The Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions has the distinct pleasure of recognizing the following educators as recipients of the 2019 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 311 nominees, who represent 40 states and 23 countries, 55 teachers and 18 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs. Lindsey Bloodworth | English | Jillian Jolly | Ramsay High School | AL | |
Dr. Melissa Georgi | Science | Viraj Shukla | Basis Peoria | AZ | |
Mr. Bradley Mueller | Science | Supriya Weiss | Shadow Mountain High School | AZ | |
Mrs. Laura Wade | English | Steven Dykstra | Arroyo Grande High School | CA | |
Mr. Robert Schwandt | Computer Science | Lisa Younes | Hillcrest High School | CA | |
Ms. Doreen Gray | Counselor | Xilonem Perez Gonzaga | Seaside High School | CA | |
Mrs. Norma Merced | Counselor | Sumedha Chowdhury | West Haven High School | CT | |
Mrs. Neyda Borges | English | Valeria Bula | Miami Lakes Education Center | FL | |
Ms. Christina Cardenas | Counselor | Brianna Schuh | Terra Environmental Research Institute | FL | |
Dr. Wendy Roberts | Science | Natasha Ambriz-Villela | Sequoyah High School | GA | |
Mr. Matt Phillips | History | Vanessa Nunez | West Hall High School | GA | |
Mrs. Lisa Hickson | Counselor | Nathan Castro Martinez | Savannah Early College | GA | |
Ms. Cynthia Roach | Counselor | Eric Kim | Oconee County High School | GA | |
Ms. Sherry Brooks | English | Forrest LaPrade | Central Academy | IA | |
Mr. Dave Oldham | Science | Christopher Yao | Johnston High School | IA | |
Ms. Sheila Edstrom | Science | Dora Guo | Adlai E Stevenson High School | IL | |
Ms. Meghan Michals | English | Armanti Reed | Southland College Prep Charter High School | IL | |
Mr. Samuel Hanley | English | John Gunderson | Southport High School | IN | |
Mrs. Alyssa Dawson | English | Lane Fischer | Ellis High School | KS | |
Mrs. Pamela Foushee | Mathematics | Clayton Snider | Meade County High School | KY | |
Mrs. Amy Medley | Counselor | Bhargav Ramesh | Dupont Manual Magnet High School | KY | |
Mr. Andrew Medlin | English | Luke Couch | North Caddo Magnet High School | LA | |
Mr. Michael Scanlon | Counselor | David Katko | West Springfield High School | MA | |
Mr. Kevin Lee | Engineering | Kevin Chen | Poolesville High School | MD | |
Mrs. Jamie Higgins-Shaull | Social Studies | Emma Wallner | Hereford High School | MD | |
Ms. Kristen Kelley | English | Emily Lau | Islesboro Central School | ME | |
Mr. Harold Kingsbury | Science | Max Saffer-Meng | South Portland High School | ME | |
Mr. Steve Miles | History | Drew Ward | Saranac High School | MI | |
Mrs. Amy Richardson | English | Cameron Adams | Bay High School | MS | |
Ms. Shauna Waters | English | Gabriel Broome | West Lauderdale High School | MS | |
Dr. Barbara Lowe | Speech and Debate | Siena Cizdziel | Oxford High School | MS | |
Dr. Philip Benge | Mathematics | Hamilton Wan | Mississippi School For Mathematics And Science | MS | |
Mr. John Zirkle | Performing Arts | Ava King | Lone Peak High School | MT | |
Mr. Qiang Chen | Chinese | Iman Dancy | Enloe Magnet High School | NC | |
Ms. Nadia Makar | Science | Pablo Garcia | Union City High School | NJ | |
Mr. Daniel Jennings | History | Shihao Li | Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School | NJ | |
