Kane Co. educator awards to be bestowed Friday
The county's top teachers, school administrators and school support workers will be honored Friday night in St. Charles.
The Kane County Regional Office of Education's 35th annual awards banquet will be held at the Pheasant Run Mega Center.
Awards will be presented in six categories: special educator, elementary school teacher, middle school teacher, high school teacher, administrator and support staff.
One of the nominees will be named the overall Educator of the Year.
The 2009 Educator of the Year was Deborah Perryman of Elgin School District U-46.
People from eight of Kane County's nine public school districts were nominated. No private-school educators were nominated.
NomineesThese people have been nominated for 2010 Kane County Regional Office of Education awards. One will also be named Educator of the Year:Special educatorbull; Gail M. Feltault, occupational therapist, Mid-Valley Special Education Cooperativebull; Mary Langan, preschool teacher of hard-of-hearing students, Mid-Valley Special Education Cooperativebull; Nanette Phillips, learning resource/media center director, Hoover-Wood Elementarybull; Teresa K. Konen, English as a Second Language Response to Intervention facilitator, Blackberry Creek Elementarybull; Christopher P. Lewandowski, school psychologist, St. Charles North High Schoolbull; Carlene Kellenberger, certified school nurse, Independence PreschoolHigh school teacherbull; William J. Kettering, social studies, Batavia bull; Kelly Keating, social studies, East Aurorabull; John Gorman, music, Dundee-Crownbull; Marsha L. Zierk, English, Burlington Centralbull; Victor L. Vant, applied studies, St. Charles Eastbull; Sarah Cress, photography, Streamwoodbull; Anthony Zoubek, English and communications, BartlettMiddle school teacherbull; Thomas O'Reilly, regular education resources, Rotolobull; Karen Morris, language arts, C.F. Simmonsbull; Nancy Garber, seventh-grade language arts and AVID teacher, DundeeElementary school teacherbull; Stephanie Rene Felker, fourth grade, Olney C. Allenbull; Donna Troka, teacher, Rose E. Krugbull; Kelly D. Bolas, cross-categorical instructional special education teacher, Kenneth E. Neubertbull; Terry Sportsman, physical education, Prairie View Grade Schoolbull; Lisa E. Weimer, Kaneland Blackberry Creekbull; Michael C. Graham, physical education, Heartlandbull; Mark Hutson, general music, Sycamore Trailsbull; Cynthia Wendt, sixth-grade gifted-education teacher, SheridanAdministratorbull; Greg Romaneck, associate superintendent for human resources, Batavia District 101bull; Francisco de los Santos, principal, L.D. Brady Elementary School, East Aurora District 131bull; David Oleson, principal, Burlington Central High Schoolbull; Larry Imel, director, Fox Valley Career CenterSupport staffbull; Scott Sweigart, buildings and grounds supervisor, East Aurora District 131bull; Marilyn Becker, cross-categorical para-educator, Gary D. Wright Elementarybull; Doreen Johnson-Moore, paraprofessional, Prairie Knolls Middle Schoolbull; Heidi A. Espino, Response to Intervention reading assistant, Kaneland John Stewart Elementary Schoolbull; Victoria L. Schlinder, student activities secretary, St. Charles East High Schoolbull; Wency Marcec, teaching assistant, Friendship Station Preschool, Geneva District 304SOURCE: Kane County Regional Office of Education