The following is a list of metro-east winners of the 2012 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards:
Grades K-12
Alton School District 11
Eunice Smith Elementary School
Lynne Burns
Kindergarten
Belle Valley District 119
Belle Valley School
Lisa Kowalski
8th Grade
Math, algebra
Belleville Public Schools District 118
Belleville West Jr. High
Donna Whitaker
7th Grade
Science
Bethalto School District 8
Parkside Primary Center
Denise Ehlers
2nd Grade
Brooklyn School District 188
Lovejoy Middle School & Lovejoy Technology Academy
Kim Haywood
7th - 12th Grade
Science, parenting and life skills
Central School District 104
Central Elementary School
Erika Britton
2nd Grade
Collinsville Unit 10 School District
Collinsville Middle School & Dorris Itermediate School
Michael Hayman
Library media science
Dupo Community Unit School District 196
Bluffview Elementary School
Linda Ragsdale
Reading and math specialist
East Alton - Wood River School District
East Alton-Wood River High School
Jennifer Boyd
9th - 12th Grade
Geometry, mathematics
Edwardsville School District 7
Edwardsville High School
John Meinzen
9th - 12th Grade
Mathematics
Edwardsville High School
Jon Parkin
9th - 12th Grade
Social studies
Freeburg Community High School School District 77
Freeburg Community High School
Lori Crunk
9th - 12th Grade
P.E., weight lifting, health
Grant School District 110
Grant Middle School
Stacy Schulte
5th - 8th Grade
Title 1 reading
Harmony-Emge School District 175
Ellis Elementary School
Amy Forby
1st - 8th Grade
Reading
High Mount School District 116
High Mount School
George Wilkerson
Kindergarten - 8th Grade
Art
Highland CUSD School District 5
Highland High School
Suzanne Meyer
9th - 12th Grade
English language arts
Madison CUSD School District 12
Madison Jr./Sr. High School
Robert Lenhardt
6th - 12th Grade
Computer science, music theory
Mascoutah School District 19
Mascoutah Elementary
Stacy Hoelscher
Kindergarten
Millstadt School District 160
Millstadt Primary Center & Millstadt Consolidated School
Gay Otten
Kindergarten - 8th Grade
Art
O'Fallon School District 203
O'Fallon Township High School
Matthew Young
10th & 11th Grade
Written communications, American literature
O'Fallon School District 90
Edward A. Fulton Jr. High School
Jami Bossart
Kindergarten - 8th Grade
Speech language pathologist
Pontiac-Wm. Holliday School District 105
Pontiac Junior High School
Robert Monroe
6th Grade
Marquette High School
Scott Szevery
Social studies, honors U.S. history
Roxana CUSD School District 1
Roxana High School
David Gan
9th - 12th Grade
Special education, social science, life skills
Shiloh Village School District 85
Shiloh Elementary School
Lisa Hamil
Early childhood special education
Signal Hill School District 181
Signal Hill School
Sarah Goode
Kindergarten - 8th Grade
Reading specialist
Triad Community Unit School District 2
Triad High School
Sandra Perkins
9th - 12th Grade
Biology
Whiteside School District 115
Whiteside Elementary School
Dorothy Simpson
Reading, RTI coordinator
Wolf Branch School District 113
Wolf Branch Middle School
Sheri Barbeau
8th Grade
Science
Wood River-Hartford ESD School District 15
Hartford Elementary School
Natalie Bouillon
2nd Grade
Colleges and Universities
Lewis and Clark Community College
Debbie Witsken
Occupational therapy
McKendree University
Peter C. Will, Ph.D.
Business management
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Nicole Aydt Klein
Health education
Southwestern Illinois College
Stanley Hatfield
Earth science, geology
