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| Gerry Kohler receives the 2006 National History Teacher of Year Award from Laura Bush |
The Institute presented the 2005 History Teacher of the Year Award to Gerry Kohler, a 9th grade United States History teacher at VanDevender Junior High School in Parkersburg, West Virginia. During her 27-year career in education Mrs. Kohler has taught at both the elementary and secondary level. Among many other efforts, she also is the Vice President of the Wood County Historical Preservation Society. With her students, she organized a Junior Historical Society which encourages students with an enthusiasm for history to help clean up and maintain two historic cemeteries in their community and future projects include a Civil War campsite this spring.
History Teacher of the Year: State Winners - 2006
- Alabama
Winner: Mary Lee, Central School, Huntsville
State Coordinator: Kay Atchison-Warfield - Alaska
Winner: Sean Murphy, Houston High School, Big Lake
State Coordinator: Steve Ex - Arizona
Winner: Heather E. Robinson, Desert Canyon Elementary School, Scottsdale
State Coordinator: Adria Lugo - Arkansas
Winner: Toney McMurray, Alma High School, Alma
State Coordinator: Maggie Herrick - California
Winner: Jerry Mittleholtz, Anacapa Middle School, Ventura
State Coordinators: Jack Bareilles and Linda Mehlbrech - Colorado
Winner: Scott DeVries, Preston Junior High School, Fort Collins
State Coordinator: Mary Anne Hoffman - Connecticut
Winner: Peter C. Vermilyea, Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Falls Village
State Coordinator: Daniel Gregg - Delaware
Winner: Melissa Buchanan, Smyrna High School, Smyrna
State Coordinator: Preston Shockley -
Florida
Winner: Nicole Marsala, Coral Springs Middle School, Coral Spring
State Coordinator: Levon Terrell
- Georgia
Winner: Andrew P. Adams, Walton High School, Marietta
State Coordinator: Peggy Caldwell - Georgia
- Hawaii
Winner: Kevin Chaitin, Moanalua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
State Coordinator: Robert Buss - Idaho
Winner: Jock Summers, Mary McPherson Elementary School, Meridian, Idaho
State Coordinator: Peter Kavouras - Illinois
Winner: Marcy Vancil, Flussie Wiley School, Urbania
State Coordinator: John Craig - Indiana
Winner: Ruth E. Baize, West Terrace Elementary School, Evansville
State Coordinator: Don Adams - Iowa
Winner: Nancy J. Daley, St. Patrick Elementary School, Waukon
State Coordinator: Tom Connors - Kansas
Winner: Jason Pendleton, Lawrence Free State High School, Lawrence
State Coordinator: Glenn Wiebe - Kentucky
Winner: Tim S. Foster, DuPont Manual High School, Louisville
State Coordinator: Carrie Dowdy - Louisiana
Winner: Judith Carollo, Mandeville Junior High School, Mandeville
State Coordinator: Nikki Bray-Clark - Maine
Winner: Nancy Ponzetti, Catherine McAuley High School, Portland
State Coordinator: Steve Bromage - Maryland
Winner: K. Wise Whitehead, West Baltimore Elementary School, Baltimore
State Coordinator: Donna Olszewski - Massachusetts
Winner: Alicia Kersten, Somerville High School, Somerville
State Coordinator: Deborah Walker - Michigan
Winner: Craig Booher, Napoleon High School, Napoleon
State Coordinator: Gordon Andrews - Minnesota
Winner: James Fisketti, Duluth Central High School, Duluth
State Coordinator: Michael Foster - Mississippi
Winner: Silas Thompson, Petal High School, Petal, Mississippi
State Coordinator: Camille Chapman - Missouri
Winner: Claire Hasemeier, Elsberry Middle School, Elsberry
State Coordinator: William Gerling - Montana
Winner: Merle Johnston, Frenchtown High School, Frenchtown
State Coordinator: James Bruggeman - Nebraska
Winner: Scott Wilson, Omaha Central High School, Omaha
State Coordinator: Larry Starr - Nevada
Winner: Shanna A. Krueger, Dayton High School, Dayton
State Coordinator: Susan Davis - New Hampshire
Winner: Susan M. Frost, Canaan Elementary School, Canaan
State Coordinator: Dr. John Krueckeberg - New Jersey
Winner: Jesse M. O’Neill, Warren Hills Regional High School, Washington
State Coordinator: Dr. John Dougherty - New Mexico
Winner: Sandy McMurray, Eldorado High School, Albuquerque
State Coordinator: Pat Concannon - New York
Winner: Catherine M. Turso, Baruch College Campus High School, New York
State Coordinator: Gloria Sesso - North Carolina
Winner: Lindy G. Poling, Millbrook High School, Raleigh
State Coordinator: Judy McInnis - North Dakota
Winner: Carl Oberholtzer, Fargo North High School, Fargo
State Coordinator: Dr. Kimberly Porter - Ohio
Winner: George Grampp, Lehman Catholic High School, Sidney
State Coordinator: Bill Ross - Oklahoma
Winner: Julie A. Guild, Carl Albert Jr. High School, Midwest City
State Coordinator: Kelly Curtright - Oregon
Winner: Lois Cowell, South Middle School, Grants Pass
State Coordinator: Andrea Morgan - Pennsylvania
Winner: Tracy Devlin, Marshall Middle School, Wexford
State Coordinator: Jeffrey Zeiders - Rhode Island
Winner: Sharon Fennessey, Henry Barnard School, Providence
State Coordinator: Marie Parys - South Carolina
Winner: Iris Parker Aschenbrand, Hunt Meadows Elementary School, Easley
State Coordinator: James Bryan - South Dakota
Winner: Vickie L. Newman, Hillcrest Elementary School, Brookings
State Coordinator: Jeff Mammenga - Tennessee
Winner: Gloria McElroy, Fulton High School, Knoxville
State Coordinator: Rebecca Verner - Texas
Winner: Elizabeth Gonzales, Cedar Park Middle School, Cedar Park
State Coordinator: Judy Brodigan - Utah
Winner: Heidi Ross, East Elementary School, Tooele
State Coordinator: Robert Austin - Vermont
Winner: Marguerite J. Ames, Marion Cross School, Norwich
State Coordinator: Elise A. Guyette - Virginia
Winner: Jamie Sawatzky, Rocky Run Middle School, Chantilly
State Coordinator: Betsy S. Barton - Washington, DC
Winner: Katherine Spellacy, Bell Multicultural High School
State Coordinator: Roceal N. Duke - Washington State
Winner: Tricia Jenden Billes, Sequim Middle School, Sequim
State Coordinator: Caleb Perkins - West Virginia
Winner: Gerry R. Kohler, VanDevender Jr. High School, Parkersburg
State Coordinator: Regina Scotchie - Wisconsin
Winner: Marc Papendieck, Edgerton High School, Edgerton
State Coordinator: Walter Herscher - Wyoming
Winner: Janet Becker Radkey, Summit High School, Jackson
State Coordinator: Sherry Tavegie - U.S. Virgin Islands
No Winner Chosen
State Coordinator: Annie Smith - U.S. Territories
Winner: Berlino Martin, Pacific Island Central School, Pohnpei State, Micronesia
Territories Coordinator: Bernadette Eshima - Department of Defense Education Agency
Winner: Deborah Bridges, Mahaffey Middle School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
State Coordinator: Yvonne L. Bolling
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