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April 06, 1994 9 min read
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The National Association of Secondary School Principals and McDonald’s Corporation recently named 49 State Assistant Principals of the Year. The honorees and their schools are listed below by state:

Alabama. Cheryl Carter, Carver High School, Montgomery. Alaska. Jack Forrester, Colony High School, Palmer. Arizona. Robert J. Arkfield, Marcos de Niza High School, Tempe. Arkansas. Fred D. Sneed, Paris High School, Paris. California. Sharon B. Wronka, Sunny Hills High School, Fullerton. Colorado. Sandy Gecewicz, Pueblo County High School, Pueblo. Connecticut. Salvatore L. Randazzo, South Windsor High School, South Windsor.

Delaware. John M. Hassman Jr., Sussex Central Middle School, Millsboro. District of Columbia. Natalie Jones Wallace, Johnson Junior High School, Washington. Florida. David G. Cameron, Jean Ribault Senior High School, Jacksonville. Georgia. Barbara Roquemore, Duluth High School, Duluth. Hawaii. Richard D. Chung, James Campbell High School, Ewa Beach. Idaho. Howard (Ole) Beymer, South Junior/Middle School, Nampa. Illinois. John L. Bailey, Jacksonville High School, Jacksonville.

Indiana. Brenda Weber, Evansville North High School, Evansville. Iowa. Rita D. DeJong, East High School, Sioux City. Kansas. Paul C. Martin, Neodesha High School, Neodesha. Kentucky. Joan F. Hoffman, Henderson County Senior High School, Henderson. Louisiana. Diane Festavan, North DeSoto High School, Stonewall. Maine. Ansel E. Stevens Jr., Bonny Eagle High School, Standish. Maryland. Thomas Wayne Ackerman, Joppatowne High School, Joppa.

Massachusetts. Charles S. Capparelli Jr., Millbury Junior/Senior High School, Millbury. Minnesota. Clete Lipetzky, Elk River Area High School, Elk River. Mississippi. Phillip Sublett, Horn Lake High School, Horn Lake. Missouri. Gerald L. Reynolds, Hazelwood West Junior/Senior High School, Hazelwood. Nebraska. Gerry Gdowski Sr., Fremont Senior High School, Fremont. Nevada. Susan Grady, George Whittell High School, Zephyr Cove. New Hampshire. Helen M. Joyce, Woodsville High School, Woodsville.

New Jersey. Dolores M. Szymanski, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Westampton. New Mexico. Katherine A. Phillips, Hofacket Mid-High School, Deming. New York. Angelo Speranza, Clarkstown High School South, West Nyack. New York City. Bernard Aberle, Evander Childs High School, Bronx. North Carolina. Doris Fennell Murphy, Spring Creek School, Seven Springs. North Dakota. Dan R. Furaus, Mandan High School, Mandan. Ohio. Joan S. Miracle, Princeton High School, Cincinnati.

Oklahoma. Melani M. Mouse, Mustang North Middle School, Mustang. Oregon. Christine Reising, Crater High School, Central Point. Pennsylvania. Gloria J. Guba, Lampeter-Strasburg Senior High School, Lampeter. Rhode Island. James F. Vetelino, Chariho Regional High School, Wood River Junction. South Carolina. Diane F. Jumper, Gilbert High School, Gilbert. South Dakota. Ross W. Lothrop, Lead High School, Lead. Tennessee. Alfred E. Coleman, Glencliff High School, Nashville.

Texas. Bobby R. Jacobs 3rd, Waco High School, Waco. Utah. Frances P. Battle, Northwest Intermediate School, Salt Lake City. Vermont. Donald G. Weaver, Burlington High School, Burlington. Washington. Judith A. Murdock, Islander Middle School, Mercer Island. West Virginia. Sandra Sue Petonick, East Fairmont High School, Fairmont. Wisconsin. Cathy A. Pomaranski, Kettle Moraine Middle School, Dousman. Wyoming. John Howe, East High School, Cheyenne.

The Milken Family Foundation has awarded the Milken Educator Award to 150 teachers and principals. The winners are each to receive a $25,000 award April 9 during the Milken Family Foundation National Education Conference in Los Angeles. The recipients and their schools are listed below by state.

Alaska. Michele Bifelt, Jimmy Huntington School, Huslia; Lorraine Crawford, Soldotna High School, Soldotna; Ron Gleason, Juneau-Douglas High School, Juneau; Jerry Hartsock, Austin E. Lathrop High School, Fairbanks; Ron Manook, West Valley High School, Fairbanks; Harry Matrone, McLaughlin Secondary School, Anchorage.

