The Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions has the distinct pleasure of recognizing the following educators as recipients of the 2018 Yale Educator Award. The Yale Educator Recognition Program recognizes outstanding educators from around the world who have supported and inspired their students to achieve at high levels. Matriculating students are invited to nominate high school educators, and a committee composed of Yale admissions officers reviews the nominations individually and designates recipients. Of this year’s 371 nominees, who represent 42 states and 12 countries, 59 teachers and 28 counselors were selected to receive the award. In September, the winners were sent engraved desk sets and congratulatory letters, and administrators of the high schools were notified of their achievement.
The entire Yale Admissions Office credits the excellent quality of the Yale student body to educators like these, who shape their students long before they attend Yale, and would like to thank these and all educators for their ongoing efforts in motivating and supporting their students.
Award Winner | Subject/Title | Nominated By | Secondary School | State/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr. James Tindell | Counselor | Yousra Omer | Auburn High School | AL | |
Mr. Davis Thompson | English | Yousra Omer | Auburn High School | AL | |
Mrs. Veta Lewis | Counselor | Davornne Lindo | Central High School | AL | |
Dr. Ashley Grisso | History | William Mayer | Fayetteville Senior High School | AR | |
Ms. Judith Harper | English | Melquisedec Lozano | Westwood High School | AZ | |
Ms. Rachael Hamlet | Counselor | Ikenna Maduno | California Academy of Math & Science | CA | |
Ms. Carey Lin | Counselor | Albert Lee | Cerritos High School | CA | |
Ms. Paula Hebert | Counselor | Colman Seery | Claremont High School | CA | |
Ms. Melissa Luna | Science | Matthew Weisenberg | Freedom High School | CA | |
Mr. Paul Doan | Mathematics | Cathy Duong | Garden Grove High School | CA | |
Mr. Donald Tulac | Mathematics | Amandeep Heyer | Henry J Kaiser High School | CA | |
Ms. Tricia Bryan | Counselor | Saenah Boch | John Marshall High School | CA | |
Ms. Anna Maria Vaccaro | Counselor | Justin Yamamura | Saint Ignatius College Prep | CA | |
Ms. Francie Salle | History | William Salaverry | Sir Francis Drake High School | CA | |
Mr. Ryan Jones | History | Alexandra Rocha-Alvarez | Watsonville High School | CA | |
Mrs. Karen Brossia | Counselor | Tulsi Patel | Yucaipa Senior High School | CA | |
Mr. Shaun Mitchell | English | Arnold Setiadi | Central Magnet High School | CT | |
Mrs. Dominique Argo | Counselor | Mahdeen Khan | James Hillhouse High School | CT | |
Mr. Alex Sinclair | History | Mahdeen Khan | James Hillhouse High School | CT | |
Mrs. Elizabeth Stack | Counselor | Leila Iskandarani | Coral Gables Senior High School | FL | |
Mrs. Melissa Kimball | Counselor | Zehua Chen | Lake Howell High School | FL | |
Mr. Glen Arterburn | Mathematics | Zehua Chen | Lake Howell High School | FL | |
Ms. Laurie Smith | Science | Jose Garcia | Osceola County School for the Arts | FL | |
Dr. Lauren Doyle-McCombs | French | Daly Joseph | Paxon School for Advanced Studies | FL | |
Mrs. Lori Featheringill | Counselor | Evan Collins | Ridgeview High School | FL | |
Dr. Alexander Olis | Science | Evan Collins | Ridgeview High School | FL | |
Mr. Chris Porch | Counselor | Mary Chen | Columbus High School | GA | |
Ms. Lyndsey Oliver | Humanities/Debate | Mary Chen | Columbus High School | GA | |
Mrs. Kendra Radcliff | English | Zakaria Gedi | Druid Hills High School | GA | |
Mr. Matt Bartula | Social Studies | Caleb Crayton | Sequoyah High School | GA | |
Mrs. Dee Joiner | Mathematics | Lauren Honeycutt | Spalding High School | GA | |
Mr. Adam Johnson | English | Katie Burchfield | West Hall High School | GA | |
Mr. Byron Reeder | Mathematics | Blaise Fangman | East Buchanan Community High School | IA | |
Dr. Lynda LeBlanc | French | Sydney Morrison | Coeur D’Alene Charter Academy | ID | |
Mrs. Toni Ruiz | Counselor | Sarah Pitafi | Carbondale Community High School | IL | |
Mr. Robert Clarke | Mathematics | David Diaz | Eric Solorio Academy High School | IL | |
Mr. Bill Wade | Mathematics | Dana Branstetter | Franklin County High School | IN | |
