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2018 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Awards
The National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) has announced the 2018 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher (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, or US$500 for classroom supplies, and complimentary
membership in GSA for three years. State winners receive a one-year complimentary GSA membership.
SECTION WINNERS STATE WINNERS NEW YORK
Tom Gazda
CENTRAL SECTION ARIZONA Ichabod Crane High School
Collin Reichert Matt Haverty Valatie, New York, USA
Ames High School Amphitheater High School
Ames, Iowa, USA Tucson, Arizona, USA NORTH CAROLINA
Phillip Cox
EASTERN SECTION CALIFORNIA Northwood High School
Tom Gazda Leonard Block Pittsboro, North Carolina, USA
Ichabod Crane High School St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
Valatie, New York, USA Saratoga, California, USA OREGON
Connie Robbins
FAR WESTERN SECTION COLORADO Crane Union High School
Diane Tom-Ogata Stephanie Seevers Crane, Oregon, USA
W.R. Farrington High School Evergreen High School
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Evergreen, Colorado, USA PUERTO RICO
Elizabeth Torres-Rodriguez
MIDCONTINENT SECTION GEORGIA Jose Julian Acosta y Calbo
Angie D. Nelson Brenda Paul Old San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Stucky Middle School Autrey Mill Middle School
Wichita, Kansas, USA Johns Creek, Georgia, USA SOUTH CAROLINA
Robin Wright
NEW ENGLAND SECTION IDAHO Roebuck Elementary School
Melanie Cutler Marc Brousseau Roebuck, South Carolina, USA
Andover High School Spalding STEM Academy
Andover, Massachusetts, USA Boise, Idaho, USA TENNESSEE
Jana Young
NORTH CENTRAL SECTION ILLINOIS Northeast Middle School
Natalie Davis-McGrath Andrew Peterson Jackson, Tennessee, USA
Park High School Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
Livingston, Montana, USA Chicago, Illinois, USA VIRGINIA
Jeanette Montrey Dellinger
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION KENTUCKY Mountain View High School
Jeff Karlin Cayeann Cowan Stafford, Virginia, USA
Lewiston High School Robertson County School
Lewiston, Idaho, USA Mt. Olivet, Kentucky, USA WISCONSIN
Dennis Rohr
SOUTHEAST SECTION LOUISIANA Seymour High School
Phillip Cox Lacey Hoosier Seymour, Wisconsin, USA
Northwood High School Buckeye High School
Pittsboro, North Carolina, USA Deville, Louisiana, USA
SOUTHWEST SECTION MINNESOTA
David Thesenga Dan Gruhlke
Alexander Dawson School Eastview Education Center
Lafayette, Colorado, USA Monticello, Minnesota, USA
TEXAS SECTION NEW MEXICO
Sabrina Ewald Anna Suggs
Frisco Centennial High School Zia Middle School
The National Association
Frisco, Texas, USA Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
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