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2017 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Awards

The National Association of Geoscience Teachers’ Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award recog-
nizes 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 or to use for classroom supplies and complimentary
membership in GSA for three years. State winners receive a one-year complimentary GSA membership.

SECTION WINNERS DELAWARE NEW YORK
Lindsay Lancaster Rebecca Remis
CENTRAL SECTION Springer Middle School Schalmont High School
Jill Weaver Wilmington, Delaware, USA Schenectady, New York, USA
Valley View Junior High
Farmersville, Ohio, USA FLORIDA NORTH CAROLINA
Leigh Arnold Annette Calabretta
EASTERN SECTION Forest Hill Elementary School Harris Road Middle School
Kathleen Tait Palm Beach, Florida, USA Concord, North Carolina, USA
Julia R. Masterman High School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA GEORGIA OHIO
Catherine Warren Karly Lyons
FAR WESTERN SECTION Richmond Hill Middle School Meadowbrook Middle School
Dieuwertje Kast Richmond Hill, Georgia, USA Byesville, Ohio, USA
USC Joint Educational Project
Chino, California, USA IDAHO OREGON
Heather Swanson Celia Hampton
NEW ENGLAND SECTION Clark Fork Junior/Senior High School Sherwood Heights Elementary
Laura Preston Clark Fork, Idaho, USA Pendleton, Oregon, USA
Salem High School
Salem, New Hampshire, USA KENTUCKY SOUTH CAROLINA
Thomas Reed Marc Alexander
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION Bryan Station Middle School Irmo Middle School
Robert Doherty Lexington, Kentucky, USA Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Armand Larive Middle School
Hermiston, Oregon, USA LOUISIANA VIRGINIA
Ann Robichaux Rebecca Musso
SOUTHEAST SECTION Vandebilt Catholic High School T. Benton Gayle Middle School
Annette Bartlet Houma, Louisiana, USA Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
Harris Road Middle School
Concord, North Carolina, USA MICHIGAN WEST VIRGINIA
Sherry Claflin Bryan Schuerman
SOUTHWEST SECTION Grand Valley State University Lincoln Middle School
Ben Graves Annis Water Resources Institute Shinnston, West Virginia, USA
Delta High School Muskegon, Michigan, USA
Delta, Colorado, USA WISCONSIN
MINNESOTA Robert Shannon
STATE WINNERS Denine Voegeli Edgewood High School of the Sacred
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Jr. High Heart
ALABAMA Elgin, Minnesota, USA Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Virginia Hall
Mary G. Montgomery High School MISSISSIPPI The National Association
Mobile, Alabama, USA Tammie Bright of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
Yazoo County Schools
ARIZONA Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
Allison McIntosh
Rhodes Junior High School NEW MEXICO
Mesa, Arizona, USA Turtle Haste
Desert Ridge Middle School
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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