Mr. Ben Boruff | English | Lillian Burton | Wheeler High School | IN | |
Mr. James Sayre | Social Studies | James Land | Anderson County High School | KY | |
Ms. Cheryl Kirby-Stokes | Counselor | Ethan Brown | Gatton Academy of Math and Science | KY | |
Ms. Leah Lentz | Counselor | Marcus Shallow | Louisiana School For Math, Science and the Arts | LA | |
Dr. Pamela Francis | English | Marcus Shallow | Louisiana School For Math, Science and the Arts | LA | |
Mrs. Ann Presley | Counselor | Yehia Elkersh | Saint Paul’s School | LA | |
Ms. Monica Grehoski | English | Alexander Chen | Algonquin Regional High School | MA | |
Mr. Chris Urbine | Mathematics | William Doyle | Ayer Shirley Regional High School | MA | |
Mr. Martin Berryman | Science | Matthew Chin | Malden High School | MA | |
Ms. Janet Neyer | English | McKinsey Crozier | Cadillac Senior High School | MI | |
Mr. Paul Epps | Science | Evan Parker | Central High School | MO | |
Ms. Alyson Levine | Science | Charles Loitman | Ladue Horton Watkins High School | MO | |
Ms. Erica Zins | Counselor | Kincaid MacDonald | Sentinel High School | MT | |
Ms. Sarah Pohl | English | Kincaid MacDonald | Sentinel High School | MT | |
Mr. Christian Pocock | History | John Brockmeier | Kearney High School | NE | |
Mr. Chris Pillette | English | William Schroeder | Delbarton School | NJ | |
Mr. John Lerner | Science | Matthew King | Charles W. Baker High School | NY | |
Mr. Anthony Brunetti | Science | Annasimone Andrawis | Staten Island Technical High School | NY | |
Mrs. Elizabeth Waite | Mathematics | Jeffrey Yu | Union Endicott High School | NY | |
Ms. Cindy Phillips | Mathematics | Anna Tender | White Plains High School | NY | |
Mrs. Jessie Oliver | Spanish | Alexis Ball | Bath High School | OH | |
Mr. Aaron Walker | English | Sharla Moody | River Valley High School | OH | |
Mr. Kevin Lydy | History | Peter Day | Yellow Springs High School | OH | |
Mrs. Jennifer Denslow | Performing Arts | Jamie Marrara | Oologah High School | OK | |
Mr. Jon Robertson | Social Studies | Jeffrey Fife, Jr | Preston High School | OK | |
Ms. Deanna Hadden | Counselor | Lucy Duran Camacho | Union High School | OK | |
Ms. Corinne Valois | Mathematics | Elaina Foley | South Medford High School | OR | |
Ms. Lauren Cicale | Counselor | Kaitlin Kelly | Kutztown Area High School | PA | |
Mrs. Amy Howard | History | Kaitlin Kelly | Kutztown Area High School | PA | |
Mr. Jonathan Odom | Counselor | Nashirra Best | Daniel Boone High School | TN | |
Ms. Shelia Clark | English | Nashirra Best | Daniel Boone High School | TN | |
Ms. Patricia Magilke | Counselor | Luis Leon Medina | Bellaire Senior High School | TX | |
Mrs. Shari Lippe | Counselor | Elexis Hernandez Sanchez | Dr. Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School | TX | |
Ms. Chelsey Hernandez | History | Elexis Hernandez Sanchez | Dr. Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School | TX | |
Mrs. Tracy Cooper | Science | Mia Haraguchi | Dripping Springs High School | TX | |
Mrs. Michelle Mendoza | English | Mauricio Gonzalez Sanchez | Franklin High School | TX | |
Mr. Yavuz Bulut | Science | Rachel Mgbeike | Harmony School Of Innovation - Katy | TX | |
Mr. Johnny Kay | Counselor | Adam Wassilchalk | Hutto High School | TX | |
Mrs. Melissa Hollingsworth | Science | Juan Serna | Hutto High School | TX | |
Mr. Gerald Warren | Counselor | Phuc (Simon) Ta | KIPP Houston High School | TX | |
Mr. Thomas Goldsbury | Mathematics | Phuc (Simon) Ta | KIPP Houston High School | TX | |
Ms. Melissa Dupre | AP Capstone Research | Isabella Zou | Westlake High School | TX | |
Mrs. Cathy Doxtater | Mathematics | Hsin-Wei Chen | Westside High School | TX | |
Mr. Ted Liu | Counselor | Mengying Cheng | William P. Clements High School | TX | |
Mrs. Karen Bell | Mathematics | Yousof Omeish | W. T. Woodson High School | VA | |
Mr. Steve Darnell | Social Studies | Christina Tuttle | Liberty High School | WA | |
Mrs. Dawn Poepping | English | Eleanor Conover-Crockett | Beloit Memorial High School | WI | |
Mr. Abdulnassir Abdullah | Counselor | Yoftahe Milkessa | Hilltops Academy | Ethiopia | |
Mr. Hector Kunkpeh | Science | Afia Sarpong Frimpong | Wesley Girls High School | Ghana | |
Mr. James Coltella | Counselor | Syimyk Kyshtoobaev | The Skinners’ School | United Kingdom |