The Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions has the distinct pleasure of recognizing the following educators as recipients of the 2017 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 411 nominees, who represent 42 states and 24 countries, 58 teachers and 30 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. Wade Long | Social Studies | Trent Kannegieter | Bayside Academy | AL |
Mr. Jason Lard | Social Studies | Kaitlyn Corfman | Lexington High School | AL |
Mrs. Jennifer Luque | Counselor | Jack Fresquez | Trivium Preparatory Academy | AZ |
Ms. Ashley Bahner | Counselor | Michael Curcio | Canyon Crest Academy | CA |
Mr. Darren Johnston | Counselor | Anna Gumberg | Carmel High School | CA |
Lt. Col. David Worley | AF JROTC | Grace Kim | Crescenta Valley High School | CA |
Mrs. Carole Shelby | English | Marcela Sanchez | El Modena High School | CA |
Ms. Valerie Geason | Counselor | Jewel Moore | Lakeside High School | CA |
Mrs. Jessica Calbreath | Counselor | Annie Gao | Northwood High School | CA |
Ms. Allison Upstill | Counselor | Spencer Hagaman | Ocean View High School | CA |
Ms. Bianca Bulic | History | Renee Su | Orange County School of the Arts | CA |
Mrs. Donna Maciosek | Science | Tia Maresca | Palm Desert High School | CA |
Mrs. Kimberly Yeyna | English | Matthew Sáenz | Riverside Polytechnic High School | CA |
Ms. Tracy Ishimaru | Counselor | Charlotte Emerson | South Pasadena High School | CA |
Mr. Brian LaRochelle | Counselor | Theodore Hague | Amity Regional High School | CT |
Ms. Silvia Nedelcov | Science | Emily Johnson | Bethel High School | CT |
Mrs. Jacqueline Albis | English | Taylor Spadory | East Haven High School | CT |
Mr. Timothy Huminski | English | Gabrielle Colangelo | Joel Barlow High School | CT |
Mr. Michael Clark | Talented and Gifted | Christian Milian | John F. Kennedy High School | CT |
Mrs. Christine Sales | Counselor | Daniel DiPrimio | Watertown High School | CT |
Mr. David Basile | Counselor | Vod Vilfort | Wilby High School | CT |
Mr. Matthew Magda | History | Vod Vilfort | Wilby High School | CT |
Mrs. Joyce Lawless | Spanish | Gabriel Roy | Newark Charter JR./SR. High School | DE |
Dr. Ancil Deluz | Communication Arts | Matthew Nadel | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | FL |
Mrs. Georgia Mounce | Counselor | Matthew Nadel | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | FL |
Mrs. Terri Kennedy | Science | Benjamin Tillinger | Cypress Bay High School | FL |
Mrs. Estrella Gonzalez | Science | Sabrina Macias | Southwest Miami High School | FL |
Ms. Joni Jameson | English | Caleb Kim | Archer High School | GA |
Mrs. Merritt Fields | Social Studies | Morgan Lawson | Crisp County High School | GA |
Mr. David Hornbeck | Mathematics | Madison Wells | Eastside High School | GA |
Ms. Tammy Thomas | English | Isabel Wanner | Fannin County Comprehensive High School | GA |
Mrs. Lesley Yarnell | Science | Alexander Kirov | Greenbrier High School | GA |
Mr. Greg Marr | Science | Karissa McCright | Mill Creek High School | GA |
Mr. Marc Pedersen | Science | Chayton Pabich | Paulding County High School | GA |
Mr. Kevin Johnson | Science | Trevor Passmore | Kauai High School | HI |
Mr. Joshua Ritchie | Counselor | Anna McClain-Sims | Borah High School | ID |
Ms. Lisa Gariepy | Mathematics | Athena Flint | Christopher Community High School | IL |
Dr. Anita White | Science | Neha Verma | Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy | IL |
Ms. Shannon Maney | English | Emily Rodriguez | University High School | IL |
Mrs. Trini Hartley | Counselor | Ruchira Ray | Warren Township High School | IL |
Mrs. Tammy Berebitsky | Counselor | Robert Howard | John Adams High School | IN |
Mrs. Dawn McNew | English | Andre Faria | Paintsville High School | KY |
Mrs. Lori Benoit | English | Simarpreet Chadha | Alfred M. Barbe High School | LA |