Ms. Melva Yazzie | Mathematics | Corbyn Foster | Piedra Vista High School | NM | |
Mrs. Jillian Slindee | Counselor | Corbyn Foster | Piedra Vista High School | NM | |
Mr. James Quinlisk | English | Sachi Takara Sharp | Brighton High School | NY | |
Dr. John Davis | Science | Patrick Paszkowski | Staten Island Technical High School | NY | |
Ms. Annie Scavelli | History | Josephine Steuer Ingall | Institute For Collaborative Education | NY | |
Mr. Lyubomir Detchkov | Mathematics | Daniel Ma | Hunter College High School | NY | |
Mr. Lance Beverly | Counselor | Yuriy Dekhkanov | Forest Hills High School | NY | |
Mr. Wade Klein | Counselor | Elizabeth (Annie) Giman | High School For Math Science And Engineering @ CUNY | NY | |
Mr. Joseph Lorge | Counselor | Emma Levin | Paul D Schreiber Senior High School | NY | |
Mr. Aaron Debbink | Science | David Skidmore | Indian Hill High School | OH | |
Mrs. Teri Walls | English | Alysha Siddiqi | Edmond North High School | OK | |
Mr. Anthony Hall | Counselor | Gianna Griffin | Taylor Allderdice High School | PA | |
Mrs. Jillian Ratti | English | Collin Robinson | Mcminn County High School | TN | |
Ms. Jennifer Gavigan | English | Dereen Shirnekhi | John Overton Comprehensive High School | TN | |
Mr. Andres Altamirano | English | Karla Camacho | Idea Brownsville College Prep | TX | |
Mr. Adam Lopez | Social Studies | Kayleigh Larsen | Wagner High School | TX | |
Mrs. Karen Hunnicutt | Theory of Knowledge | Dora Pang | Allen High School | TX | |
Dr. David Rivera | Science | Enrique Valencia | Los Fresnos High School | TX | |
Ms. Nicole Lyssy | Science | Abhinav Godavarthi | Plano West Senior High School | TX | |
Ms. Kathleen Otal | Counselor | Minh Thu Hoang | Mclean High School | VA | |
Mr. Marcus McAleer | Mathematics | Rachel Willis | Pullman High School | WA | |
Mrs. Rhonda McGee | Social Studies | Chai Young Yi | North Creek High School | WA | |
Mr. David Pollock | Science | Giovanna Truong | Cedarburg Senior High School | WI | |
Ms. Jessica Pellegrino | Counselor | Benjamin Scher | Middleton High School | WI | |
Mr. Anthony Oliveras | Counselor | Veronika Denner | Brg 14 Linzerstraße | Austria | |
Mr. Wolfgang Widmer | English | Veronika Denner | Brg 14 Linzerstraße | Austria | |
Mr. Labbeaus Peloewetse | Mathematics | Joel Binu | Maru-A-Pula School | Botswana | |
Mr. Christian Youngs | Science | Kaloyan Kolev | American College Of Sofia | Bulgaria | |
Mrs. Andrea Regier | Science | Quinton Ong | Bishop James Mahoney | Canada | |
Mr. Steven Muraski | English | Yilin Chen & Keyi Liu | The Experimental High School Attached To Beijing Normal University | China | |
Mr. Jim Barekman | Counselor | Estephanos Bekele | Intl Community School of Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | |
Mrs. Mary Asuma | English | Jean-Joel Ocran | Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School | Ghana | |
Mr. Vijayakumar C | History | Anusha Sarathy | The International School Bangalore | India | |
Ms. Rosamaria Lioy | German | Antonio Cilibrizzi | Liceo Linguistico “L. Da Vinci-Nitti” Potenza | Italy | |
Mrs. Irene Nardiello | Counselor | Antonio Cilibrizzi | Liceo Linguistico “L. Da Vinci-Nitti” Potenza | Italy | |
Mr. Paul Mitchell | Counselor | Christian Martinez Contreras | British School Warsaw | Poland | |
Mr. Winston Cheong | English | Shi Wen Yeo | Raffles Institution | Singapore |