2008 Educator Grants Announced

AFA is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2008 National Educator Grants. The Educator Grant program is designed to promote aerospace education activities in classrooms from kindergarten through twelfth grades. Funds may be used for any aerospace education related activity from purchasing textbooks or videotapes, to going on a field trip to an aerospace museum, Air Force base or other aerospace facility. The program encourages development of innovative aerospace activities within the prescribed curriculum. The program also encourages establishing an active relationship between the school and the local Air Force Association organization.

Following is the list of the 2008 recipients and they can also be found at http://www.afa.org/aef/aid/educator.asp.

Frank Pendzich
Gen. H. H. Arnold High School
APO, AE

Diane Harps
Denali Montessori School
Anchorage, AK

Suzanne Hinton
William Tyson Elementary School
Anchorage, AK

Sharon Martinisko
Wesilla Middle School
Wasilla, A

Liane Ryan
Teeland Middle School
Wasilla, AK

Mary Gurley
Taylor Road Academy
Montgomery, AL

Gary O'Day
Arkansas High School
Texarkana, AR

Avil Snow
Heber Springs High School
Heber Springs, AR

Lynnlee Vance
North Heights Junior High School
Texarkana, AR

Kim Balstad
Sycamore Elementary School
Vail, AZ

Nancy Foote
Higley High School
Gilbert, AZ

George McClain
Buckeye Union High School
Buckey, AZ

Sandra Trevino
Buena High School
Sierra Vista, AZ

PJ Jeffery
Hickham Elementary School
San Diego, CA

Nancy McIntyre
Chaminade College Preparatory School
West Hills, CA

William Norman
Valley High School
Sacramento, CA

Thomas Sarradet
Cain (E.V) Middle School
Auburn, CA

Martin Teachworth
La Jolla High Senior High School
La Jolla, CA

Marlene Burkhart
Elizabeth Middle School
Elizabeth, CO

Diane Comstock
Gold Camp Elementary School
Colorado Springs, CO

Jill Parket
Elizabeth Middle School
Elizabeth, CO

Erik Russell
Odyssey Elementary School
Colorado Springs, CO

Maria Schwager
Highland Park Elementary School
Pueblo, CO

Bryan Holmes
Danbury High School
Danbury, CT

Jeffrey Mackniak
Shelton Intermediate School
Shelton, CT

Randy Albright
Hans Christian Anderson Elementary School
Rockledge, FL

Mary Anderson
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School
Melbourne, FL

Teresa Arrouet
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School
Melbourne, FL

Jeanne Barber-Morris
East Milton Elementary School
Milton, FL

Gevonne Blum
Southwest Middle School
Palm Bay, FL

Carla Chin
Jacksonville, FL

Manuel Cox
American Senior High School
Hialeah, FL

Samuel Crupi
Memorial Middle Schol
Orlando, FL

Betsy Farner
Tavares High School
Tavares, FL

Kathleen Foy
Crystal Lake Community Middle School
Pompano Beach, FL

Irene Gunderson
Crawfordville Elementary School
Crawfordville, FL

Shaakira Hardy
School for Applied Technology
Miami, FL

Jessica Hennings
Eastside Elementary School
Haines City, FL

Susan Hoover
Waterford Elementary School
Orlando, FL

Nicole Horton
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School
Melbourne, FL

Linda Matthews
Holley-Navarre Intermediate School Navarre, FL

Cynthia Rosenthal
Tavares Elementary School
Tavares, FL

Katrina Sanders
Flora Ridge Elementary School
Kissimmee, FL

John Sisko
St. Michael Interparochial School
Pensacola, FL

Guytri Still
Ronald McNair Magnet Middle School
Cocoa, FL

Denzil Thomas
(Home School)
Kissimmee, FL

Thomas White
C.K Steele/Leroy Collins Community Charter Middle
Tallahassee, FL

Earnest Broadnax
Newnan High School
Newnan, GA

Jestine Taylor
Fickett Elementary School
Atlanta, GA

Betty Brask
Pukalani Elementary School
Makawao, HI

Ted Pierson
Monroe High School
Kailua, HI

Joseph Dolan
Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School
Dubuque, IA

Deborah Swigert
Harding Middle School
Des Moines, IA

Robert Thomas
Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School
Chicago, IL

