart of St. Joseph's in Stratford, Mike Wisniewski of Trinity Lutheran, Carey Petri of Greenwood Elementary, Abbi Roehrborn and Holly Strey of Spencer, and Steve Voss of Auburndale Elementary. The Crystal Apple group received 760 nominations for 301 different teachers for this year's awards.
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