Honors & Awards

The National Teacher of the Year Program, sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers and Scholastic Inc., has honored the state teachers of the year for 1995. Teachers from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Dependents Schools, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico are represented. The National Teacher of the Year is Elaine B. Griffin of Alaska. The winners are listed below by state:

Alabama. Robert Stephen Ricks, Childersburg Middle School, Childersburg. Alaska. Elaine B. Griffin, Chiniak Elementary School, Chiniak. Arizona. Rod Castillo, Mesa High School, Mesa. Arkansas. Sharon Denise Johnson, Carver Kindergarten, Texarkana. California. Richard R. Chapleau, Palmdale High School, Palmdale. Colorado. Molly R. Merry, Exploratory School, Canon City. Connecticut. Patricia Avallone, Harry M. Bailey Middle School, West Haven. Delaware. Candice Helen Hopkins, Pleasantville Elementary School, New Castle. Department of Defense Dependents Schools. Mary H. Mendoza, Curundu Elementary School, Panama.

District of Columbia. Donna R. Graham, Macfarland Middle School, Washington. Florida. Shawn ERIC DeNight, Miami Edison Senior High School, Miami. Georgia. Catherine Sylvia Pittman, Brunswick High School, Brunswick. Guam. Jelly N. Flores, Guam Public School System, Agana. Hawaii. Linda L. Holt, Haiku Elementary School, Haiku. Idaho. Shirley A. Sarraf, Highland High School, Pocatello. Illinois. Lynn A. Gaddis, Pepper Ridge Elementary School, Bloomington. Indiana. Katherine Ann Stahl, Maywood Elementary School, Hammond. Iowa. Jerry Lee Pierce,...