2019 William T. Dwyer Awards
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The William T. Dwyer Awards for Excellence in Education is an annual program of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County Foundation, recognizing outstanding educators from public and private schools in Palm Beach County. The program seeks to increase awareness of the exemplary teaching in our community, while supporting educators and schools with financial awards and encouraging residents to promote high standards of excellence in education.
We received hundreds of applications for the 35th Annual 2019 Dwyer Awards. The applicants were inspiring, and we heard incredible stories of passion, perseverance, and creativity. Entrants spanned across Palm Beach County and represented education of every kind from both public and private schools.
Applicants were judged on their classroom accomplishments, personal education philosophy, leadership and outside of the classroom school-related or community-based activities. To all the educators who entered: Thank you for sharing your story with us – you have inspired us with your dedication to ensuring excellence for our students. Our judges – nearly 80 business leaders from Palm Beach County – worked tirelessly to read and evaluate each and every entry and were tasked with the difficult mission to narrow down the applications to only 30 finalists.
So without further ado, we are honored to present the Finalists of the 2019 William T. Dwyer Awards for Excellence in Education.
| First name | Last name | Category | School |
| Karen | Epstein | Career Education | Wellington Landings Middle School |
| Laura | Harper | Career Education | Okeeheelee Middle School |
| Cheryl | Marshall Shimmel | Career Education | Olympic Heights Community High School |
| Stacey | Critchlow | Career Education | Seminole Ridge High School |
| Todd | Harvey | Career Education | Indian Ridge School |
| First name | Last name | Category | School |
| Barbara | Boehringer | Elementary | Palm Beach Gardens Elementary |
| Kathy | Zangen | Elementary | Binks Forest Elementary |
| Marcia | Arena | Elementary | Banyan Creek Elementary |
| Ramona | Smith | Elementary | Jerry Thomas Elementary |
| Tara | Beam | Elementary | Northboro Elementary |
| First name | Last name | Category | School |
| Paul | Destito | Middle School | Jupiter Middle School |
| Christina | Donnelly | Middle School | Bak Middle School of the Arts |
| Annette | Johnson | Middle School | Palm Beach Day Academy |
| Julio | Vega | Middle School | Watson B. Duncan Middle School |
| Susan | Kinderman | Middle School | Loggers Run Middle School |
| First name | Last name | Category | School |
| David | Traill | Senior High | Suncoast Community High School |
| Dorothy | Schroader | Senior High | Santaluces High School |
| Carly | Gates | Senior High | Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts |
| Daniella | Boyd | Senior High | Royal Palm Beach High School |
| Toshimi | Abe-Janiga | Senior High | Riviera Beach Preparatory & Achievement Academy |
| First name | Last name | Category | School |
| Jaimee | Stamile | Special Program | Bak Middle School of the Arts |
| Kelly | Azor | Special Program | Okeeheelee Middle School |
| Nikki | Magnetico | Special Program | The Weiss School |
| Oscar | Gamez | Special Program | Indian Ridge School |
| Sarah | Call | Special Program | Boca Raton Community High School |
| Toni | Pilla | Special Program | Royal Palm Beach High School |
| First name | Last name | Category | School |
| Heather | Grove | STEM Program | Osceola Creek Middle School |
| Joshua | Peters | STEM Program | Hidden Oaks K- 8 School |
| Kevin | Simmons | STEM Program | The Weiss School |
| Margarette | Marturano | STEM Program | Seminole Ridge High School |
| Tracy | Sheppard | STEM Program | Elbridge Gale Elementary |
On April 27, 2019, our panel of judges comprised of business leaders throughout Palm Beach County will evaluate the finalists in person and select six winners – one from each category
The winners will be announced on May 15, 2019, at the 35th Annual William T. Dwyer Awards for Excellence in Education. Each of the six winning educators will receive a cash prize of $3,000.
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SAVE THE DATE:
35th Annual William T. Dwyer Awards
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Dwyer Awards Coordinator: Natalie Carron
ncarron@ec-pbc.org or 684-1551