Mr. Tony Bergeron | Social Studies | Valente Hernandez-Bautista | H L Bourgeois High School | LA |
Mr. Ryan Watts | Counselor | Avery Arena | Gorham High School | ME |
Mrs. Jennifer Coburn | Mathematics | Joseph Brownsberger | Jefferson C-123 High School | MO |
Ms. Katie Boynton | Counselor | Brendan Campbell | Hellgate High School | MT |
Ms. Patty Hixson | History | Brendan Campbell | Hellgate High School | MT |
Mrs. Barbara Soloman | Mathematics | Emily Xu | Raleigh Charter High School | NC |
Mrs. Kari Brock | Social Studies | Hannah Manz | Shanley High School | ND |
Mr. Richard Winslow | Counselor | Vienna Scott | Hollis/Brookline High School | NH |
Mrs. Felicia Dobbs | Counselor | Rohan Angadi | Clovis High School | NM |
Ms. Kristine Dicolandrea | Latin | Esther Reyes | Achievement First Brooklyn High School | NY |
Mrs. Carol Dennison | Counselor | Jason Contino | Michael J. Petrides School | NY |
Mr. Dwight Putnam | Science | Sylvia Kryszczuk | Whitesboro High School | NY |
Mr. Kody Engle | History | Sarah Cameron | Jenks High School | OK |
Dr. Janet Waldeck | Science | Cecily Gao | Taylor Allderdice High School | PA |
Mrs. Gina Faas | French | Sarah Baskin | Ashley Ridge High School | SC |
Mrs. Donna Phillips | Counselor | Zyria Rodgers | Gaffney High School | SC |
Mr. Dominique Fenton | Counselor | Jacob Rosales | Red Cloud High School | SD |
Ms. Stefanie McClain | Counselor | Anna Sun | White Station High School | TN |
Mr. Eric Atkins | Science | Ameera Billings | Alamo Heights High School | TX |
Mrs. Cecilee Echols | Mathematics | Brian Lin | Coronado High School | TX |
Mr. Vinay Dulip | Science | Robert Carter | Foy H. Moody Health Science Academy | TX |
Mrs. Lynn Henderson | Counselor | Kingrey Sullens | Hallsville High School | TX |
Ms. Jennifer Roberts | English | Kingrey Sullens | Hallsville High School | TX |
Mr. Sergio Estrada | Science | Ricardo Soto | Riverside High School | TX |
Dr. Leah Deane | History | Katherine Salinas | St. Andrews Episcopal School | TX |
Mrs. Marissa Blakley | Mathematics | Marissa Rivera | YES Prep East End | TX |
Dr. Patrick Bradley | Latin | Oishani Basuchoudhary | Rockbridge County High School | VA |
Mr. Kevan O’Donnell | Mathematics | Ryan Taggard | Brattleboro Union High School | VT |
Ms. Joanna Fradrich | English | Helia Gagnon | Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School | WI |
Mrs. Stephanie Gruber | Counselor | Helia Gagnon | Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School | WI |
Ms. Lauren Smith | Counselor | Xinwei Guo | Morgantown High School | WV |
Mrs. Suzan Newberry | Business | Ryley Constable | Campbell County High School | WY |
Mr. Matthew Clapp | Social Studies | Yoanna Lazarova | American College of Sofia | Bulgaria |
Ms. Susan Rivers | Science | Jeffrey Zhou | Western Canada High School | Canada |
Mr. Ryan Welborn | History | Carolina Porcile | The International School Nido de Aguilas | Chile |
Mr. Alemu Asfaw | Counselor | Beamlak Ashenafi | Saint Joseph High School | Ethiopia |
Ms. Evelyn Hunnewell | English | Alexander Wyckoff | École Jeannine Manuel | France |
Mrs. Angeline Ang | Counselor | Gregory Jany | Sekolah Pelita Harapan | Indonesia |
Mr. Glenn Scoggins | Counselor | Yuki Kawamura | Saint Maur International School | Japan |
Mrs. Mabrookah Heneidi | Counselor | Amer Al-Hiyasat | Amman Academy | Jordan |
Mrs. Graciela Capin | Mathematics | Fausto Alexandro Hernandez Reyes Retana | Greengates School | Mexico |
Ms. Andrea Thompson | English | Samantha Westfall | International School of Manila | Philippines |
Mr. John Wolff | Science | João Cardoso | Carlucci American International School of Lisbon | Portugal |
Dr. Maarten Meijer | English | Eui Young Kim | Cheongshim International Academy | Republic of Korea |
Mrs. Rima Trew | Counselor | Phyllis Mugadza | Hellenic Academy | Zimbabwe |