Arkansas. Roy Barnes, Dollarway Junior High School, Pine Bluff; George Davis, Lonoke High School, Lonoke; Rosemary Faucette, Woodland Junior High School, Fayetteville; Mary Beth Greenway, Parkview Arts/Science Magnet School, Little Rock; Patricia Leah Hesse, Weiner Public Schools, Weiner; Don Love, Springdale High School, Springdale.

California. Bruce Graham, King City Union Elementary School, King City; Crandallyn Graham, Samuel F.B. Morse High School, San Diego; Dennis Jory, Palm Desert High School, Palm Desert; Maggie Mejia, Savanna High School, Anaheim; Lucy Quinby, Eureka High School, Eureka; Raymond Valdez, Fern Bacon Basic Middle School, Sacramento.

Colorado. Angelique Acevedo, Bear Creek Senior High School, Lakewood; Candace Allen, Centennial High School, Pueblo; Carol Chauffe, Swink School District #33, Swink; Mary Jarvis, Smoky Hill High School, Cherry Creek; Larry Nichols, Lester Arnold High School, Commerce City; Chuck Snowden, Casey Junior High School, Boulder.

Connecticut. Wilhemenia Christon, Ansonia High School, Ansonia; Robert Coleman, Pomperaug High School Alternative Education Program, Middlebury; G. Gale Dickau, Bristol Central High School, Bristol; Cynthia Field, Timothy Edwards Middle School, South Windsor; Patricia Proctor, Mansfield Middle School, Storrs; Rona Rothhous, Bethel High School, Bethel.

Georgia. Joan Akin, Lawrenceville Middle School, Lawrenceville; Desse Davis, Swainsboro High School, Swainsboro; Lavetta Ellis, John F. Kennedy Middle School, Atlanta; Richard Johnson, Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge; Glenn Jones, LaFayette High School, LaFayette; Pam Ware, Gainesville High School, Gainesville.

Hawaii. Henry Ariyoshi, Lahainaluna High School, Lahaina; Sandra Haynes, Waimea High School, Waimea Kauai; Judith Kaya, Central Oahu District, Mililani; Glenn Minami, Henry J. Kaiser High School, Honolulu; Linda Smith, Kahuku High and Intermediate Schools, Kahuku; Asami Yoshiji, William Paul Jarrett Intermediate School, Honolulu.

Illinois. Bill Chapin, Warren Township High School, Gurnee; Barbara Chiles, Westmer Secondary School, Joy; Joe Crawford, Crete-Monee Middle School, Crete; Catherine Gleeson, Waterloo Senior High School, Waterloo; Charlene Koelling, Porta Junior/Senior High School, Petersburg; Charles Mingo, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable School, Chicago.

Indiana. Richard Anderson, East Noble High School, Kendallville; Terrance Levenda, William Fegely Middle School, Portage; Francis Mustapha, South Side High School, Fort Wayne; Debra Paulson, North Side Middle School, Anderson; Sarah Powley, McCutcheon High School, Lafayette; C. Ray Seale, North Montgomery High School, Crawfordsville.

Iowa. Tom Fish, Ankeny High School, Ankeny; Ronald Fox, Lewis Central High School, Council Bluffs; Darlene Hughes, Calamus-Wheatland Junior/Senior High School, Wheatland; Hector Ibarra, West Branch Community School, West Branch; Nancy Mounts, North High School, Sioux City; Elaine Smith, Indian Hills Junior High School, Clive.

Kansas. Rex Babcock, Chanute Senior High School, Chanute; Mickey Bogart, Manhattan High School, Manhattan; Nancy Costigan, Kennedy Middle School, Hays; James Haas, Pierson Junior High School, Kansas City; Ada Paquette, Junction City Middle School, Junction City; Glenn Walker, Clifton-Clyde High School, Clyde.

Kentucky. Sandra Adams, Grant County High School, Dry Ridge; Robert Barnett, Metcalfe County School District, Edmonton; Bonnie Farrar, Williamsburg High School, Williamsburg; Barbara Sloan, South Marshall Middle School, Benton; George Thompson, Bell County High School, Pineville; William Twyman, Glasgow Middle School, Glasgow.

Maine. M. Stanley Buchanan, Nokomis Regional High School, Newport; Roger Fuller, Oak Hill High School, Subattus; Page Keeley, Whitefield School, North Whitefield; Richard Kent, Mountain Valley High School, Rumford; Valjeane Olenn, Wells High School, Wells; Richard Sykes, Lewiston High School, Lewiston.

