Awards Committee
January Board Report
Florida Music
EducatorÕs Association Annual Award Breakfast
Tampa Convention
Center; Ballroom D
Friday, January 8,
2010 at 7:00 a.m.
Debbie Fahmie,
FMEA Awards Chair
Hall of Fame Award
Dr. A. Byron Smith
Nominated by FMEA Hall of Fame Committee
Leadership Award for Music Education
Michael Parks
Nominated by Heather Burdick
College
Music Educator of the Year
Dr. Joy
Galliford
Nominated by
FEMEA Executive Board/LuAnne Leone
Superintendent of the Year
Dr. Michael Grego
Nominated by John Stewart on behalf of Osceola
County Music Teachers
Administrator of the Year
Mark A. Tormoen
Nominated by Wayne Bresette
Music
Educators of the Year
Secondary Music Educator- Ree Nathan (MS choral)
Nominated by FVA Executive Board/Beth Cummings
Elementary
Music Educator- Lu Anne Leone (Elementary music)
Nominated by
FEMEA Executive Board/Robert Todd
Innovative
Program/Project Awards
Secondary Project – Gaetano Ferlazzo
Mariner Middle School; ÒReading Comes Alive with
the Sound of Music Ò
Nominated by Gaetano Ferlazzo
Elementary
Project – Julie Herbert
Gene Witt
Elementary; ÒWitt Music All-NighterÓ
Nominated by
FEMEA Executive Board/Anita Travaglino
Distinquished Service Award
Andrea Barr & Tyrone Ramos of Apple, Inc.
Nominated by Janice Lancaster
25-Year Service Award
Beth K. Amato – 32 years
Greg Carswell – 33 years
DaLaine Chapman – 25 years
George Eloys, Jr. – 34 years
Dr. Joy
Galliford – 26 years
Erma L. Gillian – 43 years
Hannah V.
Heffington – 25 years
Gail Jacobs
– 26 years
Denise
Corradino Legan – 26 years
Karen A. Lewis – 26 years
Shirley A. Miller – 26 years
Tammy Roggen – 25 years
Sandy Rosengren
– 28 years
Sheryl R. Shafer – 37 years
Middle/High
School Music Enrollment Award
Surfside Middle
School – 35%
Bay County
Michelle Birdwell, Fred
Mullen
Principal – Dr.
Sue Harrell
Coleman Middle
School – 36%
Hillsborough
County
Christopher Dunn, Ed
Thanz
Principal –
Michael Hoskinson
Calvary Christian
Academy – 37%
Broward County
James Mullen, Monica
Colon, Kathryn Salinas
Principal – Rob
Lofthouse
Howard Middle
School – 39%
Orange County
Aaron W. Penfield,
Melissa Sandusky
Principal –
Carl Cartwright
Freedom Middle
School – 39%
Orange County
John Antmann, Jennifer
Rhodes
Principal –
Timothy Smith
Adams Middle
School – 43%
Hillsborough
County
Judith Romera, Nancy
Barlar, William Baran
Principal –
Odayls Pritchard
Indian Trails
Middle School – 43%
Seminole County
Stephanie Hart, Monique McIntyre
Principal –
Lois Chavis
Williams IB Middle
School – 43%
Hillsborough
County
Robert Halczyn, Leslie
Wolfe
Principal – Pat
Harrell
Woodland Middle
School – 43%
Sarasota County
Seth Gardner, David
Wing
Principal – Kristine Lawrence
Florida State
University School – 45%
Leon County
Terice Allen, John
Buckley, Deborah Meade
Principal – Dr.
Jonathan Grantham
Wilson Middle
School – 45%
Hillsborough
County
Kristy Dell, Timothy
Fox
Principal –
Stephanie Woodford
Fruit Cove Middle
School – 49%
St. Johns County
Don Isabelle, Jeff
Staffaroni
Principal –
Steve McCormick
Blankner School
– 53%
Orange County
Courtney Coker, Maudrie
Sleming
Principal –
Polly Rope
Gotha Middle
School - 55%
Orange County
Jodi Wunsch, Edith
Young, Lynne Rudzik, Benjamin Veligdan
Principal –
Cheri Godek
James Madison
Middle School – 56%
Brevard County
Paul Jackson, Dustin
Werner, Dennis Phillips
Principal –
Joan Sparks
McLaughlin MS Fine
Arts Academy – 65%
Polk County
Lisa Walker, David
Fisher, Gian Monacelli, Seth Pendergast
Principal –
Matt Burkett
Keswick Christian
School – 66%
Pinellas County
Steve Harris, Chanda Mangiaracina
Principal –
David Holtzhouse
St. Joseph
Catholic School – 73%
Martin County
William Lindner
Principal –
Mary Preston
St. MarkÕs
Episcopal School – 109%
Palm Beach County
Bethany Barfield, Lillie
Gelfand
Principal – Kay
Carnes
Florida Music
Demonstration Schools Program
School
Designations – 2010-2013
Apollo Elementary School
Principal: Dr. Pamella R. OÕKell
Music Teacher: Sheila King
Davenport School of the Arts
Principal: Brian Kier
Music Teachers: Mary Anne Suggs,
Kyle Guira, Kendra Menzie, Sarah Smokay
Discovery Elementary School
Principal: Dawna Bobersky
Music Teachers: Cindy Dain,
Rebekah Villanueva
Manatee Elementary School
Principal: Carl Brown
Music Teachers: Sharon Lester
Oak Park Elementary School
Principal: Ronald Dedmon
Music Teacher: Mary Jackson
Osceola Elementary School
Principal: Susan Roberts
Music Teachers: Janine Jones
Southwest Middle School
Principal: Todd Scheuerer
Music Teachers: Andrea Boley, Tamara Lewis, Dr. Thomas Silliman, Michael Sperr
Honorable
Mention
Sabal Elementary School
Principal: Stephanie Hall
Music Teachers: Michelle Couch, Michelle Hudson, Tim Ashe
The Awards Committee will have an 8:00 a.m. meeting on Wednesday, January 6. The purpose of the meeting is to review the awards process and criteria and to make recommendations as needed. In addition, the committee will discuss the partnership that FMEA has with the DOE in the Florida Music Demonstration Schools project.
Respectfully submitted,
Debbie
Fahmie
FMEA Awards Chair