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    • Who are the Collier County Teachers of Distinction for 2024-2025?
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    Who are the Collier County Teachers of Distinction for 2024-2025?

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    The Collier County Education Foundation—Champions For Learning recently announced the 2024-2025 Collier County Teachers of distinction.

    As a starting point for The Golden Apple Program, Champions For Learning invites each public school in Collier County to nominate an outstanding educator and their high-impact practice.

    And this year, 54 educators from 53 Collier Public Schools were selected as Distinguished Teachers, who stand out among their peers.

    Distinguished Teachers are part of the Golden Apple process

    The 54, as in years past, stood out for their ingenuity, which “allows them to create and establish high-impact practices that lead to definable and demonstrable student success in classrooms,” the Education Foundation said of Collier County – Champions for Learning in a press release.

    The Champions For Learning volunteer selection committee will meet and visit the classrooms of all Distinguished Teachers to learn about their high-impact practices. And “after careful consideration, the committee will identify the educators who will become this year’s Golden Apple recipients,” the press release said.

    The educators, along with all Distinguished Teachers, will be honored at the Golden Apple Celebration event on Saturday, April 26 at the Naples United Church of Christ.

    This event is free and open to the community to attend in support of our outstanding educators and the teaching profession. For more information about the event, including sponsorship opportunities, contact Wyatt Blatt at [email protected].

    54 educators teach in 53 public schools in Collier County

    Here are the 2024-2025 Collier County Distinguished Teachers:

    Marc Lyba, Aubrey Rogers High School; Melissa Miller, Avalon Elementary; Gina Manville DeJager, Barron Collier High School; Emilia Roman, Mayor of Big Cypress; Michelle Adam, Calusa Park Elementary; Sarah Simmons, Collier Charter Academy; Kim Fortman, Corkscrew Elementary; Vanessa Rodriguez & Dorsey, Garrett Corkscrew Middle; Brandy Brezina, Cypress Palm Middle; Wendi Lange, East Naples Middle; Iisus Segura, the mayor of Eden Park; Babett Koncz, Elementary Estates; Susan Baumler, Everglades City School; Ricardo Diaz-Lucente, Golden Gate Elementary; Lesley Jones, Golden Gate High School; Brittany Brodowsky, Golden Gate Middle; Lindsey Fitz, Golden Terrace; Sarah Badger, Gulf Coast Charter Academy South

    Susan Soulard, Gulf Coast High School; Pricialla Arriaga, Gulfview Middle; Cara Denny, Herbert Cambridge Elementary; Ludy Palacios, Highlands Elementary’ Michael Caruso. Immokalee High; Marthine Clervoix, Immokalee Middle; Omar Rodriguez, Immokalee Technical College; Lake Park Mayor Sydney Whittaker; Steve Grimes, Lake Trafford Elementary; Andrea Chaney, Laurel Oak Elementary; Monica Lorenz Lavern, Gaynor Elementary; Megan Noe, Lely Elementary; Cindy Gomez, Lely High School; Luann Pike-Schoenherr, Lorenzo Walker Technical College; Kerri Pakalnis, Manatee Elementary; Elizabeth LoGiudice, Manatee Middle; Robin Crawford, Marco Island Charter Middle; Sandy Kivett, Mike Davis Elementary; Monica Rodriguez, Naples High School; Aglika Atanasov, Mayor of Napoli Park; Amarillys Berrios, Oakridge Middle; and Samantha Ehl, Osceola Elementary.

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