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2015 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher (OEST) Awards
The National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) has announced the 2015 OEST Awards. This annual award recognizes
excellence in earth-science teaching at the pre-college level. GSA awards the section recipients US$500 in travel money to attend a
GSA meeting, US$500 for classroom supplies, and complimentary membership in GSA for three years. State winners receive a one-
year complimentary GSA membership.
GSA TODAY | FEBRUARY 2016 SECTION WINNERS STATE WINNERS New York
Ken Abbott
Central Section Alabama Grand Avenue Middle School
Michele Svoboda Bellmore, New York, USA
Mill Creek Middle School Michelle Peterson
Comstock Park, Michigan, USA Council Traditional School North Carolina
Mobile, Alabama, USA Rebekah Fuerst
Eastern Section Parkwood Middle School
John Russell Florida Monroe, North Carolina, USA
Columbia Secondary School
New York, New York, USA Christine Danger Ohio
Hillsborough County Public Schools Beth A. Holmes
Far Western Section Tampa, Florida, USA Etna Elementary
Ryan Hollister Pataskala, Ohio, USA
Turlock High School Georgia
Turlock, California, USA Oregon
Susan Oltman Christopher R. Carlton
New England Section Kittredge Magnet School Nyssa Middle School
Rodney Ward Atlanta, Georgia, USA Nyssa, Oregon, USA
Christa McAuliffe Charter School
Framingham, Massachusetts, USA Idaho Pennsylvania
Blake Colaianne
North Central Section Ken Berger Dallastown Area High School
Ann Anderson Moscow High School Dallastown, Pennsylvania, USA
Belle Fourche Middle School Moscow, Idaho, USA
Belle Fourche, South Dakota, USA South Carolina
Illinois Jennifer Bowling Pitman
Pacific Northwest Section Anderson Mill Elementary
Andrew Bagley Joe Schoen Moore, South Carolina, USA
Shorewood High School Geneva High School
Shoreline, Washington, USA Geneva, Illinois, USA Wisconsin
Adam J. Keeton
Southeastern Section Indiana North High School
Susan Oltman Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
Kittredge Magnet School Heather A. Hall
Atlanta, Georgia, USA Rensselaer Central Middle School The National Association
Rensselaer, Indiana, USA of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
Southwest Section
Rob Reisener Iowa
Cactus Shadows High School
Cave Creek, Arizona, USA Brandon Fritz
Williamsburg High School
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Louisiana
Lisa Swenson
Isidore Newman School
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
