Page 16 - Southern Exposure- May '23

Page 16, Southern Exposure

All About KidS from page 15

2023 Finalists Middle School Education
Grow Up Great: Early Elementary Education Steven Gordon, Western Pines Middle
Cathy Eckstein, Wellington Elementary School; School; Fern Long, Emerald Cove Middle
Courtney Ensor-Acevedo, Manatee Elementary School; School; Rebecca Patterson, The Conservatory
Cindy Fakhoury, Lake Worth Elementary; Magaly School; Shannon Solis, Village Academy
Hodgkiss, South Olive Elementary School Senior High Education
Elementary Education Arnekua Jackson, Boynton Beach High
Jacqueline Barreras, New Horizons Elementary School; School; Adiane Leon, Lake Worth Community
Amy Carroll, Marsh Pointe Elementary School; Susana High School; Alison Moe, Santaluces High
Diaz Hernandez, Greenacres Elementary School; Will School; Monica Russell, Suncoast High School
Rhymes, Northmore Elementary School Special Programs
Ashraf Abdelsayed, Discovery Key
Elementary School; Claudia Bueno, Palm Beach
GRE, LSAT, Public Elementary School; Jennifer Tobin,
Elbridge Gale Elementary School; Rita Wicks,
And MCAT Lantana Elementary School Jan Cairnes of Hanley Foundation; Board member Alexandria Ayala;
STEM Education
Kristin Delatorre, The Conservatory School;
Accommodations Charles Fisher, Calusa Elementary School; Board member Karen Brill; Superintendent of Schools Mike Burke;
Board Chair Frank Barbieri; Chief of Staff Jay Boggess of The School
Amy Goldberg, Del Prado Elementary School;
Caroline Westervelt, Western Pines Middle
District of Palm Beach County; Sergio Mariaca, Dwyer Awards chair
School at the 2022 Dwyer Awards for Excellence in Education
By Jim Forgan, Ph.D., School Psychologist Student Advancement And Career Education
Thomas Hrebin, Pioneer Park Elementary School; Kummerien, Palm Beach Gardens High School; Randi
The Graduate Record Olivia James, Discovery Key Elementary School; Karen Schietz, Binks Forest Elementary School
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