West Irondequoit Recognizes Faculty Accomplishments

December 19, 2008

The West Irondequoit Board of Education began their December 18 meeting by recognizing the accomplishments of district faculty during 2008. The staff members and their achievements are:

Front row, L to R:

Lou DiCesare and Jeanine Lent, Irondequoit High School Business teachers, WISE (Working In Support of Education) Gold-Star Distinction for 90% student passage of a test that measures student financial literacy,

Bev Engel, West Irondequoit Teacher’s Association President,

Colleen Graham, Brookview and Seneca Schools Counselor, earned Counselor Certification from National Board for Certified Counselors,

Kristin Graham, IHS vocal music teacher, selected to be an Advanced Placement (AP) exam reader for AP Music Theory,

Sue Fabel, Dake English Language Arts teacher, NYS Educator of Excellence Award by the NYS English Council,

Karen Finter, Director of the Teaching Learning Center, presented at the 2008 Teaching and Learning Celebration in New York City and at Collaboration 2008 sponsored by the Rochester Area Colleges Center for Excellence for Math and Science,

Chuck Perreaud, Board of Education President.

Back row, L to R:

Jeff Guercio, Irondequoit High School English Language Arts teacher, presented at the National Council of Teachers of English national conference, the NYS English Council state conference, and the Wisconsin Council Teachers of English conference,

Jeff Crane, Superintendent of Schools,

Jason Harshman, Irondequoit High School social studies teacher, Earned National Board Certification and named Rochester Area Council for the Social Studies High School Social Studies Teacher of the 2007-08 School Year,

Casey Springstead, Irondequoit High School and Dake Junior High music teacher, named Hochstein’s Music Director of the Youth Wind Symphony and the Junior Wind Symphony,

Steve Beamish, District Music Coordinator, appointed to Editorial Board of the Music Educators Journal,

Haley Schedlin, Dake Junior High physical education teacher, Adaptive Physical Education Masters’ Student of the Year by the Adapted Physical Activity Council of the American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance,

Megan McElhinney, Dake Junior High counselor, Earned Counselor Certification from National Board for Certified Counselors,

Steve Schockow, Dake Junior High social studies teacher, NYS Social Studies Teacher of the Year by the NYS Council for the Social Studies.

Not pictured:

Melissa Kelly, Seneca School third grade teacher, WARM 101.3 McTeacher of the Week,

Jessica Kulak, Iroquois School Counselor, earned Counselor Certification from National Board for Certified Counselors,

Sonya Zingo, Iroquois vocal music teacher, 2008 RPO Musicians’ Award for Outstanding Music Educators.