2017 Award Winners

Schools of Excellence

Pleasant Street School (elementary), Laconia
Deerfield Community School (K-8), Deerfield
David R. Cawley Middle School (middle school), Hooksett
Winnacunnet High School (high school), Hampton

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Elementary School Finalist

Gilford Elementary School

Award Winners

Tate Aldrich
NH Teacher of the Year
NH Department of Education

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Virginia M. Barry
Dennise Maslakowski Education Award
Plymouth State University

Karen Burnell
Outstanding Service Award
NH School Administrators Association

Jeanne Chute
Doris Barnes Retired Educator Lifetime Achievement Award
NH Excellence in Education Board

Attorney Theodore E. Comstock
Special Recognition Award
NH Excellence in Education Board

Susan H. Copley, PhD
Outstanding Educational Leadership Award
NH Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Rebecca Cummings
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics & Science Teaching
NH Department of Education

Glen D’Eon
Distinguished Music Educator of the Year Award
NH Music Educators Association

Heather Drolet
Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical Award
NH Charitable Foundation

Robin Ellwood
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics & Science Teaching –
NH Department of Education

Michael Fournier
Middle School Principal of the Year
NH Association of School Principals

Ken Fuller
Special Education Teacher of the Year Award
Council for Exceptional Children NH

Ann Gaffney
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics & Science Teaching
NH Department of Education

Dean Graziano
Extended Learning Opportunity Coordinator of the Year
Extended Learning Opportunities Network

Trish Griswold
School Counselor of the Year Award
NH School Counselor Association

Cynthia Hodgdon
World Language Teacher of the Year Award
NH Association of World Language Teachers

Hopkinton School Board
School Board of the Year Award
NH School Boards Association

Inter-Lakes Jr/Sr High School Library
Outstanding School Library Program Award
NH School Library Media Association

Nathaniel Jones
School Psychologist of the Year Award
NH Association of School Psychologists

Patrick Kaplo
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics & Science Teaching
NH Department of Education

Barbara J. Kelly BS, RN
NH School Nurse of the Year Award
NH School Nurses’ Association

Karen Lessard
School Business Administrator of the Year Award
NH Association of School Business Officials

Mary Ann Lessard
NH Art Educator of the Year Award
NH Art Educators’ Association

Kathleen Murphy
Superintendent of the Year Award
NH School Administrators Association

Bernadette P. Olsen
Bonnie Simpson Teacher of the Year
NH Association of Family & Consumer Sciences

Kelly Parker
Assistant Principal of the Year
NH Association of School Principals

Joshua Peach
Alexander J. Blastos Distinguished Service Award
NH Association of School Business Officials

Dennis Perreault
Donald R. Marquis Memorial Teacher of the Year Award
NH Council for the Social Studies

Brian M. Stack
Secondary School Principal of the Year
NH Association of School Principals

Kimberly Yarlott
Elementary Principal of the Year
NH Association of School Principals

Donna Zecha
School Librarian of the Year Award
NH School Library Media Association