Fifty-six APS teachers and principals were chosen as quarterfinalists out of 111 applicants. Those applicants are selected based on strong evidence of quantitative gains in student achievement, qualitative evidence of improving students’ self-esteem, and significant collaboration both inside and outside of their school community. The selection committee will begin classroom observations of the quarterfinalists Nov. 9-Dec. 4. Semifinalists will be announced in December and the winners will be announced in January in anticipation of the March 4 ceremony. (Check out the press release from last year’s awards.) Congratulations to this quarterfinalist group!
TEACHERS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Deborah Bowling – Benteen Jaquada Berry – M.A. Jones
Nza Willingham – Brandon Kimberly Perry – Capitol View
Endia Way – Perkerson Erin Quackernbush – Scott
Ann-Marie Bowen – Garden Hills Mistye Coleman – Walter White
Claudine Curry – Bolton Academy Janice Hewey – Perkerson
Sherry Thurston-Riley – Sara Smith Lorraine McFadden – Burgess-Peterson
Roderick Collier – Whitefoord Kenya Greer – Cascade
Benita Edwards – Walter White Ingrid Abella-Sly – Humphries
Rae Debose-Douglas – Miles Precious Moon – M.A. Jones
Cathy Carter – West Manor Valerie Hall – D.H. Stanton
Claudia Abboud – East Lake Deirdre Denis – Whitefoord
Melissa May – Finch Marionne Jones – Dobbs
Carmen Williams – Bethune Sharona Thomas-Wilson – Finch
Gregory Coleman – Parkside Yolonda Patterson – Brandon
Karin Berry Searls – Centennial Place
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Susanne Sherril – Sutton Sandra Centerbury – Young
Christopher Wharton – Inman Mark Washington – Inman
Pamela Andrews – Inman Barry Blackmon – King
Rendell Jackson – King Tiarra Moore – Long
Nina Edelstein – Sutton Ashwin Deepnarain – Harper-Archer
Ramon Garner – BEST Academy Lyndsey Collins – Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy
CHARTER SCHOOL
Consuela Taylor – Drew Charter
Betty Conover – KIPP WAYS
HIGH SCHOOL
Bernadette McAdam – Mays Sergio Rodriguez – Grady
E. V. Martinez – Grady Monet Dixon – Carver/Health Sciences & Research
Patricia Merkerson – North Atlanta Clifton Nicholson – Carver/Technology
Cadence Spearman – Grady
PRINCIPALS
Anthony Dorsey – Fickett Elementary Brian Mitchell – Mary Lin Elementary
Mable Johnson – Perkerson Elementary Lucious Brown – Kennedy Middle
Elizabeth Harris – Long Middle Cassandra Ashley-Miller – Hill-Hope Elementary
Melody Morgan – Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy