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GoTeach! and GoReach! Grant Awards
from the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County

GoTeach! Classroom Grant GoTeach FinLit! Innovation Awards
Individual $1,000 Awards Christina Dixon – Congress MS
Jessica Estel – Forest Park ES
Chelsey Carr – Lake Worth MS Patrick George – Riviera Beach Preparatory & Achievement Academy
Jordyn Declemente – John I. Leonard HS Timothy Shannon – Jeaga MS
Diana Fernandez – Palm Beach Lakes HS
Micah Hebert – Boynton Beach HS GoReach! High Impact $3,000 Awards
Julie Highsmith – H.L. Johnson ES
Kristin Holden – Gove ES Danielle Averso – Dr. Joaquin Garcia HS
Marwa Jaber – Westward ES Jennifer Bakakos – Frontier ES
Nigel Johnson – Wellington ES Jillian Campbell – Royal Palm School
Todd LaVogue – The Conservatory School at North Palm Beach Cheryl Collier – Jupiter MS
Chrissy Leffelman, Christina Morrow – Seminole Trails ES Mary Doda – Pine Jog ES
Alexandra Lehner – Spanish River HS Danielle Fairclough – Wellington HS
Natalie Lichtenhal – Morikami Park ES Alan Geppert – Rolling Green ES
Erica Mardis – Grove Park ES Brandi Girtman – Howell L. Watkins MS
Martha-Paula McAliley – Poinciana ES Veneise Harrell – Riviera Beach Preparatory & Achievement Academy
Sandra Noakes – Meadow Park ES Lauren Hepworth – Barton ES
Glaribel Piñero-Amaro – Greenacres ES Paula Hoskins – Galaxy E3 ES
Cynthia Potter – Glade View ES Ellen Martin – Sandpiper Shores ES
Meghan Hess Shamdasar – South Tech Academy Crystal Merritt – Lighthouse ES
Diana Tobin – Lake Worth MS Erin Miller – Belvedere ES
Jennifer Tobin – Elbridge Gale ES Kelly Jo Mills – Liberty Park ES
Syndie White – Diamond View ES Karina Moran – Jerry Thomas ES
Kendra Williams – S.D. Spady ES David Raffaelli – Royal Palm School
Hilary Hosford York – Benoist Farms ES Lindsey Rollin – C.O. Taylor/Kirklane ES
Laura Stemle – Liberty Park ES
Courteney Zboyan – Suncoast HS Shannon Solis – Village Academy
Syndie White – Diamond View ES
GoTeach! Classroom Grant Olga Zraouli – Hope-Centennial ES
Brian Doyle, Alexandra Solomon – West Boynton MS
Team Teacher $1,500 Awards Julius Edwards, Michael Marrero – Palm Beach Lakes HS
Aimee Habegger, Alane White – Seminole Ridge HS Mary Fish, Maura Sullivan – Spanish River HS
Brent Bludworth, Britt Feingold – Lake Worth HS Brent Fulmer, Danielle Jacobs – Pine Jog ES
Cheryl Huey, Kirsten Knowles – Jupiter MS Vanessa Gary, Stephanie Velez, Monica Woodall – Highland ES
Danielle Jacobs, Lori Vanis – Pine Jog ES Thomas Johnson, Bernadette Walker-Weems – Roosevelt MS
Elizabeth Bare – Greenacres ES Pamela Rothman, Heather Trapani – Everglades ES
Karina Constantine, Ilyssa Rosken – Eagles Landing MS GoTeach STEM! Innovation Awards
Michael Matos, Amy Wolf – Coral Sunset ES
Susan Russo, Nan (Dolores) Smith – Dwight D. Eisenhower K-8 Jose Garcia-Gosling – John I. Leonard HS
Tempie Craven, Thyme Salemme – Dr. Joaquin Garcia HS Ryan Jackola – South Tech Academy
Demarco Mott, Shameka Thomas – Riviera Beach Deanna Jones – Highland ES
Preparatory & Achievement Academy Annalise Wellman – Okeeheelee MS
Jaddy Brigitte Nino – South Grade ES

FY24 SCHOOL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION BY

COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS

Grow Up Great-Early Learning Education
Lake Worth HS Band Program received the Cathy Eckstein – Wellington ES
Outstanding Academic Program Nathalee English – Liberty Park ES - Winner of Dwyer Award
award from Palm Beach Illustrated. Cindy Fakhoury – Lake Worth HS
Heather Orloski – Citrus Cove ES
Village of Wellington Keely Spinelli Grant:
$407,000 to District schools in Wellington. Elementary Education

All 28 finalists for the FY24 Dwyer Awards Megan Betancourt – Sandpiper Shores ES
are Palm Beach County School District teachers. Lois Gray – Seminole Trails ES
David Allen-LoCaputo – Liberty Park ES
Brandie Soto – Binks Forest ES

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