Annual Report 2006-2007 - Farmington Public Schools

Staff Achievements 2006-2007Page 26Teachers honored: Right: Marian Orihel, Farmington Community School, is named the firstrecipient of Farmington Public Schools’ Judy White-Ora “Teaching with Heart and Soul” award.Center: Carol Kuenzel, North Farmington High School, is named the Farmington Public Schools’High School Teacher of the Year.Left: Kelly White, is awarded the Walmart/Sams Club Teacher of the Year.AchievementsStaffThree outstanding teachers were named Farmington PublicSchools’ Teacher of the Year for 2006-2007: Carol Kuenzel,Spanish teacher at North Farmington High School, wasnamed High School Teacher of the Year. Arlene Johnson,East Middle School teacher, was named Middle SchoolTeacher of the Year. And Rose Boyle, fifth-grade teacher atFlanders Elementary School, was named Elementary Teacherof the Year.Lorna Bussa, a Power Middle School teacher, was named2007 Outstanding Future City Teacher of the Year by theEngineering Society of Detroit. Bussa was selected becauseher Future City teams have placed in the top five for the pastthree years and she led her team to a second place win thisyear.North Farmington High School baseball coach Irvin Horwitzwas elected into the Michigan High School Baseball CoachesHall of Fame and was selected tocoach in the Baseball All State game this past spring.Melissa McDermid, third-grade teacher at KenbrookElementary School, won the Milken National Educator Awardand a $25,000 cash award. McDermid was one of 100teachers nationwide to win the award, which is dubbed theOscar of Teaching by “Teacher Magazine”. Milken winnersare selected because they have exceptional educational talent,exemplary accomplishments beyond the classroom,strong potential for professional and policy leadership, andan inspiring and motivating presence that impacts students.Steve Dail, Harrison High School physics teacher, received acash award to purchase classroom equipment for hisparticipation in the Plasma Physics and Fusion EnergyInstitute through Princeton University.Diane Bauman and Lisa Holmes, of School/CommunityRelations, received awards from the Michigan School PublicRelations Association for their work on the 2005-2006“District Annual Report,” “UpDate/Just for Parents” newsletterand the Early Childhood Department Growth Chart.Deb Hainer, of the Business Office, has completed all therequirements under the Michigan School Business OfficialsVoluntary Certification Program and has earned the BusinessOffice Manager Certification.Wendy Warren, Lanigan Elementary School teacher, receivedthe Exceptional Teacher of Emotionally Impaired StudentsAward from the Michigan Association of Teachers of Childrenwith Emotional Impairments.Diane Bauman, director of School/Community Relations;Cheryl Cannon, executive director of Operations; SharonJames, dispatcher; Judy Steinhebel, executive secretary;and Bill Tousley, director of transportation; were honored bythe Michigan School Business Officials with the MeridianAward of Achievement for their work on the “TransportationPhone Bank.Kudos to the Fleet Services Department: Les Dietz, GaryGerke, John Moore, David Popp, Jason Roe, Rob Terry,and Marcel Vallet. Farmington Public Schools’ schoolbuses, for the second year in a row, have passed the StatePolice Inspection with a perfect record.Laura Rickert, Harrison High School secretary, was named2006-2007 Support Person of the Year for FarmingtonPublic Schools. The 18-year employee was selected for heroutstanding job performance, strong work ethic, and calmnature.StaffNike honored Harrison High football coach John Herringtonand his Harrison High Hawks, as one of the top 50 footballprograms in the United States.