Barbara Cerwinske
St John Evangelist Elementary School
Saint John, IN

Bonnie Houk
Greenbush Southeast Kansas Education Service Center
Girard, KS

Kimberly Ring
Eureka Junior/Senior High School
Eureka, KS

Alan Schmidt
Wichita Northeast Magnet High School
Wichita, KS

Fiona Bennie
Horace Mann School for the Deaf
Allston, MA

Cynthia Gould
Southeast Middle School
Leominster, MA

Ed Ireland
Burncoat Senior High School
Worcester, MA

Jennifer Smith
Central Tree Middle School
Rutland, MA

Tonja Edgecomb
STARBASE Maine
Bangor, ME

John Storella-Mullin
Hanover Middle School
Hanover, MS

Kathy Kidder
Montana City Middle School
Clancy, MT

Shirley Braxton
William H. Owen Elementary School
Fayetteville, NC

Benjamin Davis
Robbinsville Middle School
Robbinsville, NC

Nancy Donaldson
Stedman Elementary School
Stedman, NC

Yvonne Krowka
Brevard Academy
Brevard, NC

Stephen Sycuro
West Stanley High School
Oakboro, NC

Jo Ann Schapp
Bishop Ryan High School
Minot, ND

Nancy Needham
Sacred Heart Elementary School
Omaha, NE

Mark Fiorentino
Littleton High School
Littleton, NH

Dan Heeter
Salem High School
Salem, NH

Judi Oswald
Mildred C. Lakeway School
Littleton, NH

Tiffany Picard
Christa McAuliffe Planetarium Concord, NH

Bridget Park
Galloway Community Charter School
Galloway, NJ

Jeanne Ramunda
Timothy Christian School
Piscataway, NJ

Elizabeth Rogacki
Mount Saint Dominic Academy
Caldwell, NJ

Patricia Black
Mesa View Elementary School
Grants, NM

Rachael Hattler
Govenor Bent Elementary School
Albuquerque, NM

A. Carey Sperling
Bridger Middle School North
Las Vegas, NV

Peter Sewart
Starpoint High School
Lockport, NY

Susan Buck
Saville Elementary School
Dayton, OH

Robin Caudill
Bloom-Carroll Middle School
Carroll, OH

Sara Cooley
Jefferson Montessori I Elementary
Dayton, OH

Frank Drain
Ohio Hi-Point Vocational School
Bellefonte, OH

Nancy Eben
Tecumseh High School
New Carlisle, OH

Tami Golliday
St. Mary's Memorial High School St Mary's, OH

Jan Harris
Mad River Middle School
Dayton, OH

Brian Lien
Princeton High School
Cincinnati, OH

Tammy Luttrell
Saville Elementary School
Dayton, OH

Eric Newman
Mt.Orab Middle School
Mt Orab, OH

Jared Nissen
Fairfield Middle School
Fairfield, OH

Tonda North
Indian Valley Middle School
Enon, OH

Rebecca O'Brien
Mills Lawn Elementary School
Yellow Springs, OH

Sharon Riley
North High School
Springfield, OH

Chantelle Rose
Graham High School
St Paris, OH

Linda Rudd
John F. Kennedy Elementary School
Kettering, OH

Dan Schwieterman
Herman K. Ankeney Middle School
Beavercreek, OH

Judi Sternsher
Clinton-Massie Elementary School
Clarksville, OH

Amy Thompson
Ross Middle School
Hamilton, OH

Elizabeth Wagner
Dohron Wilson Elementary School
Mechanicsburg, OH

Beppie Walerius
Van Buren Elementary School
Van Buren, OH

Jill Weaver
Twin Valley South Middle School
West Alexandria, OH

Jane Willmann
St Henry High School
St Henry, OH

Vonda Wood-Smith
Longfellow Center High School
Dayton, OH

Lupe Callihan
Howard Elementary School
Eugene, OR

Steve Heck
Milford Junior High School
Milford, OR

Penny Braverman
Graystone Academy Charter School
Coatsville, PA

Alice Hess
Archbishop Ryan High School
Philadelphia PA

Manuel Perry
Kickemuit Middle School
Warren, RI

Margaret Brown
Aiken Middle School
Aiken, SC

Jan Halstead
Hilton Head International Baccalaureate Elem School
Hilton Head Island, SC

Mark Avery
Haywood High School
Brownsville, TX

Ivan Cervantes
Mendez Middle School
Austin, TX

Kyle Jones
Sam Rayburn Middle School
Bryan, TX

Diana Larson
Ed Franz Elementary School
San Antonio, TX

Laurie McAdams
Martha Reid Elementary School
Arlington, TX

Sonia West
Blessed Sacrament School
Sandy, UT

Larry Aaron
Chatham High School
Chatham, VA

Timothy Couillard
James River High School
Midlothian, VA

Lisa Fain
Edwin A. Gibson Middle School
Danville, VA

Joseph Franco
West Potomac High School
Alexandria, VA

Terry Godwin
Mountain View High School
Stafford, VA

Donna Honeywell
Arlington Traditional School
Vienna, VA

Melinda Kelly
Colonial Heights Middle School
Colonial Heights, VA

Christopher Merritt
Menchville High School
Newport News, VA

Peter Gray
Battle Ground High School
Battle Ground, WA

Julie Kruizenga
North Crawford Elementary School
Soldiers Grove, WI

Lori Lahm
New Holstein Elementary School
New Holstein, WI

Mary Beth Marx
Westby Middle School
Westby, WI

Eileen Poling
Tuckey Valley Middle/Elementary School
Hambleton, WV

Andrea Leinen
Wheatland High School
Wheatland, WY
 

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