Legacy Awards

  • (These awards were last presented in 2008-09.)
     
    The Lawrence Education Association and its Lawrence Education Achievement Partner, Truity Credit Union, presented monthly teaching Legacy Awards to certified teachers who make a significant impact on the lives of their students by working tirelessly to assure student success.

    2008-09
    Paula Hatcher, Free State High School Nurse
    Kelly Holtz, Kennedy Elementary First-Grade Teacher
    Julie Miller, West Junior High Physical Education Teacher
    David Unruh, USD 497 Behavior Specialist
    Sharron Witters, Central Junior High Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher
    Jack Hood, Lawrence High History and Government Teacher
    Adela Solis, Cordley Elementary English as a Second Language Resource Teacher

    2007-08
    Martha Oldham, Lawrence High School Library Media Specialist
    Sherry Vratil, Wakarusa Valley Elementary Fifth-Grade Teacher
    Teena Johnson, Free State High Gifted Education Facilitator
    Jim Immel and Janet Bates, East Heights Early Childhood Teachers
    Susan Vossler, Schwegler Elementary Sixth-Grade Teacher
    Roger Clouser, South Junior High Social Studies Teacher
    Carolyn Klote, Special Education/Therapeutic Classroom Teacher

    2006-07
    Diane Toplikar, Free State High, Library Media Specialist
    Ronald Lang, Lawrence High, English Teacher
    Michel Loomis, Central Junior High, English and Physical Education Teacher
    Katie Aschenbach, Woodlawn Elementary, Speech and Language Pathologist
    Mary Beasley, Wakarusa Valley Elementary
    Paula Flannery, District-wide, Special Education
    Linda Allen, Lawrence High School Counselor

    2005-06
    Lisa Clark, Schwegler Elementary, First-Grade Teacher
    Dan Karasek, Prairie Park Elementary, Fifth-Grade Teacher
    Kathy Stuntz, South Junior High, Science Teacher
    Debra Green, Lawrence High, Math Teacher
    Bob Franz, District-wide, Counselor

    2004-05
    Joyce DeSalvo, Southwest Junior High, Learning Strategies Teacher
    Katy Buck, District-wide, Health Services Facilitator
    Lanell Finneran, Bert Nash Therapeutic Classroom Teacher
    Alan Brummell, Schwegler Elementary, Art Teacher
    Mary Fulbright, Pinckney Elementary, Fifth-Grade Teacher
    Joni Weiss, Cordley Elementary
    Steve Grant, Free State High, Social Studies Teacher and Athletic Director
    Melessa Demo, Lawrence High, Counselor
    Pam Nuzum, South Junior High, Counselor

    2003-04
    Teresa Clough, West Junior High, Counselor
    Sandy Liechti, West Junior High, Counselor
    Alison Nye, Quail Run Elementary, First-Grade Teacher
    Vicki Maykulsky, Pinckney and Sunflower Elementary, Speech and Language Teacher
    Linda Wildgen, Lawrence High, Transition Facilitator
    Shirley Spencer, Wakarusa Valley Elementary, First-Grade Teacher
    Valerie Howland, Broken Arrow Elementary, Kindergarten Teacher
    Cindy Murray, Lawrence High, School Nurse
    Karen Warner, Deerfield Elementary, Second-Grade Teacher
    Vickie McCauley, West Junior High, Physical Education Teacher

    2002-03
    Jayne Polcyn, Langston Hughes Elementary, Fifth-Grade Teacher
    Diane Low, Southwest Junior High
    Keri Austin-Janousek, West Junior High, English Teacher
    Pat Grzenda, District-wide, Special Education
    Becky Spradlin, Pinckney Elementary, Fourth-, Fifth- and Sixth-Grade Teacher
    Leellyn Tuel, Hillcrest Elementary, Second-Grade Teacher
    Lynn Beets, Schwegler Elementary, Second-Grade Teacher
    Mick Lowe, West Junior High, Principal
    Terry Wells, Lawrence High, English Teacher
    Cathy Williams, Prairie Park Elementary, Fifth-Grade Teacher

    2001-02
    Debby Crady, Schwegler Elementary, Third-Grade Teacher
    David Tenpenny, Lawrence High, Industrial Technology Teacher
    Dick Wedel, Lawrence Alternative High School Program, English and History Teacher
    Carolyn Derusseau, West Junior High
    Carolyn Berry, Free State High, Art Teacher
    Nancy Ornburn, New York Elementary, Second- and Third-Grade Teacher
    Bev Hyde, Cordley Elementary, Second-Grade Teacher
    Cheryl Chaput, Lawrence High, Math Teacher

    2000-01
    Mary Grant, Pinckney Elementary, Second- and Third-Grade Teacher
    Kathy Wagner, West Junior High, Math Teacher
    Mark Rickabaugh, Lawrence High, Agricultural Studies Teacher
    Linda Browning, Sunflower Elementary
    Marjorie Cole, Broken Arrow Elementary
    Andi Parson, Central Junior High, Social Studies Teacher
    Phyllis LaRue, Wakarusa Valley Elementary
    Paulette Breithaupt, Sunset Hill Elementary, Kindergarten Teacher
    Glenda Brenton, Hillcrest Elementary
    Marcia McPhail, South Junior High, Library Media Specialist