Crystal Apple ‘Teachers of Distinction’ announced

MARSHFIELD — Twenty-four local “Teachers of Distinction” have been selected as part of the Crystal Apple Awards process, which is presented by the Marshfield Area Chamber Foundation. In its 13th year, the Crystal Apple Awards kicked off this past February as volunteers visited area schools and encouraged students to nominate their favorite teacher for recognition.

Nominated teachers were then put on ballots to be further voted on by their peers to determine the educators most deserving of recognition. On Tuesday, March 24, Crystal Apple Ambassadors traveled to each of the schools to announce the “Teachers of Distinction.”

The “Teachers of Distinction” will now prepare to present their teaching philosophies to a selection team, which will then select four Crystal Apple winners from that group. In addition to the recognition from peers and students, the four award winners will also receive $1,000.

All 24 “Teachers of Distinction” will be honored at the Crystal Apple banquet on October 7 of this year at the Holiday Inn in Marshfield.

This year the Chamber Foundation received a record 1,040 nominations, representing 329 educators in 24 different schools.

2015 Teachers of Distinction
Auburndale Elementary	Marty Yohn – Elementary & Middle School Art
Auburndale Middle/High School	Kara Lasiewicz – Secondary Art
Columbus Catholic High School	Danielle Wojcik – Art
Columbus Catholic St. John’s/OLP	Cheryl Schmidt – Second
Columbus Catholic St. John’s/OLP	Emily Wipple – First
Granton Schools	Kim Aumann – Fifth
Greenwood Elementary	Jill Pedretti – Kindergarten
Greenwood Middle/High School	Penny Wehrs – Physical Education
Immanuel Lutheran	Brenda Kuhnau – Fourth
Marshfield Grant	Matthew Korth – Fourth
Marshfield Grant	Amber Schultz – First
Marshfield High School	Dean McFarlane – Science
Marshfield High School	Joshua Knecht – Science
Marshfield High School	Jessica LeMoine – Science
Marshfield Lincoln	Sondra Baierl – Second
Marshfield Madison	Amy Beil-Larson – Third
Marshfield Middle School	Karmen Gorman – Health
Marshfield Nasonville	Bridgett Reil – Art
Marshfield Washington	Ann Kollross-Ott – Exceptional Student Services
Pittsville Elementary	Susanne Niehaus – Kindergarten
Pittsville High School	Todd Stewart – Life Science & Psychology
Spencer Elementary	Janet Wolf – 4K
Spencer High School	Ruby Thomas – Art
St. Joseph School	Jan Schmidt – Second