The Educational Foundation of Neenah will honor 17 Neenah Joint School District educators in its inaugural "Rocketing Ahead: Celebration of Education" Teaching Awards.
Each recipient will receive a grant for classroom enhancements or professional development opportunities. The grants were created to recognize educators who have demonstrated innovative or creative classroom methods and who are involved in extra-curricular activities for their students and community. They will be honored at the District’s Employee of the Year reception at the Best Western Bridgewood Resort Hotel and Conference Center on Wed., April 25 from 3:45-5 p.m.
Each school has at least one recipient of the awards with two honorees from Shattuck Middle School and four from Neenah High School.
Those honored include: Sarah Broda (Clayton), Katherine Hess (Coolidge), Kayla Bloomstrand (Hoover), Mary Thompson (Lakeview), Andra Mory (Roosevelt/Alliance), Roxann Barrow (Spring Road), Justin Schultz (Taft), Leo Sances (Tullar), Sandra Miller (Washington), Cathy Johnson (Wilson), Tricia Retzlaff (Horace Mann), Chris Jones (Shattuck), Kyle Popp (Shattuck), Lisa Dorschner (NHS), Barb Jirikowic (NHS) and Steve Jung (NHS). High school guidance counselors Christine Christensen and Amanda Devries were chosen as a “team” selection.
The Educational Foundation of Neenah, founded in 1986, is a non-profit community based organization with an all volunteer board of directors. The foundation’s mission is to provide funds to enhance the quality, accessibility and diversity of learning opportunities within the Neenah public school community. Since its inception, the foundation has awarded numerous grants based on a diverse mix of academic areas throughout the District.
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