HSE District and Individual Teachers of the Year for 2010

HSE Teachers of the Year Hamilton Southeastern Schools named Riverside Intermediate music teacher Wendy Holsman as the district 2010 Teacher of the Year. Her nomination described the strategies she uses to engage students in music including dancing with them, awarding black belts for mastering their recorders and a game called Freeze Frame Wax Museum to help students find the beat in music. Outside the daily classroom, she also directs a drum group, a choir and school musical. She will represent the HSE district in the state Teacher of the Year competition by entering a portfolio.

Holsman was selected from among 20 building teachers of the year who were nominated by parents and colleagues and chosen at the building level. Each was honored with a plaque and excerpts of their nomination read at the certified staff recognition event June 1.

Other building teachers of the year include Bridget Ryan, Brooks School Elementary counselor; Ed Stage, Cumberland Road Elementary fourth grade teacher; Susie Cantlon, Durbin Elementary Title 1 reading specialist; Andrea Cowley, Fall Creek Elementary second grade teacher; Peggy Savin, Fishers Elementary second grade teacher; Lori Cushman, Geist Elementary third grade REACH teacher; Leslie Carter, Harrison Parkway music teacher; Lori Peterson, Hoosier Road Elementary fourth grade teacher; Amy Catania, Lantern Road Elementary fourth grade teacher; Ann Vollmar, New Britton Elementary third grade teacher; Sara Graham, Sand Creek Elementary speech teacher; Lindsay Cortelyou, Thorpe Creek Elementary art teacher; Michelle Knecht, Fall Creek Intermediate art teacher; Alex King, Sand Creek Intermediate fifth grade teacher; John Schwoeppe, Fishers Junior High science teacher; Rachel Hiatt, HSE Junior High science teacher; Emily Mitchell, Riverside Junior High special education teacher; Jennifer Gabbard, Fishers High School English teacher; and Angela Fritz, HSE High School art teacher.

Photo caption: (Front row) Jennifer Gabbard, Fishers High School; Emily Mitchell, Riverside Junior High; Michelle Knecht, Fall Creek Intermediate; Wendy Holsman, Riverside Intermediate; Lori Peterson, Hoosier Road Elementary; Peggy Savin, Fishers Elementary; Susie Cantlon, Durbin Elementary; (Row 2)Angela Fritz, Hamilton Southeastern High School; John Schwoeppe, Fishers Junior High; Ed Stage, Cumberland Road Elementary; Lindsay Cortelyou, Thorpe Creek Elementary; Rachel Hiatt, Hamilton Southeastern Junior High; Amy Catania, Lantern Road Elementary; Leslie Carter, Harrison Parkway Elementary; Ann Vollmar, New Britton Elementary; Lori Cushman, Geist Elementary; Andrea Cowley, Fall Creek Elementary; Bridget Ryan, Brooks School Elementary. Not pictured Sara Graham, Sand Creek Elementary, and Alex King, Sand Creek Intermediate.

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