{"id":41877,"date":"2019-04-17T12:44:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T16:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=41877"},"modified":"2019-04-30T13:00:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T17:00:47","slug":"eight-emu-alumni-among-area-teachers-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/eight-emu-alumni-among-area-teachers-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine alumni among area teachers of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nine 草莓社区 alumni teaching in Harrisonburg City and Rockingham County Public Schools have been named their schools\u2019 teachers of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to see EMU graduates named as teachers of the year,\u201d said Professor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=cs858\"><b>Cathy Smeltzer Erb<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, education department chair and professor of undergraduate teacher education. \u201cThese teachers are excelling in their professional lives just as they did in college. It\u2019s rewarding to see teachers at all stages of the career cycle honored for their impact on students, school communities, and the teaching profession.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Are you an educator who has received an award in recent months? Or do you know one who has? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/alumni\/update\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Send us an update here!<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Harrisonburg, they include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Mary Jo Heckman MA \u201905<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Thomas Harrison Middle School, sixth-grade history<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Rachel Henschel \u201915<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Spotswood Elementary School, third grade<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Katrina Yoder \u201907<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Waterman Elementary School, fourth grade<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the surrounding Rockingham County, the following were recognized:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jerry Arbogast &#8217;90<\/strong>, Massanutten Technical Center, building management instructor<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Tom Baker \u201981<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Lacey Spring Elementary School, physical education<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Seth Crissman \u201909<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Elkton Elementary School, special education K-5<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Tara Cupp \u201900<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Plains Elementary School, kindergarten<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Cary Schulte \u201977<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Fulks Run Elementary School, special education K-5<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Angela Strite \u201902<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Linville-Edom Elementary School, school counselor <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other alumni educators, too, have received recent accolades:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Lisa Zendt Shelly \u201989<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Collinsville, Mississippi, who serves as the principal at Northeast Elementary School, was named Lauderdale County School District\u2019s 2018-19 administrator of the year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Katie Horst \u201912<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an educational technologist at Stuart Hall School, an Episcopal day and boarding school with campuses in Staunton and Verona, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was nominated for the Shenandoah Valley Technology Council\u2019s Innovation in Education K-12 Award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also nominated was Harrisonburg High School teacher and computer science department chair <\/span><b>Perry Shank \u201999<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, who holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The award will be presented at the TechNite19 celebration later this month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">EMU\u2019s education program has been NCATE-accredited for more than 45 years. 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