Maryland. Pamela Morgan, Winston Middle School #209, Baltimore; Patricia Neidhardt, Broadneck Senior High School, Annapolis; Trudi Niewiaroski, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville; Scott Pfeifer, Atholton High School, Columbia; Cecil Short, Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill; Bonnie Walston, Parkside High School, Salisbury.

Michigan. Thomas Dolan, Romulus Senior High School, Romulus; Gerald LeCureux, Oakwood Middle School, Eastpointe; Nancy Monday, Monroe High School, Monroe; Marianne Novak-Houston, Vicksburg Middle School, Vicksburg; Judy Parlato, Gwinn Middle School, Gwinn; Michael Stinnett, Oakland Technical Center-Southeast Campus, Royal Oak.

Mississippi. Rebecca Becnel, Long Beach High School, Long Beach; Nelle Elam, Starkville High School, Starkville; Taplin Estes, Wilkinson County High School, Woodville; Michael Marks, Hattiesburg High School, Hattiesburg; Vicki Shirley, Corinth High School Academic and Performing Arts Center, Corinth; Carole White, Grenada Junior High School, Grenada.

Montana. Kimberley Girard, Glasgow High School, Glasgow; Carol Juneau, Browning Public Schools, Browning; Raymond Maier, Cut Bank High School, Cut Bank; Richard Menger, Baker High School, Baker; Barbara Ridgway, Helena School District #1, Helena; James Wood, Sidney High School, Sidney.

Nevada. James Blattman, Albert M. Lowry High School, Winnemucca; Roberta Cartwright, Valley High School, Las Vegas; Jessica Daniels, Carson Middle School, Carson City; Lory Heron, Procter Hug High School, Reno; Frank Lamping, Thurman White Middle School, Henderson; Kay Samolovitch, Mike O’Callaghan Middle School, Las Vegas.

New Mexico. John Burgess, Clayton High School, Clayton; Carlos Chavez, Rio Grande High School, Albuquerque; Pat Graff, La Cueva High School, Albuquerque; Ramona Salazar, Bernalillo Middle School, Bernalillo; John Spradling, Artesia Junior High School, Artesia; Larry Torres, Taos High School, Taos.

North Dakota. Leslie Anderson, Jim Hill Middle School, Minot; Jeffrey Geiger, Century High School, Bismarck; Allen Janes, Red River High School, Grand Forks; Fran Joersz, Hughes Junior High School, Bismarck; Patricia Reski, Fargo North High School, Fargo; Steven Zimmerman, Towner Public School, Towner.

Ohio. Nancy Borchers, Taylor High School, North Bend; Melody Fawcett-Leech, Franklin D. Roosevelt Middle School, Cleveland; Ruth Klenke, Pioneer Joint Vocational School, Shelby; David McDaniel, Centerville High School, Centerville; Spencer Reames, Benjamin Logan High School, Bellefontaine; Nadine Williams, B.F. Stanton Middle School, Alliance.

Oregon. Alcena Boozer, Thomas Jefferson High School, Portland; Gayl Bowser, Douglas Education Service District, Roseburg; Stephen Boyarsky, North Medford High School, Medford; Sally Leahy, Glendale High School, Glendale; Anne McEnerny-Ogle, Waluga Junior High School, Lake Oswego; Jeffrey Nafie, Crater High School, Central Point.

Rhode Island. Howard Boyaj, Lincoln Junior-Senior High School, Lincoln; Leland Brown, Newport Public Schools, Newport; Carole Harmon, Central High School, Providence; Anne-Marie Kachanis, Scituate High School-Scituate Middle School, Scituate; Frederick Pasquariello, Nicholas A. Ferri Middle School, Johnston; Kristine Whitford, South Kingstown High School, Wakefield.

Tennessee. Donna Hardy, Bearden Middle School, Knoxville; Carol Hutson, Glendale Middle School, Nashville; Billy Taylor, Dyersburg High School, Dyersburg; Frank Vanzant, Tullahoma High School, Tullahoma; Diane Wright, Maryville High School, Maryville; Joseph York, Adamsville High School, Adamsville.

West Virginia. David Goodwin, John Marshall High School, Glen Dale; Quincy Madison, Park Junior High School, Beckley; Karen Morgan, Lincoln High School, Shinnston; David Roach, Beverly Hills Middle School, Huntington; Deborah Seldomridge, Keyser High School, Keyser; Jack Wiseman, Ripley High School, Ripley.

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